Novatianism

English

Etymology

From Novatian +‎ -ism.

Pronunciation

• (Received Pronunciation) IPA^(key): /nəʊˈveɪʃəˌnɪzəm/
• (General American) IPA^(key): /noʊˈveɪʃəˌnɪzəm/

Noun

Novatianism (uncountable)

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.
   • 1794, Joseph Milner, The History of the Church of Christ:

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