“Maximian (Bishop of Carthage)”的意思、由来-开放百科全书

Maximian was a 4th-century Bishop of Carthage and founder of a splinter group that left (or reformed) Donatism.

Biography

He was one of several people excommunicated in 391 by Primian, Bishop of Carthage. Primian, was a convert to Donatism with all the zeal of a convert. He was great orator and thinker, but tactless and within a year had alienated large parts of the church. In 393AD a council of more than 100 Donatist bishops elected Maximian to replace Primian as Bishop of Carthages.^[1] Primian held a rival council in Bagai in April 394AD and excommunicated Maximian. Primian, a former Lawyer also used the civil courts to reclaim church buildings.

The schism that enveloped around Maximian was the largest splintering within the Donatist movement. With him Donatism took a less confrontational approach, and sought to reform the movement.^[2] However, it attracted limited adherents,^[3] but he was oft referenced by Augustine in his critique of the Donatists.^[4]

References

1. ^Maureen A. Tilley, The Bible in Christian North Africa: The Donatist World (Fortress Press) [https://books.google.com.au/books?id=7xAglGZ3mukC&pg=PA133&lpg=PA133&dq=maximian+bishop+of+Carthage&source=bl&ots=T1l4kH1DOx&sig=sF8sIsd3l7oam6jVVNM1pP6gB9g&hl=en&sa=X&ved=0ahUKEwjnjZfKhYDQAhUJEpQKHegZDi4Q6AEIIzAC#v=onepage&q=maximian%20bishop%20of%20Carthage&f=false p133].
2. ^E. M. Atkins, Robert Dodaro, Augustine: Political Writings (Cambridge University Press, 2001) [https://books.google.com.au/books?id=lNrmfq0F5EgC&pg=PA241&lpg=PA241&dq=maximianus+of+bagai&source=bl&ots=sGjLaKhOfI&sig=2AW7PTy7O57-aLFdPWUJi4e0u4w&hl=en&sa=X&sqi=2&ved=0ahUKEwjn9cfigIDQAhVHEpQKHTsyAQAQ6AEIHjAB#v=onepage&q=maximianus&f=false p241].
3. ^Maureen A. Tilley, The Bible in Christian North Africa: The Donatist World (Fortress Press) [https://books.google.com.au/books?id=7xAglGZ3mukC&pg=PA133&lpg=PA133&dq=maximian+bishop+of+Carthage&source=bl&ots=T1l4kH1DOx&sig=sF8sIsd3l7oam6jVVNM1pP6gB9g&hl=en&sa=X&ved=0ahUKEwjnjZfKhYDQAhUJEpQKHegZDi4Q6AEIIzAC#v=onepage&q=maximian%20bishop%20of%20Carthage&f=false p133].
4. ^Erika Hermanowicz, Possidius of Calama: A Study of the North African Episcopate in the Age of Augustine (Oxford University Press, 2008)[https://books.google.com.au/books?id=BlesEHKanZYC&pg=PA127&lpg=PA127&dq=Maximinus+of+Bagai&source=bl&ots=i4Bta8uhK_&sig=ARJ0yF-7ObxvZ-8pN5lgwcyfKeE&hl=en&sa=X&ved=0ahUKEwiU6KqtkoDQAhWDnJQKHbvcD5EQ6AEIJjAD#v=onepage&q=Maximinus%20of%20Bagai&f=false p127-128].