Cornelius

…He was known as an excellent theologian and thinker, and his major work, On the Trinity, is said to be the first important theological work written in Latin. During the Decius persecution (249-250), Novatianus took an uncompromising and strict stance on the issue of whether or not to allow believers who had betrayed the Church to return to the Church after the persecution, and he clashed with the moderate Bishop of Rome, Cornelius (elected in 251). This was also an emotional conflict, and Novatianus was elected anti-bishop of Rome by his supporters, and was later excommunicated for schismatic activities. …

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…すぐれた神学者，思想家として知られ，主著《三位一体論》は，ラテン語で書かれた最初の重要な神学的著作とされる。デキウス帝の大迫害(249‐250)において，教会を裏切った信徒の迫害後の教会復帰を認めるか否かの問題で，ノウァティアヌスは非妥協，厳格主義の立場からそれを認めず，穏健派のローマ司教コルネリウスCornelius(251選出)と対立した。これには感情的な対立もからみ，ノウァティアヌスは支持者たちによって対立ローマ司教に選ばれ，のち分派活動のかどで破門された。…

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