Marking 1700 years since the Council of Nicaea, this reflection revisits its historic role in shaping the Creed and Easter date, and examines its lasting theological legacy.

New books from religion publishers wrestle with who is—or should be—shaping government, culture, and society today.

On Dec. 31, while many people are preparing for their New Years Eve parties, some Roman Catholic Christians will also mark the feast day for St. Silvester.

Donatism 144 Cecilius of Carthage. Decree of Constantine. Sentence of Melchiades. Council of Arles. Chapter XI. — Guardianship of Faith. § 1. Constancy of the Holy See 149 Theophylact. Innocent III.

The problem of Donatism : origins of the schism -- Carthage and Numidia -- Town and country in Roman Africa -- The geographical distribution of Donatism -- North Africa in the Fourth Century A.D.

He was also significant for his prodigious intellectual work, refuting numerous heresies. Some of the leading errors included Manicheanism, Donatism, Pelagianism and Arianism. Manicheanism ...

At the heart of the Church’s rejection of Donatism was the conviction that these gifts of God can come to us even through the mediation of those whose moral failings are evident.

Donatism was an early church heresy that tore many churches in two, with consequences that lasted centuries. So what made it so controversial?

Lambeth Conference 2022 – more news and comment on Friday, 29 July 2022 at 11.45 am by Peter Owen categorised as Anglican Communion, Lambeth Conference 2022 Updated Friday evening text of the ...

We no longer battle explicit Gnostics. Gone are the Arians. Manicheism, Donatism, and Marcionism have passed. Each of these were heresies of a fanatical age, when men sought, in 20th Century author ...

Three important works are preserved in Mantua, Riva del Garda, and Rome that convey the iconography of the Allegory of the Church Triumphant, a singular propaganda image of the Counter-Reformation era ...

In an article first posted at Commonweal and republished on July 7 in La Croix International, Professor John Thiel of Fairfield University, while criticizing the U.S. bishops’ decision to prepare a ...