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An early Christian belief which maintained that apostate priests were incapable of administering the sacraments, as opposed to the orthodox view that any sacrament administered by a properly ordained priest or bishop is valid, regardless of how sinful he is or if he has converted to another religion.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
Usage: uncountable
Topics: Christianity
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a schismatic Christian religion in northern Africa from the 4th to the 7th century; held that only those who led a blameless life belonged in the church or could administer the sacraments
Definition source: Princeton WordNet 3.0
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Broader terms: Christianity, Christian religion
Eponym, Donatus Magnus + -ism
Across languages
Translations
13 source translations are retained for this English entry.
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Catalan:
donatisme
— Christian belief
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Dutch:
donatisme
— Christian belief
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French:
donatisme
— Christian belief
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Galician:
donatismo
— Christian belief
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German:
Donatismus
— Christian belief
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Italian:
donatismo
— Christian belief
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Polish:
donatyzm
— Christian belief
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Portuguese:
donatismo
— Christian belief
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Russian:
донатизм
(donatizm)
— Christian belief
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Serbo-Croatian:
донатѝзам
— Christian belief
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Serbo-Croatian:
donatìzam
— Christian belief
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Spanish:
donatismo
— Christian belief
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Swedish:
donatism
— Christian belief
