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3. Kap. Cyprian und seine Bischöfe geben zuerst den Erlaß heraus, die aus der Häresie Zurückkehrenden wieder zu taufen.

Cyprian, der Hirt der Gemeinde Karthago, war unter den damaligen Bischöfen der erste, der glaubte, man dürfe dieselben nur aufnehmen, wenn sie sich zuvor durch die Taufe von ihrem Irrtum gereinigt hätten. Stephanus aber, der meinte, man solle keine Neuerung einführen und nicht in Gegensatz zu althergebrachter Überlieferung treten, war sehr unwillig darüber.

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Chapter III.--Cyprian, and the Bishops with him, first taught that it was necessary to purify by Baptism those converted from Heresy.

First of all, Cyprian, pastor of the parish of Carthage, 1 maintained that they should not be received except they had been purified from their error by baptism. But Stephen considering it unnecessary to add any innovation contrary to the tradition which had been held from the beginning, was very indignant at this. 2


  1. From 247 or 248 to 258, when he suffered martyrdom. ↩

  2. See the previous chapter, note 3. ↩

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