Donatist
Pronunciation
This text is extracted from the Wiktionary and it is available under the CC BY-SA 3.0 license | Terms and conditions | Privacy policy 0.002
Pronunciation
- (British) IPA: /ˈdəʊnətɪst/, /ˈdɒnətɪst/
Donatist (plural Donatists)
- (Christianity, historical) One of a group of Christians in fourth-century North Africa who broke away as a group after opposing the appointment of Caecilianus as Bishop of Carthage, and who disputed the validity of baptisms performed by others.
- 2009, Diarmaid MacCulloch, A History of Christianity, Penguin 2010, p. 211:
- Faced with petitions from the Donatists, in 311 Constantine made a decision of great significance for the future.
- 2009, Diarmaid MacCulloch, A History of Christianity, Penguin 2010, p. 211:
This text is extracted from the Wiktionary and it is available under the CC BY-SA 3.0 license | Terms and conditions | Privacy policy 0.002