Chapter 24

Chapter 24.—56.  Petilianus said:  "But you will answer that you abide by the same declaration, ‘He that is once washed needeth not save to wash his feet.’²⁰⁵⁴  Now the ‘once’ is once that has authority, once that is confirmed by the truth."

57.  Augustin answered:  Baptism in the name of the Father and of the Son and of the Holy Ghost²⁰⁵⁵ has Christ for its authority, not any man, whoever he may be; and Christ is the truth, not any man.