tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2031371770440010046.post102023020054178767..comments2024-02-24T19:28:28.716+11:00Comments on Psallite Sapienter: Mass of St Melchiades - Late!Joshuahttp://www.blogger.com/profile/17387698013828199070noreply@blogger.comBlogger5125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2031371770440010046.post-71214615385844671542008-12-10T21:01:00.000+11:002008-12-10T21:01:00.000+11:00Indeed, that was part of the pettiness I mentioned...Indeed, that was part of the pettiness I mentioned earlier.<BR/><BR/>IIRC she had some relic (a finger of a martyr?) that she would take with her into church during the services. (Folks could carry around their own relics in those days and display them apparently! and the North African church was BIG into the cult of martyrs, much more than other parts of the church IMO) <BR/><BR/>I think, Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2031371770440010046.post-20237787002270347022008-12-10T20:30:00.000+11:002008-12-10T20:30:00.000+11:00Thanks for so learned and interesting a comment!Wa...Thanks for so learned and interesting a comment!<BR/><BR/>Wasn't there some dreadful woman involved in all of this? I seem to recall that one of the Donatists (not, surely, Donatus himself...) was a creature of, supported by and indebted to a wealthy society dame of Carthage, who had taken umbrage at Caecilian when he refused an offering she was rather proudly proffering.<BR/><BR/>Do you recall Joshuahttps://www.blogger.com/profile/17387698013828199070noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2031371770440010046.post-28921645079308925742008-12-10T20:21:00.000+11:002008-12-10T20:21:00.000+11:00JoshuaWell I can advise the following from what I ...Joshua<BR/><BR/>Well I can advise the following from what I know about the Donatists;<BR/><BR/>The proto-Donatists originally actually referred the matter to Constantine for his own personal intervention in the matter. <BR/><BR/>I refer to them as proto-Donatists because Donatus (of Casae Nigrae) -[note that there are actually several Donatus' involved in different Sees which makes it even more Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2031371770440010046.post-48996035311388732642008-12-10T19:21:00.000+11:002008-12-10T19:21:00.000+11:00Very interesting - I had noted his actions regardi...Very interesting - I had noted his actions regarding the Donatist schism, confirming Caecilian as Archbishop of Carthage in opposition to their claims, but had not paid it much attention.<BR/><BR/>What else is known of this Pope?<BR/><BR/>To begin with, why the confusion over his name? Is it a Greek name, or is it a Greek version of some Berber name?Joshuahttps://www.blogger.com/profile/17387698013828199070noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2031371770440010046.post-1040007624345336582008-12-10T17:58:00.000+11:002008-12-10T17:58:00.000+11:00Miltiades is actually quite an interesting histori...Miltiades is actually quite an interesting historical figure - he came to prominence interestingly at the same time that the proto-Donatists started to emerge as a signficant faction in Africa. <BR/><BR/>We certainly know that he was asked by Constantine to examine the situation concerning the schism and make a judgement on this. (cf. Eusebius) This must have been because, from his own Anonymousnoreply@blogger.com