-- 25. "Can the power of baptism," says Cyprian, "be greater or better than confession? than martyrdom? that a man should confess Christ before men, and be baptized in his own blood? And yet," he goes on to say, "neither does this baptism profit the here

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Footnotes:

[1441] Cypr. Ep. 73. 21.

[1442] 1 Corinthians 13:3.

[1443] Cyp. l.c.

[1444] Cyp. l.c.

[1445] Cyp. l.c.

[1446] Matthew 12:30.

[1447] 1 Corinthians 6:10.