Novatianism

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noun

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.

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Meanings

nounNovatianism (uncountable)
  1. historicaluncountableChristianityA 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

    1794, Joseph Milner, The History of the Church of Christ

Origin

From Novatian + -ism.

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Novatianism. (n.d.). In WatkinsX Dictionary. Retrieved November 4, 2026, from https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/Novatianism

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“Novatianism.” WatkinsX Dictionary, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/Novatianism. Accessed November 4, 2026.

Chicago

WatkinsX Dictionary, s.v. “Novatianism,” accessed November 4, 2026, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/Novatianism.

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