Donatism

Donatism was a Christian sect leading to a schism in the Church, in the region of the Church of Carthage, from the fourth to the sixth centuries. Donatists argued that Christian clergy must be faultless for their ministry to be effective and their prayers and sacraments to be valid. Donatism had its roots in the long-established Christian community of the Roman province Africa Proconsularis (present-day Tunisia, the northeast of Algeria, and the western coast of Libya) and Mauretania Tingitana (roughly with the northern part of present-day Morocco),^[1] in the persecutions of Christians under Diocletian. Named after the Berber Christian bishop Donatus Magnus, Donatism flourished during the fourth and fifth centuries.^[2] Donatism mainly spread among the indigenous Berber population,^[3] and Donatists were able to blend Christianity with many of the Berber local customs.^[4]

^ D. Nelson, Harold (1985). Morocco, a Country Study. University of Illinois Urbana-Champaign Press. p. 8. ISBN 9780313332890.
^ Cantor 1995, pp. 51f.
^ Falola, Toyin (2017). Ancient African Christianity: An Introduction to a Unique Context and Tradition. Taylor & Francis. p. 344-345. ISBN 9781135121426.
^ E. Wilhit, David (2002). Key Events in African History: A Reference Guide. Bloomsbury Academic. p. 68. ISBN 9780313313233.

[1] D. Nelson, Harold (1985). Morocco, a Country Study. University of Illinois Urbana-Champaign Press. p. 8. ISBN 9780313332890.

[FOOTNOTECantor199551f-2] Cantor 1995, pp. 51f.

[3] Falola, Toyin (2017). Ancient African Christianity: An Introduction to a Unique Context and Tradition. Taylor & Francis. p. 344-345. ISBN 9781135121426.

[4] E. Wilhit, David (2002). Key Events in African History: A Reference Guide. Bloomsbury Academic. p. 68. ISBN 9780313313233.

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