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Donatist Eccl. Hist.|ˈdəʊnətɪst, ˈdɒn-|
[ad. med.L. Dōnātista, f. Dōnātus: see below.]
One of a sect of Christians which arose in North Africa in the year 311, out of a dispute about the election of Cæcilian as bishop of Carthage, in place of whom they elected Majorinus; they maintained that their own party was the only true and pure church, and that the baptisms and ordinations of others were invalid.
It is uncertain whether the name was derived from Donatus of Casæ Nigræ, a leading supporter of Majorinus, or from Donatus the Great, who succeeded Majorinus as bishop of Carthage.
c1460Medulla in Cath. Angl. 104 note, Donatista, a donatiste [printed donatrice]: quedam heresis. 1549Latimer 4th Serm. bef. Edw. VI, (Arb.) 116 An other kynde of poysoned heretikes, that were called Donatistes. 1645E. Pagitt Heresiogr. (1661) 68 The Separatists or Brownists agree in many things with the Donatists, who confined the holy Catholick Church to a corner of Africa, as the Brownists do confine the Church of God to their conventicles. 1873Robertson Hist. Chr. Ch. (1874) I. 176 note, At a later time, rebaptism of proselytes was practised by the Donatists.
b. attrib. or as adj.
1861J. G. Sheppard Fall Rome vii. 372 The Donatist sectaries. 1885Catholic Dict. 280 In 330 no less than 270 Donatist bishops met in council.
Hence Donaˈtistic, Donaˈtistical adjs., pertaining to Donatism or the Donatists; ˈDonatistry = Donatism (with implication of contempt).
1564Brief Exam.**** iv, This smelleth..either of Donatistrie or Papistrie. 1581Marbeck Bk. of Notes 208 Both..are donatistical. 1645E. Pagitt Heresiogr. (1647) A iv b, The Donatisticall Brownists. 1828Webster, Donastistic. 1889Farrar Lives Fathers II. xvii. 514 The deplorable Donatistic controversy. |