Treatise on Rebaptism

[Originalist]

Originally Posted by Steven Avery

This is an incredible writing that flies under the radar.

A Treatise on Re-Baptism by an Anonymous Writer.
Argument.—That They Who Have Once Been Washed in the Name of the Lord Jesus Christ, Ought Not to Be Re-Baptized.
https://www.ccel.org/ccel/schaff/anf...ii.iv.ii-p71.1

This is likely Ante-Nicene, 3rd century, when these topics were a hot-button involving correspondence between Cyprian and the Bishop of Rome Stephen, and some of the writing comes from the Council of Carthage of 251 AD. Here is some background.

Cyprian vs. Stephen, Bishop of Rome, 257-258 AD
https://apologeticsandagape.wordpres...19/03/12/7297/
The emphasis here is on the (non) authority of the Bishop of Rome, however there is good stuff.

And I have placed extracts here of the Anonymous Treatise on Rebaptism, although I do recommend a full read:

Pure Bible Forum
A Treatise on Re-Baptism by an Anonymous Writer.
https://www.purebibleforum.com/index...495/#post-6038

And I also plan to discuss some writings and threads here that do touch on this Treatise.

Notice that the Treatise affirms Matthew 28:19 as scripture. That whole thing trying to deny the verse as scripture is on many threads here and is a non-issue. And not the purpose of studying the Treatise.

I have posted these links too on various Facebook pages. Those who claim that there is no historical proof of baptism in the name of Jesus never comment, of course. It suprises me that Apostolic scholars don't cite these sources much.