The Donatist Schism: Controversy and Contexts

Book Overview

This is the first book for over twenty years to undertake a holistic examination of the Donatist Controversy, a bilious and sometimes violent schism that broke out in the North African Christian Church in the early years of the century AD and which continued up until the sixth century AD. What made this religious dispute so important was that its protagonists brought to the fore a number of issues and practices that had empire-wide ramifications...

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 1786941260
• ISBN13: 9781786941268
• Release Date: January 2018
• Publisher: Liverpool University Press
• Length: 410 Pages
• Weight: 1.40 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.9" x 6.1" x 9.2"