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- proper noun A Roman priest, who became an
antipope against St. Cornelius in 251 AD, andschismatic heresiarch as founder of aChristian sect known asNovatianism - noun A
follower ofNovatianism . - adjective relating to the heresiarch Novatian (see above) and/or his schismatic sect,
Novatianism
Etymologies
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Hence to communicate with an antipope such as Novatian would be schism (Ep. 68: 1).
The Catholic Encyclopedia, Volume 12: Philip II-Reuss 1840-1916 1913
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In the fifth century, after the schism of Novatus and Novatian, penitentiaries were instituted for the absolution of such as had fallen into idolatry.
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It is also remarkable that in the works which they wrote to vindicate this doctrine both carefully avoid even once applying the decisive word “God” to the Holy Ghost, though in this they are but following earlier writers, even professed trinitarians like Novatian, and the N.T. itself.
Ratzinger, Scripture and the development of doctrine Mike L 2007
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It is also remarkable that in the works which they wrote to vindicate this doctrine both carefully avoid even once applying the decisive word “God” to the Holy Ghost, though in this they are but following earlier writers, even professed trinitarians like Novatian, and the N.T. itself.
Archive 2007-11-01 Mike L 2007
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Before the occurrence of these scandals, the priest Novatian had been the cause of a very dreadful one to the people of Rome.
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Here Luther confuses Novatus with Novatian, the Roman leader of an elitist schismatic movement.
Luther and English Apocalypticism: The Role of Luther in Three Seventeenth-Century Commentaries on the Book of Revelation Benjamin A. Ehlers 1992
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In Novatian (third century), a schismatic, the diet of primitive man is not merely confined to vegetable foods but to the fruits of trees.
PRIMITIVISM GEORGE BOAS 1968
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As for second marriages, the Montanist and the Novatian sects condemned them absolutely, on the ground that if God has removed a wife or husband he has thereby signified his will to end the marrying of the parties;
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Minucius Felix, Novatian and Lactantius presented their doctrine, and, together with the more material and less religious character of the
The Basis of Early Christian Theism Lawrence Thomas Cole
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Minucius Felix: _Octavius_, XVII, XVIII; Novatian: _De
The Basis of Early Christian Theism Lawrence Thomas Cole
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