The occasionally violent Donatist controversy has been…

388 CE to 531 CE

The occasionally violent Donatist controversy has been characterized as a struggle between opponents and supporters of the Roman system.

The most articulate North African critic of the Donatist position, which comes to be called a heresy, is Augustine, bishop of Hippo Regius.

Augustine maintains that the unworthiness of a minister does not affect the validity of the sacraments because their true minister is Jesus Christ.

In his sermons and books Augustine, who is considered a leading exponent of Christian dogma, evolves a theory of the right of orthodox Christian rulers to use force against schismatics and heretics.

Although the dispute is resolved by a decision of an imperial commission in Carthage in 411, Donatist communities will continue to exist as late as the sixth century.

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Hippo Regius > Annaba (Bône) Annaba Algeria View →

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Augustine of Hippo View →

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Berber people (also called Amazigh people or Imazighen, "free men", singular Amazigh) View → Numidians View → Africa proconsularis (Roman province) View → Mauretania Tingitana (Roman province) View → Mauretania Caesariensis (Roman province) View → Numidia (Roman Province) View → Donatism View → Christianity, Nicene View → Roman Empire: Theodosian dynasty (Constantinople) View → Roman Empire, Western (Ravenna) View →

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