I Ask, Therefore, if Sins were Remitted by the Baptism of John...

writings in connection with the donatist controversy. — St. Augustine

-- 12. I ask, therefore, if sins were remitted by the baptism of John, what more could the baptism of Christ confer on those whom the Apostle Paul desired to be baptized with the baptism of Christ after they had received the baptism of John? But if sins

Footnotes:

[1488] Cypr. Serm. de Lapsis, c. vi.

[1489] Ephesians 2:6.

[1490] Romans 8:24.

[1491] Matthew 3:11.

[1492] John 1:29.

[1493] Acts 19:3-5.