Last February 27, 2025, the Pontifical Patristic Institute Augustinianum in Rome was the scene of the doctoral thesis defense ...

St. Optatus, "The Schism of the Donatists," c. 367 A.D. "[Christ] made answer: 'You are Peter, and upon this rock will I build my Church . . .' Could he not, then, strengthen the faith of the man ...

Some saw all these acts as equally guilty. The hard-liners – who came to be known as the Donatists, after their leader Donatus – argued that any compromise was wrong and tainted the apostolic ...