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Works Augustine of Hippo (354-430) The Seven Books of Augustin, Bishop of Hippo On Baptism, Against the Donatists
Book VII.
Chapter 46.

90.

Litteus 1 of Gemelli 2 said: "If the blind lead the blind, both shall fall into the ditch.' 3 Since, therefore, it is clear that heretics can give no light 4 to any one, as being blind themselves, therefore their baptism is invalid." 5


  1. Some read Licteus; not unlikely the bishop of Cypr. Ep. lxxvi. ↩

  2. Gemelli was a Roman colony in ecclesiastical province of Numidia. ↩

  3. Matt xv. 14. ↩

  4. Illuminare; baptism being often called photismos. ↩

  5. Conc. Carth. sec. 82. ↩

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