Priscillian (died 385) was bishop of Ávila and a theologian from Roman Gallaecia (in the Iberian Peninsula), the first person in the history of Christianity to be executed for heresy (though the civil charges were for the practice of magic). He founded an ascetic group that, in spite of persecution, continued to subsist in Hispania and Gaul until...
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early Christian bishop who was the first heretic to receive capital punishment. A rigorous ascetic, he founded Priscillianism, an unorthodox doctrine ... [4 related articles]
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Spanish theologian and heresiarch. Regarding Christian life as a continual intercourse with God, he agreed that a man must hold a Catholic faith and perform acts of charity; but he also maintained...
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