Introductory Essay on the Manichæan Heresy, By Albert H. Newman, D.D., LL.D · Book IV. In Which He Treats of What Follows in the Same Epistle of Cyprian to Jubaianus · Chapter 29
56. Quintus of Aggya Said: "He Who Has a Thing Can Give It; but What Can the Heretics Give, Who Are Well Known to Have Nothing?"
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57. To him our answer is: If, then, any man can give a thing who has it, it is clear that heretics can give baptism: for when they separate from the Church, they have still the sacrament of washing which they had received while in the Church; for when they return they do not again receive it, because they had not lost it when they withdrew from the Church.