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Lucius of Castra Galbae ¹ said: "Since the Lord hath said in His gospel, Ye are the salt of the earth: but if the salt have lost his savor, that which is salted from it shall be thenceforth good for nothing, but to be cast out, and to be trodden under foot of men;' ² and seeing that again, after His resurrection, when sending forth His apostles, He commanded them, saying, All power is given unto me in heaven and in earth: go ye therefore, and teach all nations, baptizing them in the name of the Father, and of the Son, and of the Holy Ghost,' ³ --since then it is plain that heretics, that is, the enemies of Christ, have not the full confession of the sacrament, also that schismatics cannot reason with spiritual wisdom, since they themselves, by withdrawing when they have lost their savor from the Church, which is one, have become contrary to it, ⁴ let that be done which is written, The houses of those that are opposed to the law must needs be cleansed;' ⁵ and it therefore follows that those who have been polluted by being baptized by men opposed to Christ should first be cleansed, and only then baptized." ⁶