Novatianism
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Novatianism or Novationism was an early Christian sect devoted to the theologian Novatian () that held a strict view that refused readmission to communion of lapsi (those baptized Christians who had denied their faith or performed the formalities of a ritual sacrifice to the pagan gods under the pressures of the persecution sanctioned by Emperor Decius in AD 250). The Church of Rome declared the Novatianists heretical following the letters of Saint Cyprian of Carthage and Ambrose wrote against them. Novatianism survived until the 8th century.
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"Novatianism" published on by null., A rigorist schism in the W. Church. Novatian was a Roman presbyter and author of a treatise on the doctrine of the Trinity. Apparently because he was disappointed by the election of Cornelius as Pope (251), he joined the rigorist party which deprecated concessions to those who had compromised in the Decian persecution, and he was consecrated rival Bp. of Rome. He suffered martyrdom in 257–8. The Novatianists, though doctrinally orthodox, were excommunicated. They survived into the 5th century.
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- Christian denomination
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- Christianity
- Named after
- Novatian
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- inception
- 0251-00-00
- dissolved, abolished or demolished date
- 0750-00-00
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- Early Christianity
- influenced by
- Tertullian
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- God
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Novatianism or Novationism was an early Christian sect devoted to the theologian Novatian () that held a strict view that refused readmission to communion of lapsi (those baptized Christians who had denied their faith or performed the formalities of a ritual sacrifice to the pagan gods under the pressures of the persecution sanctioned by Emperor Decius in AD 250). The Church of Rome declared the Novatianists heretical following the letters of Saint Cyprian of Carthage and Ambrose wrote against them. Novatianism survived until the 8th century.
Novatian theology was heavily influenced by Tertullian, and made heavy use of his writings.
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