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Chapter 21.—40. Julianus of Telepte¹⁸¹⁷

¹⁸¹⁷ Telepte (Thelepte) or Thala, was in ecclesiastical province of Byzacium.

said: "It is written, ‘A man can receive nothing, except it be given him from heaven;’¹⁸¹⁸

¹⁸¹⁸ John iii. 27.

if heresy is from heaven, it can give baptism."¹⁸¹⁹

¹⁸¹⁹ Conc. Carth. sec. 57.

41. Let him hear another also saying: If covetousness is from heaven, it can give baptism. And yet the covetous do confer it; so therefore also may the heretics.

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