NPNF1-04. Augustine: The Writings Against the Manichaeans and Against the Donatists

Chapter 21.—40. Julianus of Telepte¹⁸¹⁷ said: "It is written, ‘A man can receive nothing, except it be given him from heaven;’John iii. 27 if heresy is from heaven, it can give baptism."¹⁸¹⁹

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