It was debated in the 4th and 5th centuries in the context of what is known as the Donatist controversy.    From Wordnik.com.  [Original Signal - Transmitting Buzz] Reference

I said, "What's it like, being the last Donatist?".    From Wordnik.com.  [Orphans of Chaos] Reference

VI. 25, in which Augustine justifies government seizure of Donatist property.    From Wordnik.com.  [Medieval Political Philosophy] Reference

"Yes, I'll become a Donatist, and I'll have your blood.".    From Wordnik.com.  [Saint Augustin] Reference

And the young ruffian did really go over to the Donatist party.    From Wordnik.com.  [Saint Augustin] Reference

(Donatist) and others, lasted for a long time, and made Asia and.    From Wordnik.com.  [The Truth about Jesus : Is He a Myth?] Reference

Maximianus about 394 occasioned a schism within the Donatist body.    From Wordnik.com.  [A Source Book for Ancient Church History] Reference

Donatist bishop, Paschasius, went to the Council of Carthage in 411.    From Wordnik.com.  [The Catholic Encyclopedia, Volume 14: Simony-Tournon] Reference

The existing Acts of two other Donatist martyrs of 347, Maximian and.    From Wordnik.com.  [The Catholic Encyclopedia, Volume 5: Diocese-Fathers of Mercy] Reference

Then Augustin, turning to the impenitent Donatist, said to him mildly.    From Wordnik.com.  [Saint Augustin] Reference

Maximinus, a Donatist bishop whom he brought back to Catholic Unity, the.    From Wordnik.com.  [Great Men and Famous Women. Vol. 3 of 8 A series of pen and pencil sketches of the lives of more than 200 of the most prominent personages in History] Reference

Donatist, and two hundred and eighty-six Catholic, bishops were present.    From Wordnik.com.  [A Source Book for Ancient Church History] Reference

If Genethlius was the Catholic bishop, the Donatist bishop was Parmenianus.    From Wordnik.com.  [Saint Augustin] Reference

At their back, the Donatist priests invaded the Catholic churches and lands.    From Wordnik.com.  [Saint Augustin] Reference

The Donatist schism originated in the consecration of Cæcilian as Bishop of.    From Wordnik.com.  [The Catholic Encyclopedia, Volume 3: Brownson-Clairvaux] Reference

But it was not so long ago that those of the Donatist party had the upper hand.    From Wordnik.com.  [Saint Augustin] Reference

Parmenianus was the Donatist bishop who succeeded Donatus in the see of Carthage.    From Wordnik.com.  [A Source Book for Ancient Church History] Reference

The Donatist controversy was known to me for some years, as has appeared already.    From Wordnik.com.  [Apologia Pro Vita Sua] Reference

The emperor retained the Donatist envoys in Gaul, after at first dismissing them.    From Wordnik.com.  [The Catholic Encyclopedia, Volume 5: Diocese-Fathers of Mercy] Reference

Donatist bishops invited a general named Taurinus to repress these extravagances.    From Wordnik.com.  [The Catholic Encyclopedia, Volume 5: Diocese-Fathers of Mercy] Reference

The Donatist controversy was known to me for some years, as I have instanced above.    From Wordnik.com.  [Apologia pro Vita Sua] Reference

Augustine in the early part of the Donatist controversy was not in favor of using force.    From Wordnik.com.  [A Source Book for Ancient Church History] Reference

"Well, as you talk in that tone of voice," said the loafer, "I'm going to be a Donatist.".    From Wordnik.com.  [Saint Augustin] Reference

Augustin, full of indignation, addressed his protests to Proculeianus, the Donatist bishop.    From Wordnik.com.  [Saint Augustin] Reference

The others are forgeries; the third, according to Mercati, is by a fourth-century Donatist.    From Wordnik.com.  [The Catholic Encyclopedia, Volume 4: Clandestinity-Diocesan Chancery] Reference

A fourth part of the Donatist bishops followed the independent standard of the Maximianists.    From Wordnik.com.  [History of the Decline and Fall of the Roman Empire — Volume 2] Reference

Besides, the Donatist bishops presented an obstinate front against which everything smashed.    From Wordnik.com.  [Saint Augustin] Reference

Brought to bay in a house by the Donatist bishop Crispinus, he defended himself desperately.    From Wordnik.com.  [Saint Augustin] Reference

This was the date of the Council of Arles, convened by Constantine, to consider the Donatist.    From Wordnik.com.  [The Cathedral Church of York Bell's Cathedrals: A Description of Its Fabric and A Brief History of the Archi-Episcopal See] Reference

When in controversy with Catholics, the Donatist bishops were not proud of their supporters.    From Wordnik.com.  [The Catholic Encyclopedia, Volume 5: Diocese-Fathers of Mercy] Reference

Four bishops are known (one Donatist), from 411 to 646 (Morcelli, Africa christiana, I, 149).    From Wordnik.com.  [The Catholic Encyclopedia, Volume 4: Clandestinity-Diocesan Chancery] Reference

The difficulties at Carthage which led to the Donatist schism provide us with another instance.    From Wordnik.com.  [The Catholic Encyclopedia, Volume 12: Philip II-Reuss] Reference

Augustin tried in vain to arrange an argument with Proculeianus, his Donatist colleague at Hippo.    From Wordnik.com.  [Saint Augustin] Reference