Donatism of History: Recent Questions
Two roads diverged in Roman Africa. One led to the movement that came to be known as Donatism, and the other to the so-called Catholic party. The controversy emerged soon after the Diocletian persecution, one side selecting Caecilius as the bishop of Carthage, the other eventually selecting Donatus...
| Published in: | The journal of ecclesiastical history |
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| Format: | Electronic Review |
| Language: | English |
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Cambridge Univ. Press
[2019]
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| In: |
The journal of ecclesiastical history
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| Review of: | The donatist schism (Liverpool : Liverpool University Press, 2016) (Wilhite, David E.)
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| Standardized Subjects / Keyword chains: | B
Donatism
/ Schism
/ History
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| IxTheo Classification: | KAB Church history 30-500; early Christianity KBN Sub-Saharan Africa KDH Christian sects |
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Book review
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Volltext (Resolving-System) Volltext (doi) |
| Summary: | Two roads diverged in Roman Africa. One led to the movement that came to be known as Donatism, and the other to the so-called Catholic party. The controversy emerged soon after the Diocletian persecution, one side selecting Caecilius as the bishop of Carthage, the other eventually selecting Donatus (and therefore dubbed 'Donatist'). The schism widened when Constantine supported the former and attempted to enforce his party's status. Violence sporadically erupted between these two parties for the next century, around which time Augustine led the charge to bring about unity, ultimately through legal and coercive means. The success of this unification, however, and the ultimate fate of the Donatists is open to debate, along with virtually every other datum from this controversy. The debated nature of the controversy, therefore, needs to be closely examined, for just what paradigm one takes from the outset could make all the difference. |
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| ISSN: | 1469-7637 |
| Contains: | Enthalten in: The journal of ecclesiastical history
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| Persistent identifiers: | DOI: 10.1017/S0022046918000702 |