The Novatianist schism

Disciplinary · 251 — unsettled · regional

Whether those who denied the faith under Decius could be received back. Novatian said no and was made a rival bishop of Rome for saying it.

How it ended. The church received them, and legislated the penance in twenty-five canons at Ancyra in 314. Nicaea receives Novatianists themselves by laying on of hands rather than by baptism.

How it ran

251 — The Novatianist schism begins (where it began). Novatian is made a rival bishop of Rome.
314 — Synod of Ancyra (where it was settled). Legislates the penance by which the lapsed return.

What was at issue

The lapsed may be received back what was at issue

Who stood in it

Novatian a principal

After The Seven Ecumenical Councils (NPNF series 2 vol. 14) · Nicaea I (325), canon 8.