# Lehre und Wehre_St. Louis Missouri_Januar 1862_S7
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Theological Axioms. 7

3. Omnes aquae a Christo in Jordane consecratae sunt. (Augustine.)

All waters were already consecrated by Christ in the Jordan.

4. Distinguendum est inter δόσιν καὶ δόσεως τρόπον· δόσις necessaria est, τρόπος δόσεως arbitrarius. (Gerhard.)

One must indeed distinguish between the administration (of baptism) and the manner of administration; the administration is necessary, the manner of administration is a matter of choice.

5. Non quis, sed quid faciat, in administratione baptismi spectandum. (Kromayer.)

In the administration of baptism, one must look not to who does it, but to what he does.

6. To be baptized in God's name is to be baptized not by men, but by God himself. (Luther's Large Catechism.)

7. Discrepat τὸ rectum et τὸ ratum. (Dannhauer.)

There is a difference between saying that something is right and that something is valid.

8. Ut ratus sit actus, pauciora requiruntur, quam ut rectus sit. (Dannhauer.)

Less is required for an act to be valid than for it to be right.

9. Plura concurrunt ad baptismum conferendum, quae non irritant collatum. (L. Hartmann.)

More things belong to the administering of baptism, the lack of which, once it has been administered, does not render it invalid.

10. Haeretici, qui substantialia baptismi retinent, baptismum legitimum habent, sed non legitime. (Kromayer.)

Heretics who retain what is essential to baptism have a lawful baptism, but not in a lawful manner.

11. Res injuste accepta fructificat suo domino, non malae fidei possessori. (Dannhauer.)

A thing taken unjustly bears its fruit for its rightful owner, not for the possessor of bad faith.

12. "Nec vobis blandiamini, quod baptismum non rescindimus vestrum. Non est hoc vestrum, sed catholicae ecclesiae." (Augustine.)

Do not flatter yourselves that we do not regard your baptism as invalid. It is not yours, but the universal Church's.

13. Rebaptizare hominem haereticum, omnino peccatum est, rebaptizare catholicum, scelus est immanissimum. (Augustine.)

To rebaptize a heretical person is indeed a sin; to rebaptize a person of orthodox faith is the most abominable crime.

14. Non potest in reiterationis crimen venire, quod nescitur esse factum. (Leo the Great.)

One cannot fall into the crime of repeating baptism when it is not known that it has already taken place.