Church as Pure Community or as Community of Reconciliation and Forgiveness? The Problem of Holiness in Early Church Controversy, Part 2

Church as Pure Community or as Community of Reconciliation and Forgiveness? The Problem of Holiness in Early Church Controversy, Part 2

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The church in the fourth and fifth centuries was faced with the dilemma of what to do with unholy ministers and whether their ministry was valid. We examine the Donatist Schism and Augustine of Hippo to see how the early church resolved this problem.