• (n.) One of the sect of Novatius, or Novatianus, who held that the lapsed might not be received again into communion with the church, and that second marriages are unlawful. • (n.) One of the sect of Novatius, or Novatianus, who held that the lapsed might not be received again into communion with the church, and that second marriages ar...
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the second antipope in papal history, in 251. He was the first Roman theologian to write in Latin and inspired the Novatian Schism—a break from the ... [2 related articles]
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No·va'tian noun (Eccl. Hist.) One of the sect of
Novatius , or
Novatianus , who held that the lapsed might not be received again into communion with the church, and that second marriages are unlawful.
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