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Donatism  

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  • 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.]

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Etiquetas alternativas

  • Donatist schism
  • Schism, Donatist

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