Donatism

See also: donatism

English

Etymology

Eponym, Donatus Magnus + -ism

Noun

Donatism (uncountable)

1. (Christianity) 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.

Related terms

• Donatist

Translations

Christian belief

• Catalan: donatisme (ca) m
• Dutch: donatisme (nl) n
• French: donatisme (fr) m
• Galician: donatismo m
• German: Donatismus m
• Italian: donatismo (it) m
• Polish: donatyzm (pl) m
• Portuguese: donatismo (pt) m
• Russian: донатизм m (donatizm)
• Serbo-Croatian:

  Cyrillic: донатѝзам m

  Roman: donatìzam (sh) m

• Spanish: donatismo m
• Swedish: donatism c

Anagrams

• mantoids, monadist, saintdom