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The Donatists (named for the Berber Christian Donatus Magnus) were followers of a belief considered a schism by the broader churches of the Catholic tradition, and most particularly within the conte...
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Donatism was the error taught by Donatus, bishop of Casae Nigrae that the effectiveness of the sacraments depends on the moral character of the minister. In other words, if a minister who was involved in a serious enough sin were to baptize a person, that baptism would be considered invalid.
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www.carm.org/donatism
www.carm.org/donatism
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The Donatist schism in Africa began in 311 and flourished just one hundred years, until the conference at Carthage in 411, after which its importance waned ... Causes of the schism ... Severer measures followed in 304, when the fourth edict ordered all to offer incense to the idols under pain of death. After the abdication...
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www.newadvent.org/cathen/05121a.htm
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; Christianity / Orientations / Heresy /; Donatism ;; ... Donatism was named after Donatus Magnus, the most important leader during its earliest stages. Donatus was, however, not the founder of Donatism; this was Majorinus. The Donatists refused to forgive those who had given in to the persecutions, while the rest of the...
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i-cias.com/e.o/donatism.htm
i-cias.com/e.o/donatism.htm
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Donatism was a heretical sect of early Christianity, founded by Donatus Magnus, which believed that sanctity was a requisite for church membership and administration of sacraments. Donatists lived primarily in Roman Africa and reached their largest numbers in the 4th and 5th centuries. ... History of Donatism:
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Albrecht Vogel, "Donatism," Philip Schaff, ed., A Religious Encyclopaedia or Dictionary of Biblical, Historical, Doctrinal, and Practical Theology, 3rd edn, Vol. 1. Toronto, New York & London: Funk & Wagnalls Company, 1894. pp.659-661.
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www.earlychurch.org.uk/donatism.html
www.earlychurch.org.uk/donatism.html
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Donatism was essentially a response to alternating periods of persecution followed by toleration, culminating in the beginning of the fourth century by the formal legalization of Christianity by Constantine.
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www.bethel.edu/~letnie/AfricanChristianity/WNADonatism....
www.bethel.edu/~letnie/AfricanChristianity/WNADonatism.html
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A certain Donatus of Casae Nigrae is said to have caused a schism in Carthage during the lifetime of Mensurius. Before his departure from Africa, he had given the gold and silver ornaments of the church to the care of certain old men, and had also consigned an inventory of ... Maxentius gave liberty to the Christians,
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www.catholic-forum.com/saints/heresy05.htm
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Donatism began about 312 CE, when a group known as the Donatists (so named after their leader Donatus) split away from the Catholic Church of North Africa because of the election of Caecilian as bishop of Carthage. ... Despite persecution (317-321) and the Vandal invasion of 429, Donatism remained into the seventh century,
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www2.evansville.edu/ecoleweb/glossary/donatism.html
www2.evansville.edu/ecoleweb/glossary/donatism.html
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[dŏńə-tĭst, dṓnə-]
