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From Novatian + -ism.
Novatianism (uncountable)
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出典:『Wikipedia』 (2011/05/06 11:52 UTC 版)
The Novatianists were early Christians following Antipope Novatian, held a strict view that refused readmission to communion of Lapsi, those baptized Christians who had denied their faith or performed the formalities of a ritual sacrifice to the pagan gods, under the pressures of the persecution sanctioned by Emperor Decius, in AD 250. They were declared heretical.