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Novatian

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No`va´tian
n.1.(Eccl. Hist.) One of the sect of Novatius, or Novatianus, who held that the lapsed might not be received again into communion with the church, and that second marriages are unlawful.
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For instance, the normally fiery Epiphanius (The Anchored Man 68) specifies that the Meletians, an Egyptian re-run of the African Novatians with their stern attitude towards re-admission of lapsed brethren to the Church, "are a schism, not a heresy.
Later heresies by Baldwin, Barry / Catholic Insight
Disappointed by his loss to Cornelius in the Papal election of 251, the Roman priest Novatian became head of the rigorist faction that condemned leniency to those who had evaded martyrdom, and was consecrated as the rival Bishop of Rome.
Early heresies in the East: heresy Part I by Baldwin, Barry / Catholic Insight
Up to 428, he preached and wrote against Novatian heretics, Jews, and pagans.
Saint Cyril of Alexandria by Baldwin, Barry / Catholic Insight
 
 
 
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