Novatianism

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Christian schismatic movement theological movement

Novatianism was a 3rd-century Christian schismatic movement that advocated strict refusal of readmission to the Church for Christians who had lapsed under persecution.

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Predicate	Object
instanceOf	Christian schismatic movement ⓘ theological movement ⓘ
condemnedBy	Catholic Church NERFINISHED ⓘ Council of Nicaea I NERFINISHED ⓘ
conflictWith	Bishop Cornelius of Rome NERFINISHED ⓘ Cyprian of Carthage NERFINISHED ⓘ
consideredAs	precursor of later rigorist and puritan tendencies ⓘ rigorist movement ⓘ
countryOfOrigin	Roman Empire NERFINISHED ⓘ
doctrineComparedTo	Donatism NERFINISHED ⓘ
ecclesiologicalView	Church as a community of the pure and holy ⓘ
foundedBy	Novatian NERFINISHED ⓘ
hadOwn	parallel hierarchy of bishops ⓘ separate congregations from the Catholic Church ⓘ
hasKeyFigure	Cornelius of Rome NERFINISHED ⓘ Cyprian of Carthage NERFINISHED ⓘ Novatian NERFINISHED ⓘ Novatus of Carthage NERFINISHED ⓘ
hasMainTenet	denial of absolution for the lapsed ⓘ insistence on the purity of the Church ⓘ refusal of readmission to the Church for Christians who lapsed under persecution ⓘ rejection of episcopal leniency toward apostates ⓘ strict penitential discipline ⓘ
historicalContext	3rd‑century Roman persecutions of Christians ⓘ Decian persecution NERFINISHED ⓘ
languageOfEarlyTexts	Latin ⓘ
namedAfter	Novatian NERFINISHED ⓘ
opposedTo	policy of leniency toward the lapsed associated with Cornelius of Rome ⓘ readmission of the lapsi after persecution ⓘ
placeOfOrigin	Rome NERFINISHED ⓘ
recognizedBy	some early Church Fathers as orthodox in doctrine except on penance ⓘ
relatedConcept	apostasy in Christianity ⓘ early Christian penance ⓘ lapsi ⓘ
religion	Christianity ⓘ
schismFrom	Catholic Church NERFINISHED ⓘ
spreadTo	Asia Minor NERFINISHED ⓘ Constantinople NERFINISHED ⓘ Italy NERFINISHED ⓘ North Africa NERFINISHED ⓘ Syria NERFINISHED ⓘ
startTime	3rd century ⓘ circa 251 ⓘ
survivedUntil	at least the 5th century ⓘ
theologicalPositionOnApostasy	the Church had no authority to grant forgiveness for grave post‑baptismal sins like apostasy ⓘ the lapsed could not be restored to full communion ⓘ
timeOfDecline	4th century ⓘ 5th century ⓘ
viewOnPenance	no reconciliation for grave sins after baptism ⓘ
viewOnSacraments	sacraments of the Catholic Church considered invalid after the schism ⓘ

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Novatian → movement → Novatianism ⓘ