For whenever unbaptized persons die confessing Christ, this confession is of the same efficacy for the remission of sins as if they were washed in the sacred font of baptism.
— Saint Augustine Ancient

Influential Christian theologian

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On Baptism, Against the Donatists

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c. 400 AD

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Controversial

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