DonatistsDonatists
Una setta eretica e schismatical (311311-411411) chi affermò che la validità dei sacramenti dipese dal carattere morale del ministro, e che i peccatori non potevano essere membri della chiesa, e non poteva esser tollerato da una chiesa true a meno che i loro peccati fossero segreti. La setta nacque in Africa durante i disordini nella persecuzione sotto Diocletian (303303-305305). Il capo fu Donatus, il Vescovo di Carthage, in opposizione a Majorinus, chi lui accusò di esser invalidamente consacrato perché il suo predecessore era stato consacrato da un traditore. Le richieste della setta furono opposte da PapaPope MiltiadesMiltiades, 313; il Consiglio di Arles, 314; l'Imperatore Constantine il Grande, 316; e da SantoSaint AugustineAugustine, 391391-411411, quando una conferenza fu considerata a Carthage in cui i Donatists furono confusi. Le loro chiese furono prese, e loro furono esiliati. Loro scomparirono da storia dopo l'invasione Saracenic in Africa.A heretical and schismatical sect (311311-411411) who claimed that the validity of the sacraments depended on the moral character of the minister, and that sinners could not be members of the Church, and could not be tolerated by a true Church unless their sins were secret. The sect came into existence in Africa during the disorders following the persecution under Diocletian (303303-305305). The leader was Donatus, Bishop of Carthage, in opposition to Majorinus, whom he accused of being invalidly consecrated because his predecessor had been consecrated by a traitor. The claims of the sect were opposed by PapaPope MiltiadesMiltiades, 313; the Council of Arles, 314; the Emperor Constantine the Great, 316; and by SantoSaint AugustineAugustine, 391391-411411, when a conference was held at Carthage in which the Donatists were confounded. Their churches were seized, and they were exiled. They disappeared from history after the Saracenic invasion of Africa.
