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  • When not to Forgive: Lessons from the Donatists

    When not to Forgive: Lessons from the Donatists

    The Donatists judged that reunion with the Catholics would entail a new domination by the crumbling Roman Empire. They refused to forgive, refused to share authority and a political world with Roman agents who claimed to want only peace but had historically engaged in political domination in the region. The question that Augustine’s letters present…