because it does not wish to obey, yet the Church does not withdraw from Christ.
The people joined to the priest and the flock clinging to their shepherd are the
Church.”
Letter to Jubaianus (C. 254-256 AD):
73, 9
“For the reason, then, that they had already received legitimate and ecclesiastical
Baptism, it was not necessary to baptize them again. Rather, that only which was
lacking was done by Peter and John; and thus, prayer having been made over
them, and hands having been imposed upon them, the Holy Spirit was invoked and
was poured out upon them. This is even now the practice among us, so that those
who are baptized in the Church are then brought to the prelates of the Church; and
through our prayer and the imposition of hands, they receive the Holy Spirit and
are perfected with the seal of the Lord.”
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