Chapter 46.—90. Litteus1881
| 1881 Some read Licteus; not unlikely the bishop of Cypr. Ep. lxxvi.
|
of Gemelli
1882
said: "‘If the
blind lead the
blind, both shall fall into the
ditch.’
1883
Since, therefore, it is clear that
heretics can give no
light1884
| 1884 Illuminare; baptism being often called φωτισμός.
|
to any one, as being
blind themselves, therefore their
baptism is invalid."
1885
| 1885 Conc. Carth. sec. 82.
|
91. Neither do we say that it is valid for salvation so long as they are heretics, just as it is of no value to those murderers of whom we spoke, so long as they hate their brethren: for they also themselves are in darkness, and if any one follows them they fall together into the ditch; and yet it does not follow that they either have not baptism or are unable to confer it.
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