Priscillianist love

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  • noun historical A follower of Priscillian, bishop of Avila in Spain in the fourth century, who mixed various elements of Gnosticism and Manichaeism with Christianity.

Etymologies

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Examples

  • Kunstle (Antipriscilliana), who has examined all the testimony, has decided in favour of the traditional view, which alone seems capable of offering any adequate solution of the fact that the Church in Spain and Aquitaine was aroused to activity by the separatist tendency in the Priscillianist movement.

    The Catholic Encyclopedia, Volume 12: Philip II-Reuss 1840-1916 1913

  • Dictinnius was the author of a book "Libra" (Scales), a moral treatise from the Priscillianist viewpoint.

    The Catholic Encyclopedia, Volume 12: Philip II-Reuss 1840-1916 1913

  • The district was laid waste by the Vandals, who were afterwards put to flight by St. Missolinus, a priest; it was disturbed by the Priscillianist heresy and finally terrorized by the Arian Visigoths, who, in the reign of Ewarik, waged

    The Catholic Encyclopedia, Volume 14: Simony-Tournon 1840-1916 1913

  • Priscillianist sought to restrict it, should adopt this formula.

    The Catholic Encyclopedia, Volume 5: Diocese-Fathers of Mercy 1840-1916 1913

  • Spanish bishops (Ep. iii) among whom difficulties had arisen, especially regarding the Priscillianist bishops.

    The Catholic Encyclopedia, Volume 8: Infamy-Lapparent 1840-1916 1913

  • In the fourth century the Priscillianist heretics expelled from Spain settled in the mountains on the north slope of the Pyrenees, and propagated their doctrines throughout the country and among the population more than half pagan, and this explains the spread of Albigensian Manichaeism later.

    Castles and Cave Dwellings of Europe 1879

  • Therefore let his last will and testament be invalid, whether he leave property by testament, codicil, epistle, or by any sort of will, if ever he has been convicted of being a Manichæan, Phrygian, or Priscillianist, and in this case the same order is to be followed as in the grades above stated; and we do not permit sons to succeed as heirs unless they forsake the paternal depravity; for we grant forgiveness of the offence to those repenting.

    A Source Book for Ancient Church History Joseph Cullen Ayer 1905

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