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Donatism

Donatism was a schism from the Catholic Church in the Archdiocese of Carthage from the fourth to the sixth centuries. Donatists argued that Christian clergy must be faultless for their ministry to be effective and their prayers and sacraments to be valid. Donatism had its roots in the long-established Christian community of the Roman province Africa…

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related to Further reading · 108
Donatism → An Interpretation, Ancient Christianity, Ann Arbor, Aug, Augustine, Augustine Against, Augustine's Coercion, Augustine's Donatist Controversy, Augustine's Nuanced Treatment, Augustine's Use, Augustinus Contra Donatistas, Authority, Baylor University, Berkeley, Biblical Exegete, Boer Sr, Byzantine Review, California Press, Cameron, Charles
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Donatism → Anabaptists, Bezpopovtsy, Christian, Constance, Council, Donatists, During, For, High Middle Ages, Hus, In Eastern Orthodoxy, Jan Hus, Johann Eck, John Wycliffe, Magisterial Reformers, Old Believers, Patriarch Nikon's, Pelagian, Reformation, Reformers
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Donatism → Among Donatists, Apostles, Apostolic, Apotactics, But, Carthage, Christ, Christian, Circumcellions, Donatist, Donatist Bishop Primian, Donatists, Episcopal, Followers, Maximian, Some, The Circumcellions, The Claudianists, The Rogatists, They
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Donatism → Andrew, Ashgate, Berbers, Cirta, Donatist, Donatist Schism, Donatists, Donatus, Early Church, ISBN, Late Antique North Africa, Letter, Merrills, New Perspectives, Online Dynamic Bibliography, Petilian, Romans, Sean Multimedia, UK, Vandals
related to Decline · 12
Donatism → Although, Arian Vandals, Augustine's, Christian, Christians, Donatists, Justinian I's Byzantine, Muslim, North Africa, The, Vandal, Vandals
related to Opposition · 12
Donatism → According, Augustine, Donatists, Great Banquet, Hippo, In, Influenced, New Testament Parable, Old Testament, Vincentius, Whomsoever, You

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