-- 18. But as regards the remission of sins, whether it is granted through baptism at the hands of the heretics, I have already expressed my opinion on this point in a former book; [1286] but I will shortly recapitulate it here. If remission of sins is t

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Footnotes:

[1286] Above, Book I. c. xi. sqq.

[1287] Non ut jam vere dimissa non retineantur. One of the negatives here appears to be superfluous, and the former is omitted in Amerbach's edition, and in many of the Mss., which continue the sentence, "non ut ille baptismus," instead of "neque ut ille," etc. If the latter negative were omitted, the sense would be improved, and "neque" would appropriately remain.

[1288] 2 Corinthians 2:15, 16.