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Parmenianus
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Of non-African origin (Optatus 1,5); as a result of a decree by emperor Iulianus [11] in favour of the Donatists (Donatus [1]), he was able to appear as primate of the Donatist Church of Carthage around 362 (Optatus 2,7), reorganize the Donatist Church after a period of suppression under Constance [1], and strengthen it theologically as an orator and writer (Aug. Contra Cresconium 1,3). His writings (on baptismal theology, ecclesiology, the origin of the schism, persecution) are manifest in the refutation by Optatus [5], a letter to Tyconius before his excommunicati…

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Wermelinger, Otto (Fribourg), “Parmenianus”, in: Brill’s New Pauly, Antiquity volumes edited by: Hubert Cancik and , Helmuth Schneider, English Edition by: Christine F. Salazar, Classical Tradition volumes edited by: Manfred Landfester, English Edition by: Francis G. Gentry. Consulted online on 19 March 2024 <http://dx.doi.org/10.1163/1574-9347_bnp_e908310>
First published online: 2006
First print edition: 9789004122598, 20110510



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