CHAPTER III

CYPRIAN AND THE BISHOPS CONNECTED WITH HIM, MAINTAINED, THAT THOSE WHO HAD TURNED FROM HERETICAL ERROR, SHOULD BE BAPTISED AGAIN

CYPRINA, who was bishop (ποιμην) of the church of Carthage, was of opinion, that they should be admitted on no conditions, before they were first purified from their error by baptism. But Stephen, who thought that no innovations should be made contrary to traditions that had prevailed from ancient times, was greatly offended at this.