Definitions for donatism
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1. Donatismnoun

   a schismatic Christian religion in northern Africa from the 4th to the 7th century; held that only those who led a blameless life belonged in the church or could administer the sacraments

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1. donatismnoun

   An early Christian belief which maintained that apostate priests were incapable of administering the sacraments, as opposed to the orthodox view that any sacrament administered by a properly ordained priest or bishop is valid, regardless of how sinful he is or if he has converted to another religion.

2. Etymology: Eponym, + -ism

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1. Donatism

   Donatism was a Christian sect leading to a schism in the Church, in the region of the Church 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 Proconsularis (present-day Tunisia, the northeast of Algeria, and the western coast of Libya), in the persecutions of Christians under Diocletian. Named after the Berber Christian bishop Donatus Magnus, Donatism flourished during the fourth and fifth centuries.

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1. donatism

   Donatism is a heresy led by the bishop Donatus in the 4th century AD, primarily in North Africa. Donatists believed that Christian clergy must be faultless for their ministry to be effective and their prayers and sacraments to be valid. This included the belief that Christian sacraments, such as baptism, were invalid if performed by morally corrupt priests. Donatism emerged during the time of Diocletian’s persecution of Christians, and was largely rooted in issues surrounding the betrayal of Christian scriptures to Roman authorities. It was later condemned as a heresy by the wider Church.

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1. Donatismnoun

   the tenets of the Donatists

2. Etymology: [Cf. F. Donatisme.]

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1. Donatism

   Donatism was a Christian sect within the Roman province of Africa that flourished in the fourth and fifth centuries among Berber Christians. Donatism had its roots in the social pressures among the long-established Christian community of Roman North Africa, during the persecutions of Christians under Diocletian. The Donatists were members of a schismatic church not in communion with the churches of the Catholic tradition in Late Antiquity. Donatism was an indirect outcome of Diocletian's persecutions. The governor of Africa had been lenient towards the large Christian minority under his rule during the persecutions. He was satisfied if Christians handed over their Scriptures as a token repudiation of their faith. Some Christians acceded to this convenient action. When the persecutions came to an end, however, they were branded traditores, "those who handed over" by the zealous, mostly from the poorer classes. Like the Novatianist schism of the previous century, the Donatists were rigorists, holding that the church must be a church of "saints," not "sinners," and that sacraments, such as baptism, administered by traditores were invalid. Probably in 311, a new bishop of Carthage, Caecilian, was consecrated by someone who had allegedly been a traditor, Felix of Aptungi; his opponents consecrated a short-lived rival, who was succeeded by Donatus, after whom the schism was named.

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   The numerical value of donatism in Pythagorean Numerology is: 5

References

1. ^ Princeton's WordNet
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2. ^ Wiktionary
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5. ^ Webster Dictionary
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6. ^ Wikidata
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