Project Gutenberg 2014-05-31 Public domain in the USA. 80 Augustine, Saint, Bishop of Hippo 354 430 Augustine, Saint Dods, Marcus 1834 1909 Dodds, Marcus King, John R. (John Richard) 1835 1907 King, J. R. (John Richard) Writings in Connection with the Donatist Controversy Produced by Charlene Taylor, Les Galloway, Joe C and the Online Distributed Proofreading Team at http://www.pgdp.net (This file was produced from images generously made available by The Internet Archive/American Libraries.) "Writings in Connection with the Donatist Controversy" by Augustine is a theological work written in the early 5th century. The text addresses the significant schism in the early Christian church known as the Donatist controversy, which debated the validity of sacraments performed by those considered heretics or schismatics. Augustine defends the Catholic Church's position on baptism, emphasizing the importance of unity and the validity of sacraments regardless of the minister's standing. The beginning of this work outlines the historical context of the Donatist schism, detailing its origins from a conflict in the early church following the persecution under Diocletian. Augustine begins to articulate his arguments against the Donatists, focusing on the nature of baptism and its efficacy even when conferred outside the communion of the Church. He engages with the authority of Cyprian, a significant figure that the Donatists reference to support their views, arguing that Cyprian’s teachings actually uphold the Catholic Church's stance. Augustine's tone is both assertive and analytical, laying the groundwork for a deep theological discourse and engaging in a dialectical examination of the nature of schism and unity within Christianity. (This is an automatically generated summary.) file:///public/vhost/g/gutenberg/html/files/45843/45843-h/images/title.jpg en Donatists -- Controversial literature Donatists BR Text Browsing: Literature Browsing: Philosophy & Ethics Browsing: Religion/Spirituality/Paranormal 1722620 1722629 2024-09-19T08:23:46.431299 2023-09-20T04:47:47.447990 text/html text/html 1735961 2014-05-30T20:52:40 text/html; charset=iso-8859-1 604721 2014-05-30T20:52:42 text/html; charset=iso-8859-1 application/zip 693460 2024-09-19T08:24:13.291177 application/epub+zip 717886 2024-09-19T08:23:51.565481 application/epub+zip 604207 2024-09-19T08:23:48.998257 application/epub+zip 1177123 2024-09-19T08:24:26.750080 application/x-mobipocket-ebook 1066388 2024-09-19T08:24:09.780163 application/x-mobipocket-ebook 952844 2022-09-20T20:44:45.707948 application/x-mobipocket-ebook 1284471 1284238 2024-09-19T08:23:42.218352 2023-09-20T04:47:43.412954 text/plain; charset=us-ascii text/plain 1284126 2014-05-30T20:52:40 text/plain; charset=iso-8859-1 434993 2014-05-30T20:52:42 text/plain; charset=iso-8859-1 application/zip 1284248 2014-05-30T20:52:40 text/plain; charset=us-ascii 434896 2014-05-30T20:52:40 text/plain; charset=us-ascii application/zip 21967 2024-09-19T08:24:27.003068 application/rdf+xml 6057 2024-09-19T08:23:49.325252 image/jpeg 1198 2024-09-19T08:23:49.164249 image/jpeg 606030 2024-09-19T08:23:46.553285 application/octet-stream application/zip Archives containing the RDF files for *all* our books can be downloaded at https://www.gutenberg.org/wiki/Gutenberg:Feeds#The_Complete_Project_Gutenberg_Catalog en.wikipedia en.wikipedia