“OPTATUS ON THE ORIGINS OF DONATISM - Latin text with English translation”
A long lasting Church schism which began at Carthage in the early 4th century when Majorinus was consecrated as bishop in rivalry with Caecilian. Majorinus' successor was Donatus from whom the controversy takes its name.
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De Schismate Donatistarum, 1.15-19
Vassall-Phillips
