Novatus, the bishop of Timgad (North Africa) says that he accepts back to the Church as laymen those who were ordained by schismatics and heretics. "Sententiae Episcoporum", the Council of Carthage, AD 256.
Intended for scholary use. For credentials see Bibliography
4. Nouatus a Thamogade dixit: “[...] omnes schismaticos et hereticos, qui ad ecclesiam conuersi sunt, baptizaui, sed et eos qui ordinati uidebantur laicos recepi”.
(ed. Diercks 2004: 13-15)
4. Novatus of Timgad said: "[...] I baptized all the schismatics and heretics who converted to the Church, and I accepted as laymen those who seemed to have been ordained".
(trans. S. Adamiak)
Place of event:
Region
Latin North Africa
City
Carthage
Timgad
About the source:
Title: Sententiae Episcoporum, Concilium Carthaginiense a. 256 Origin: Carthage (Latin North Africa) Denomination: Catholic/Nicene/Chalcedonian
The “Sententions of the Bishops” have been preserved among the works of Cyprian. They are the transcription of the opinions expressed by the African bishops gathered by Cyprian on 1 September 256 in order to discuss the validity of the baptism administered by the heretics; two previous councils on the same issue took place in 255 and spring 256.
Edition:
G.F. Diercks ed., Sententiae Episcoporum numero LXXXVII de haereticis baptizandis, Corpus Christianorum. Series Latina 3E, Turnhout 2004.
Bibliography:
P. Bernardini, Un solo battesimo una sola chiesa. Il concilio di Cartagine del settembre 256, Bologna 2009.
Categories:
Change of denomination
Impediments or requisits for the office - Heresy/Schism
Please quote this record referring to
its author, database name, number, and, if possible, stable URL:
S. Adamiak, Presbyters
in the Late Antique West, ER1127, http://www.presbytersproject.ihuw.pl/index.php?id=6&SourceID=1127
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