Novatianism

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

All labels observed (2)

Label Occurrences
Novatianism canonical 5
Novatianist circle 1

How this entity was disambiguated

Statements (50)

Predicate Object
instanceOf Christian schismatic movement ⓘ
theological movement ⓘ
condemnedBy Catholic Church ⓘ
Council of Nicaea I ⓘ
conflictWith Bishop Cornelius of Rome ⓘ
Cyprian of Carthage ⓘ
consideredAs precursor of later rigorist and puritan tendencies ⓘ
rigorist movement ⓘ
countryOfOrigin Roman Empire ⓘ
doctrineComparedTo Donatism ⓘ
ecclesiologicalView Church as a community of the pure and holy ⓘ
foundedBy Novatian ⓘ
hadOwn parallel hierarchy of bishops ⓘ
separate congregations from the Catholic Church ⓘ
hasKeyFigure Cornelius of Rome ⓘ
linked to: Saint Cornelius

Cyprian of Carthage ⓘ
Novatian ⓘ
Novatus of Carthage ⓘ
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 ⓘ
languageOfEarlyTexts Latin ⓘ
namedAfter Novatian ⓘ
opposedTo policy of leniency toward the lapsed associated with Cornelius of Rome ⓘ
readmission of the lapsi after persecution ⓘ
placeOfOrigin Rome ⓘ
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 ⓘ
spreadTo Asia Minor ⓘ
Constantinople ⓘ
Italy ⓘ
North Africa ⓘ
Syria ⓘ
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 ⓘ

How these facts were elicited

Referenced by (6)

Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.

Novatian → movement → Novatianism ⓘ
De Bono Pudicitiae → associatedWithMovement → Novatianism ⓘ
subject linked to: treatise De Bono Pudicitiae
Pope Cornelius → condemned → Novatianism ⓘ
De Spectaculis → associatedWith → Novatianist circle ⓘ
linked to: Novatianism
De Bono Pudicitiae → associatedWith → Novatianism ⓘ