English Dictionary

Novatianism

/nəʊˈveɪʃəˌnɪzəm/

noun

(historical, Christianity) A rigorist Christian sect that opposed re-admitting baptised Christians who had previously renounced their faith under persecution and by extension all those who had committed a mortal sin, founded by the priest and antipope Novatian in the third century.

Novatianism was a schismatic sect in early Christianity.

意味（1）

(historical, Christianity) A rigorist Christian sect that opposed re-admitting baptised Christians who had previously renounced their faith under persecution and by extension all those who had committed a mortal sin, founded by the priest and antipope Novatian in the third century.

Novatianism still retained a measure of the Divine Spirit , and was honoured with furnishing those who suffered for Jesus