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  • noun Plural form of Donatist.

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Examples

  • Yet, Augustine who defends these arguments in his earlier writings, later (when confronted with the danger of a schism between Roman Catholics and the so-called Donatists) came to the conclusion that the same reasons of love, of the two kingdoms and of the freedom of conscience could also make intolerance and the use of force into a Christian duty, if it were the only way to save the soul of another

    Toleration Forst, Rainer 2007

  • This article appears to have first found place in the Creed as a protest against the tenets of a sect called the Donatists, from Donatus their leader.

    Exposition of the Apostles Creed James Dodds

  • a Manichean, which was a heretic, and many other heretics, which namely were rebaptized Donatists and Manicheans; all these he confounded and overcame.

    The Golden Legend, vol. 5 1230-1298 1900

  • It is popular amongst revisionists in the Church to describe those of us who are more conservative as "Donatists".

    Stand Firm 2010

  • Magnus became the leader of these Christians, who came to be called Donatists.

    Bring Back Donatism! | Heretical Ideas Magazine 2009

  • This idea was developed in response to the Donatists, who felt that priests who had committed deadly sins would not be able to perform Mass.

    Augustine vs. Pelagius Part Four - The Politics of Free Will | Heretical Ideas Magazine 2009

  • While I admire the Donatists, the deck was stacked against them.

    Bring Back Donatism! | Heretical Ideas Magazine 2009

  • The Donatists believed that those Priests who had betrayed their faith during the time of persecution were not fit to be clergy without a re-baptism and lengthy penance.

    Bring Back Donatism! | Heretical Ideas Magazine 2009

  • The Donatists surged for a few decades in North Africa, but eventually they were thelogically defeated by Augustine of Hippo.

    Bring Back Donatism! | Heretical Ideas Magazine 2009

  • St. Augustine Against the Donatists, Book 5, chapter 28: If not by water, how in the ark?

    CONFIRMED 2009

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