African Controversy

The Inheritance of the Donatist Schism in Vandal Africa

Datos Bibliográficos

ID10079909
AutoresRobin Whelan (0000-0001-6664-3381, Corpus Christi College, autor de correspondencia)
Año2014
Volumen65
Número3
Páginas504-521
Fecha de publicación2014-06-12
Peer ReviewedSí
Open AccessSí
TipoARTICLE
RevistaThe Journal of Ecclesiastical History (JOURNAL)
Identificadores de la revistaISSN: 0022-0469 • E-ISSN: 1469-7637
EditorialCambridge University Press (CUP) (PUBLISHER)
DOI10.1017/s0022046914000645
OpenAlexW2140845974
IdiomaEN
Citas recibidas3
Referencias citadas20

A sense of an ending dominates accounts of African Christianity after the Vandal conquest of the 430s, not least as a result of the apparent disappearance of the Donatists in an Africa now ruled by Homoian Christians. In fact, the transfer from Donatist schism to new ‘Arian controversy’ more closely resembles the broader picture of Vandal Africa which has emerged from recent scholarship: significant continuity amid dynamic transformation. The cultural and rhetorical legacies of the Donatist schism were used by both parties (Catholic and Homoian) in Africa's new church conflict to present themselves as the true African Church

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