Apostolic Constitutions, Books I-VIII — ANF VII English translation (J. Donaldson) — II-sec-III
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Apostolic Constitutions, Books I-VIII — ANF VII English translation (J. Donaldson)
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VII. Beloved, be it known to you that those who are baptized into the death of our Lord Jesus are obliged to go on no longer in sin; for as those who are dead cannot work wickedness any longer, so those who are dead with Christ cannot practice wickedness. We do not therefore believe, brethren, that any one who has received the washing of life continues in the practice of the licentious acts of transgressors. Now he who sins after his baptism, unless he repent and forsake his sins, shall be condemned to hell-fire. VIII. But if any one be maliciously prosecuted by the heathen, because he will n…
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