Novatianism
//nəʊˈveɪʃəˌnɪzəm// noun
noun ·Rare ·Advanced level
Definitions
Noun
- 1 A rigorist Christian sect that opposed re-admitting baptised Christians who had previously renounced their faith under persecution and by extension all those who had committed a mortal sin, founded by the priest and antipope Novatian in the third century. historical, uncountable
"Novatianism still retained a measure of the Divine Spirit , and was honoured with furnishing those who suffered for Jesus"
Example
More examples"Novatianism still retained a measure of the Divine Spirit , and was honoured with furnishing those who suffered for Jesus"
Etymology
From Novatian + -ism.
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