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<p>[QUOTE=&quot;Bart9349, post: 1319367, member: 5682&quot;]<img src="styles/default/xenforo/clear.png" class="mceSmilieSprite mceSmilie9" alt=":eek:" unselectable="on" unselectable="on" />ld-guy-smile:</p><p><br /></p><p>Respectfully, the &quot;banishment of the Donatists&quot; was probably not akin to the peaceful removal of the disorganized, relatively pacifistic &quot;Occupy Wall Streeters&quot; by a restrained, politically correct police force.</p><p><br /></p><p>The Donatists were fanatical and entrenched rabid fundamentalists. The Roman legionaires were a merciless and efficient killing machine. Sounds like a recipe for some fun. :evilGrin:</p><p><br /></p><p>The pro-Constantine historians tell us that there were only confiscations of church property, banishments, and a rare death.</p><p><br /></p><p>I think these historians might be minimizing the tensions and violence, especially since Constantine was forced to end his anti-Donatist persecutions after only five years. </p><p><br /></p><p><br /></p><p>guy[/QUOTE]</p><p><br /></p>

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