Back عصابات الختان Arabic Агонистици Bulgarian سێرکامیسلیونەکان CKB Agonistiker German Circunceliones Spanish سیرکامسلیونها Persian Circoncellion French Circoncellioni Italian キルクムケリオーネス運動 Japanese აგონისტიკოსები Georgian
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The Circumcellions, or Agonistici[1] (as called by Donatists), were bands of Roman Christian radicals in North Africa in the early to mid-4th century.[2] They were initially concerned with remedying social grievances.[2] They condemned poverty and slavery and advocated canceling debt and freeing slaves.[3] The term "Circumcellions" may have been coined by critics who referred to them as "circum cellas euntes" (they go around larders) because "they roved about among the peasants, living on those they sought to indoctrinate."[1]
- ^ a b A'Becket, John Joseph (1913). "Agonistici". In Herbermann, Charles (ed.). Catholic Encyclopedia. New York: Robert Appleton Company.
- ^ a b Cross, FL, ed. (2005). "Circumcellions". The Oxford dictionary of the Christian church. New York: Oxford University Press.
- ^ Durant, Will (1972). The Age of Faith. New York: Simon & Schuster. pp. 47–48.