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St. Gregory II, 715-731

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ST. GREGORY II 715-731

The Form and Minister of Baptism 1

[From the epistle "Desiderabilem mihi" to St. Boniface, Nov. 22, 726]

296a You have said that some without the profession of the Creed were baptized by adulterous and unworthy priests. In these cases may your love hold to the ancient custom of the Church: that, whoever has been baptized in the name of the Father and of the Son and of the Holy Spirit, may in no case be rebaptized; for not in the name of the one baptizing, but in the name of the Trinity has one received the gift of this grace. And let that which the Apostle says be observed: One God, one faith, one baptism [Eph. 4:5]. But we recommend that to such you teach more zealously the spiritual doctrine.

ST. GREGORY III 731-741

Baptism and Confirmation 2

[From the epistle "Doctoris omnium" to St. Boniface, Oct. 29, 739]

296b However, because they were baptized in the name of the Trinity, it is necessary that those indeed who were baptized through a diversity and a variation of the relationship of languages, be strengthened through the hands of imposition [another version: imposition] and of the holy chrism.

ST. ZACHARY 741-752

The Form and Minister of Baptism 3

[From the epistle "Virgilius et Sedonius" to St. Boniface, July 1, 746 (?)]

297 For they have reported that there was a priest in that province, who was so completely ignorant of the Latin language that when he was baptizing, because of his ignorance of the Latin speech, breaking up the

  1. MGh Epp. III 1, n. 26; Jf 2174; Hrd III 1859 D; ML 89, 525 CD. ↩

  2. MGh Epp. III 1, n. 45; Msi XII 285 D; Jf 2251; ML 89, 584 C. ↩

  3. MGh Epp. III 1, n. 68 and 80; Msi XII 339 D f.; Jf 2276 2286 c. Add.; Hrd III 1888 1910 C; ML 89, 929 C 943 D f.  ↩