The occasionally violent Donatist controversy has been…
388 CE to 531 CE
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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Berber people (also called Amazigh people or Imazighen, "free men", singular Amazigh)
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Numidians
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Africa proconsularis (Roman province)
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Mauretania Tingitana (Roman province)
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Mauretania Caesariensis (Roman province)
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Numidia (Roman Province)
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Donatism
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Christianity, Nicene
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Roman Empire: Theodosian dynasty (Constantinople)
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Roman Empire, Western (Ravenna)
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