5th century (source section) · Source account
First Version, According To The Account Of Sebastian Franck, In His Chronijk, 1563, Fol. 136, Col. 3.
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“The most important matter in this transaction” he writes, “is the imperial code, which contains cap. 1, lib. 2, an edict issued by the Emperors Theodosius and Honorius, which reads thus: “If any minister of the Christian church is found guilty of having rebaptized any one, he, together with the person thus rebaptized, provided the latter is proved to be of such an age as to understand the crime, shall be put to death.”
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FIRST VERSION, ACCORDING TO THE ACCOUNT OF SEBASTIAN FRANCK, IN HIS CHRONIJK, 1563, FOL. 136, COL. 3.
First Part. · AN ACCOUNT OF THOSE WHO SUFFERED IN THE FIFTH CENTURY.
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