Novatianism
English
[edit]Etymology
[edit]Pronunciation
[edit]- (Received Pronunciation) IPA(key): /nəʊˈveɪʃəˌnɪzəm/
- (General American) IPA(key): /noʊˈveɪʃəˌnɪzəm/
Noun
[edit]Novatianism (uncountable)
- (historical, Christianity) 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.
- 1794, Joseph Milner, The History of the Church of Christ:
- Novatianism still retained a measure of the Divine Spirit , and was honoured with furnishing those who suffered for Jesus