Nicene and Post-Nicene Fathers: Series I/Volume IV/Donatist Controversy/On Baptism/Book VII/Chapter 21

40.&#160; Julianus of Telepte said:&#160; "It is written, &#8216;A man can receive nothing, except it be given him from heaven;&#8217; if heresy is from heaven, it can give baptism."

41.&#160; Let him hear another also saying:&#160; If covetousness is from heaven, it can give baptism.&#160; And yet the covetous do confer it; so therefore also may the heretics.