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PL 6 · cols. 45–46
Rheticius, episcopus Aeduensis, Dictum de baptismo
Editors' preface
RHETICII, EPISCOPI AEDUENSIS,
OF RHETICIUS, BISHOP OF AUTUN,
DICTUM DE BAPTISMO.
A SAYING ON BAPTISM.
Rheticium (inquit S. Augustinus), ab Augustoduno episcopum, magnae fuisse auctoritatis in Ecclesia tempore episcopatus sui, gesta illa ecclesiastica, nobis indicant, quando in urbe Roma, Melchiade apostolicae sedis episcopo praesidente, cum aliis judex interfuit, Donatumque damnavit, qui prior auctor Donatistarum schismatis fuit, et Caecilianum,
That Rheticius, bishop of Augustodunum, was of great authority in the Church in the time of his episcopate (says St Augustine), those ecclesiastical acts show us, when in the city of Rome, with Melchiades, bishop of the apostolic see, presiding, he sat as judge with others, and condemned Donatus, who was the first author of the schism of the Donatists, and Caecilianus,
Editors' notes and page, col. 45
Footnotes
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Page
- running head: 45 RHETICII DICTUM DE BAPTISMO. — AN[...] (printed RHETICH; cut off at image edge)
- marginal letters: A ‹idque de consecratione›; B ‹scribit : « De fermento›; C ‹nobis indicant, quando in urbe›; D ‹Quis queritur sera›
- old-edition numerals: (none)
- other: a full-width band stands across cols 45/46 in mid-page: the 3 paragraph(s) above it in col 46 are set here, after the 3 above it in col 45 (reading order, moved on receipt); the band itself (its title lines) is not set by the volunteer page: set it here, at the move, with full_width
- other: 2 full-width bands stand across cols 45/46 (after paragraphs 2+1, 3+3 of the two columns, counted from the top): the pieces are set in reading order, each pair under its own band; set each band where its piece begins
- other: the column continues with Quis queritur sera virtutis dote juvari? (another unit); not set here
- other: the column opens with the end of the previous work (another unit); not set here: the unit begins at Rheticium (inquit S. Augustinus)
- running head: 45 RHETICII DICTUM DE BAPTISMO. — ANONYMI CARMEN. 46
- marginal letters: A ‹idque de consecratione eucharistiae› / ‹quia nec longe portanda›; B ‹scribit : « De fermento vero› / ‹sceltur, cum episcopo suo›; C ‹nobis indicant, quando in urbe Roma› / ‹gentiam neminem praeterit›; D ‹Conjugium memini› (next unit)
- old-edition numerals: (none)
- other: Full-width page read in reading order: this file takes the title band and the left column of the Dictum (to "Caecilianum,"); the right column goes in c46_a.md. Upper part of the page (end of the editors' Notitiae, §28 on the fermentum, both columns) is editors' prose, not set. The band ANONYMI CARMEN DE LAUDIBUS DOMINI below belongs to the next unit, not set. UNSURE: after "apostolicae sedis" a small stray mark (like ";" or a broken rule) stands in the line; taken as a type blemish, not punctuation, and not set. Running head of col 45 is misprinted "RHETICH" (the name normalised to RHETICII in the head lines above; QA Q3 2026-11-02).
episcopum Ecclesiae Carthaginensis, absolvit. Is, cum de baptismo ageret, ita locutus est:
bishop of the Church of Carthage, he acquitted. He, when he was treating of baptism, spoke thus:
« Hanc igitur principalem esse in Ecclesia indulgentiam neminem praeterit, in qua antiqui criminis omne pondus exponimus, et ignorantiae nostrae facinora prisca debemus, ubi et veterem hominem cum ingenitis sceleribus exuimus. »
“That this, then, is the chief indulgence in the Church escapes no one: in it we lay down the whole weight of the ancient crime, and blot out the old misdeeds of our ignorance, where we also put off the old man with his inborn sins.”
Editors' notes and page, col. 46
Footnotes
(a) ‹anchor: Conjugium memini› · call in col 46
Celebrat auctor conjugium S. Rheticii, qui deinceps ad episcopatum Augustodunensem fuit evectus. Qua de re Gregorius Turonensis lib. de Glor. Confessor., cap. 72.
The author celebrates the marriage of St Rheticius, who was afterwards raised to the episcopate of Autun. On which matter see Gregory of Tours, book On the Glory of the Confessors, chapter 72.
(printed under page 26)
Page
- running head: …APTISMO. — ANONYMI CARMEN. 46 (left part cut off at image edge)
- marginal letters: A quia nec longe portanda; B scetur, cum episcopo suo; C gentiam neminem praeterit; D Conjugium memini
- old-edition numerals: (none)
- misprints (kept as printed): debemus (para « Hanc igitur principalem, set under col 45's rail) for delemus, as Augustine quotes it (Contra Julianum I.3.7); the English follows delemus ("blot out")
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- running head: 45 RHETICII DICTUM DE BAPTISMO. — ANONYMI CARMEN. 46
- marginal letters: A ‹quia nec longe portanda sunt›; B ‹sceltur, cum episcopo suo›; C ‹gentiam neminem praeterit›; D ‹Conjugium memini› (next unit)
- old-edition numerals: (none)
- other: Right-hand column of the Dictum, continuing c45_a.md mid-sentence. "debemus" as printed (clear on the page); Augustine's text (Contra Julianum I) reads "delemus", and the English follows that sense ("blot out"). Upper part of this column (end of the editors' Notitiae, on the fermentum, Mabillon) is editors' prose, not set.