The Donatist Church

A Movement of Protest in Roman North Africa

The story of the Donatist Church in North Africa may be interpreted as a phase in the conflict between Latin and native culture that has been recurrent in the Western Mediterranean lands for the past two thousand years. It is in this light that Professor Frend discusses the history of Donatism from...

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Bibliographic Details
Author:William Hugh Clifford Frend
Published: Clarendon Press, Oxford, 1971
Notes:Reprint, with a new Preface and additional Bibliography.
Total Pages:XVIII-362
Format:Book
Status:Active
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Summary:The story of the Donatist Church in North Africa may be interpreted as a phase in the conflict between Latin and native culture that has been recurrent in the Western Mediterranean lands for the past two thousand years. It is in this light that Professor Frend discusses the history of Donatism from its forerunners in Tertullian and Cyprian to its decline in the years after the struggle with Augustine. First published in 1962, the book is now reissued for the second time (it has been unavailable since 1976) with a new preface and an extended bibliography.