Novatianism

== English == === Etymology === From Novatian +‎ -ism. === Pronunciation === (Received Pronunciation) IPA(key): /nəʊˈveɪʃəˌnɪzəm/ (General American) IPA(key): /noʊˈveɪʃəˌnɪzəm/ === Noun === Novatianism (uncountable) (historical, Christianity) A rigorist Christian sect that opposed re-admitting baptised Christians who had previously renounced their faith under persecution and by extension all those who had committed a mortal sin, founded by the priest and antipope Novatian in the third century.