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On Baptism, against the Donatists
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Augustine demonstrates the validity of baptism administered by heretics and takes away from the Donatists the authority of Cyprian, to whom they were appealing. (Agostino TrapèProvenance
The long and difficult polemic against the Donatists forced Augustine to compose numerous works in which, by clarifying the term of the controversy, he contributed to a deeper understanding of ecclesiology and sacramental theology. On Baptism was written in 400 or shortly after.
by Augustine of Hippo in c. 400 | translated by J. R. King; Rev. Chester D. Hartranft
BOOK I.
[He proves that baptism can be conferred outside the Catholic communion by heretics or schismatics, but that it ought not to be received from them; and that it is of no avail to any while in a state of heresy or schism.]
CHAP. 1.—1. In the treatise which we wrote against the published epistle of Parmenianus to Tichonius, we promised that at som
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Augustine of Hippo (/ɔːˈɡʌstɪn/ aw-GUST-in, US also /ˈɔːɡəstiːn/ AW-gə-steen; Latin: Aurelius Augustinus Hipponensis; 13 November 354 – 28 August 430), also known as Saint Augustine, was a theologian and philosopher of Berber origin and the bishop of Hippo Regius in Numidia, Roman North Africa. His writings influenced the development of Western philosophy and Western Christianity, and he is viewed as one of the most important Church Fathers of the Latin Church in the Patristic Period. His many important works include The City of God, On Christian Doctrine, and Confessions.
According to his contemporary, Jerome, Augustine “established anew the ancient Faith”. In his youth he was drawn to the Manichaean faith, and later to the Hellenistic philosophy of Neoplatonism. After his konvertering to Christianity and baptis
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On Baptism, against the Donatists, Books V-VII
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ST. AUGUSTINE
ON BAPTISM, AGAINST THE DONATISTS, Books V-VII [De baptismo contra Donatistas.]
[Translated by the Rev. J. R. King, M.A., Vicar of St. Peter's in the East, Oxford; and late fellow and tutor of Merton College, Oxford; revised by the Rev. Chester D. Hartranft, D.D., Professor of Biblical and Ecclesiastical History in the Theological Seminary at Hartford, Connecticut.]
BOOK V.
HE EXAMINES THE LAST PART OF THE EPISTLE OF CYPRIAN TO JUBAIANUS, TOGETHER WITH HIS EPISTLE TO QUINTUS, THE LETTER OF THE AFRICAN SYNOD TO THE NUMIDIAN BISHOPS, AND CYPRIAN'S EPISTLE TO POMPEIUS.
CHAP. 1.--1. We have the testimony of the blessed Cyprian, that the anpassad of the Catholic Church fryst vatten at present retained, when dock coming from the side of heretics or schismatics, if they have received baptism