Pope Hadrian I to the bishops of Spain (c. 785-792):
Many suppose that the heavenly grace consists
simply in the forgiveness of sins; but we have counted ten honours. This is why
we baptize infants, so that they should not be stained by sin, so that they receive
holiness, righteousness and adoption and be made coheirs and brothers of
Christ, so that they may all be his members, so that they may become the dwelling-place
of the Spirit. (Codex Epistolaris Carolinus: Letters from the Popes to the
Frankish Rulers, 739-791 [trans. Richard Price; Translated Texts for
Historians 77; Liverpool: Liverpool University Press, 2021], 418)
