💡 Words with a Similar Meaning to "Novatianism"
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| Word | Definition |
|---|---|
| novatiannoun | A Roman priest, who became an antipope against St. Cornelius in 251 AD, considered by the Catholic Church to be a schismatic heresiarch as founder of a Christian sect known as Novatianism. |
| novatianistnoun | A Novatian. |
| nicolaitanismnoun | The beliefs of the Nicolaitans, an early Christian group or sect. |
| newmanitenoun | (historical, originally derogatory) A follower of the doctrines of John Henry Newman; hence, up to his conversion to Roman Catholicism in 1845, a member of the Oxford movement. |
| donatismnoun | (Christianity) An early Christian belief which maintained that apostate priests were incapable of administering the sacraments, as opposed to the orthodox view that any sacrament administered by a properly ordained priest or bishop is valid, regardless of how sinful he is or if he has converted to another religion. |
| noetiannoun | (Christianity, historical) A follower of Noetus, a presbyter of the church of Asia Minor about AD 230, who believed that the Father, Son, and Holy Ghost in the Holy Trinity were not distinct. |
| nicolaitannoun | A member of an early Christian sect (Nicolaism), said to participate in certain pagan ceremonies. |
| donatistnoun | (Christianity, historical) One of a group of Christians in fourth-century North Africa who broke away as a group after opposing the appointment of Caecilianus as Bishop of Carthage, and who disputed the validity of baptisms performed by others. |
| neophytenoun | A beginner; a person who is new to a subject, skill, or belief. |
| nicholaitannoun | Alternative form of Nicolaitan. [A member of an early Christian sect (Nicolaism), said to participate in certain pagan ceremonies.] |
| nikolaitismnoun | Alternative form of Nicolaitism. [(historical) The practices of the Nicolaitan sect; libertinism, especially among the clergy; clerical marriage.] |
| lapsinoun | (Christianity, historical) Apostates who renounced their faith under persecution by the Ancient Roman authorities. |
| catharnoun | A member of certain so self-styled Novatian and other medieval Christian sects embracing a form of dualism and extraordinary practices purportedly adhering to Mary Magdalene's teachings, persecuted by Roman Catholics as heretics. |
| antinomianismnoun | (Christianity) The belief or teaching that because only the spiritual "law of faith" (Romans 3:27) is essential for salvation, obedience to any practical or moral law has no role to play, even as a guide to conduct or as a test of the genuineness of faith. |
| apotactitenoun | (Christianity, historical) One of an ancient sect of Christians in Asia Minor, originating in the third century AD, who renounced all their possessions. |
| nicolaitenoun | (historical) A Nicolaitan. |
| nicolaitismnoun | (historical) The practices of the Nicolaitan sect; libertinism, especially among the clergy; clerical marriage. |
| nicolaismnoun | A particular Christian heresy (in the early church) |
| nonadorantesnoun | (Christianity, historical) Those Unitarians who believed that it was not lawful to worship Christ as a divinity. |
| norbertinenoun | A Premonstrant. |
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