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Baptism, Heretical

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i.e., when administered by heretics, has been generally held, at least in the Roman Church, ever since the Donatist schism, to be valid; so likewise if performed by women, heathen, or even in sport, but not if self- administered (Smith, Dict. of Christ. Antiq. s.v.). (See BAPTISM, LAY).