I guess sometimes their Augustinian roots come out!
Notice he is the only “church father” they really don’t want to talk about?
To the contrary.
ST. AUGUSTINE: The centurion Cornelius, before Baptism, was better than Simon [Magus], who had been baptized. For Cornelius, even before Baptism, was filled with the Holy Ghost, while Simon, after Baptism, was puffed up with an unclean spirit.