Chapter 6.—9. First, then, let us record for further consideration the case proposed for decision by Cyprian himself, with which he
initiates the proceedings of the Council, and by which he shows a peaceful spirit, abounding in the fruitfulness of Christian
charity. "Ye have read," he says, "most beloved colleagues, what Jubaianus, our fellow-bishop, has written to me, consulting
my 482poor ability about the unlawful and
profane baptism of heretics, and what I have written back to him, expressing to him the same opinion that I have expressed
once and again and often, that heretics coming to the Church ought to be baptized, and sanctified with the baptism of the
Church. Another letter also of Jubaianus has been read to you, in which, agreeably to his sincere and religious devotion,
in answer to our epistle, he not only expressed his assent to it, but also gratefully acknowledged that he had received
instruction. It remains that we should individually express our opinions on this same subject, judging no one, and removing
no one from the right of communion if he should entertain a different opinion. For neither does any one of us set himself
up as a bishop of bishops, or by tyrannical terror force his colleagues to the necessity of obeying, since every bishop, in
the free use of his liberty and power, has the right of free judgment, and can no more be judged by another than he can himself
judge another. But we are all awaiting the judgment of our Lord Jesus Christ who alone has the power both of preferring us
in the government of His Church, and of judging of our actions."15921592