Concerning the baptisms of
dissident Russians, perhaps the largest group of our separated brethren, the
Pontifical Commission for Russia advised Ordinaries that "They must recall
to mind the replies and decrees of the Holy Office regarding the validity of
baptism and confirmation of dissidents." (Joseph Goodwine, The Reception of
Converts: Commentary with Historical Notes [The Catholic University of
America Canon Law Studies 198; Washington, D.C.: The Catholic University of
America Press, 1944], 166, emphasis in bold added)
