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دوناتیست
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thumb|alt=Painting of Augustine of Hippo arguing with a man before an audience|Charles-André van Loo's 18th-century Augustine arguing with Donatists Donatism was a schism from the Catholic Church in the Archdiocese 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) and M
Donatism was a schism from the Catholic Church in North Africa (fourth to sixth centuries) based on the belief that Christian clergy must be faultless for their ministry, prayers, and sacraments to be valid. The dispute mattered because it challenged the Church's authority and raised fundamental questions about whether a priest's personal morality affected the spiritual power of religious ceremonies.
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- Instance of
- heresy
- Named after
- Donatus Magnus
- Founded by
- Donatus Magnus
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- location of formation
- Negrine
- topic's main category
- Category:Donatism
- described by source
- The Catholic Encyclopedia
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- Donatism
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