Chapter 42.—Sanctification Manifold; Sacrament of Catechumens.

Our opinions on this point are strictly in unison with the apostle’s himself, who said, “From one all to condemnation,” and “from one all to justification of life.”399    See Rom. v. 18. Now how consistent these statements are with what he elsewhere says, when treating of another point, “Else were your children unclean, but now are they holy,” consider a while.

42. Nostrae autem, imo ipsius Apostoli sententiae, qui dixit, Ex uno omnes ad condemnationem; et, Ex uno omnes ad justificationem vitae (Rom. V, 16, 18): quam non sit contrarium hoc quod ait, cum de alia re ageret, Alioquin filii vestri immundi essent, nunc autem sancti sunt, paululum attende.