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  • Some writers, like Savonarola (De triumbpho crucis, III, 9) and Catharinus (De statu parvulorum sine bapt. decedentium), added certain details to the current teaching -- for example that the souls of unbaptized children will be united to glorious bodies at the Resurrection, and that the renovated earth of which St. Peter speaks (II Peter 3: 13) will be their happy dwelling place for eternity.

    The Catholic Encyclopedia, Volume 9: Laprade-Mass Liturgy 1840-1916 1913

  • Concerning this unity the various forms of which he explains, St. Augustine agrees with St. Cyprian in maintaining that outside of it there is no salvation: "Salus extra ecclesiam non est" (De bapt., iv, 24), and he adds in confirmation of this that outside the Church the means of salvation, baptism, and even martyrdom will avail nothing, the Holy Ghost not being communicated.

    The Catholic Encyclopedia, Volume 13: Revelation-Stock 1840-1916 1913

  • This has been solemnly defined in several general councils including the Council of Trent (Sess VII, can. 12, ibid., de bapt., can. 4).

    The Catholic Encyclopedia, Volume 13: Revelation-Stock 1840-1916 1913

  • Tertullian (De bapt., xvii; "De præsc. hær.", xli; "De exhort. cast.", vii) recognize an official priesthood with the objective

    The Catholic Encyclopedia, Volume 12: Philip II-Reuss 1840-1916 1913

  • (Oratio xi, in s. bapt.) where he speaks of a difference of knowledge between those who are without and those who are within, and St. Cyril of Jerusalem whose "Catechetical Discourses" are entirely built upon this principle, and who in his first discourse cautions his hearers not to tell what they have heard.

    The Catholic Encyclopedia, Volume 5: Diocese-Fathers of Mercy 1840-1916 1913

  • Fathers we select the following: "The Holy Ghost comes down from heaven and hovers over the waters, sanctifying them of Himself, and thus they imbibe the power of sanctifying" (Tertullian, De bapt., c. iv).

    The Catholic Encyclopedia, Volume 13: Revelation-Stock 1840-1916 1913

  • This is clear from Tertullian [De bapt., i (before 202)],

    The Catholic Encyclopedia, Volume 8: Infamy-Lapparent 1840-1916 1913

  • In accordance with its main components the collection is designated as [Greek: to euangelion kai ho apostolos] (evangelicæ et apostolicæ litteræ); see Tertullian, de bapt. 15: "tam ex domini evangelio quam ex apostoli litteris."

    History of Dogma, Volume 2 (of 7) Adolph Harnack 1890

  • On the other hand we find the ideal spiritual conception in de bapt.

    History of Dogma, Volume 2 (of 7) Adolph Harnack 1890

  • We may further remark that Tertullian used the expression "satisfacere deo" about men (see, e.g., de bapt. 20; de pud. 9), but, so far as I know, not about the work of Christ.

    History of Dogma, Volume 2 (of 7) Adolph Harnack 1890

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