Definition of Donatists. Meaning of Donatists. Synonyms of Donatists

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Definition of Donatists

Donatist
Donatist Don"a*tist, n. [LL. Donatista: cf. F. Donatiste.] (Eccl. Hist.) A follower of Donatus, the leader of a body of North African schismatics and purists, who greatly disturbed the church in the 4th century. They claimed to be the true church.

Meaning of Donatists from wikipedia

- of the Cir****cellions and Donatists. The Claudianists, who (with the Urbanists) were reconciled to the Donatists by Donatist Bishop Primian of Carthage...
- commerce with the Donatists or take pains in gathering evidence overseas." Quick links to the separate books and parts of ‘Against the Donatists’, in a 1917...
- him. He was married to Anapsychia. In Africa, the dispute between the Donatists and orthodox Christians was not only doctrinal but also involved regional...
- is of the predestinated, the latter is not." Also in reaction to the Donatists, Augustine developed a distinction between the "regularity" and "validity"...
- example, "Augustine's appeal to tradition against the Donatists is more complicated because the Donatists had appealed to tradition against the Catholics"...
- Africa. The Donatists again appealed to the Emperor, who responded by convening the Council of Arles in 314, but it ruled against the Donatists too. By the...
- in Rome, where the Donatists failed to prove that Bishop Felix was a traditor. The synod ruled in favor of Caecilian. The Donatists appealed to Emperor...
- support for the Donatists caused the Donatists to be identified with them, leading officials to take punitive action against the Donatist Church. Further...
- and a contemporary of the Donatist schism, presents a detailed analysis of the origins, beliefs, and practices of the Donatists, as well as the events and...
- Optat became the spokesman for the Donatist movement. After Optat, Thamugadai had two bishops Gaudentius (Donatist) and Faustinus (Catholic). In the 5th...