Concept information
Preferred term
Donatism
Definition
- The doctrines or principles of a sect of Christians which arose in North Africa in 311, out of a dispute about the election of Caecilian as bishop of Carthage, in place of whom they elected Majorinus; they maintained that their own party was the only true and pure church, and that the baptisms and ordinations of others were invalid [OED, alt.]
Broader concept
Entry terms
- Donatist schism
- Schism, Donatist
Notation
- 120401
In other languages
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French
URI
http://data.loterre.fr/ark:/67375/JLC-CXPXMQFJ-X
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