Chapter 21.—40.  Julianus of Telepte^18171817     Telepte (Thelepte) or Thala, was in ecclesiastical province of Byzacium. said:  "It is written, ‘A man can receive nothing, except it be given him from heaven;’^18181818     John iii. 27. if heresy is from heaven, it can give baptism."^18191819     Conc. Carth. sec. 57.

41.  Let him hear another also saying:  If covetousness is from heaven, it can give baptism.  And yet the covetous do confer it; so therefore also may the heretics.