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On Baptism, against the Donatists
Blessed Augustine, NPNF I.4
Polianus of Mileum said: “It is right that a heretic should be baptized in the holy …
Polianus of Mileum1 said: “It is right that a heretic should be baptized in the holy Church.”2
Nothing, indeed, could be expressed more shortly. But I think this too is short: It is right that the baptism of Christ should not be depreciated in the Church of Christ.
Notes
- Mileum, Milevis, Mileve, in ecclesiastical province of Numidia, noted as the seat of two Councils 402 A.D. and 416 A.D.; also as the See of Optatus. Polianus is most likely to be identified with the one in Cypr. Epp. lxxvi., lxxix.
- Conc. Cath. sec. 13.