Editing Donatism (section)

=={{anchor|Splinter groups}}Related groups and individuals==
Donatism is associated with a number of other groups, including:
*The [[Rogatists]] were a [[pacifist]] breakaway faction who rejected the excesses of the Circumcellions and Donatists.<ref>Jesse Hoover, ''The Contours of Donatism'' (ProQuest, 2008 ) pp. 264-274</ref>
*The Claudianists, who (with the Urbanists) were reconciled to the Donatists by Donatist Bishop [[Primian of Carthage]].
*[[Ticonius]] was an influential thinker who was expelled by the Donatists for his rejection of [[rebaptism]].<ref>Michael Gaddis (2005), ''There Is No Crime for Those Who Have Christ'', Berkeley: [[University of California Press]], p. 122.</ref>
*Followers of [[Maximian (Bishop of Carthage)|Maximian]], who broke away from the mainline Donatist group because of perceived impurities within mainline Donatism.<ref>Jesse Hoover, ''The Contours of Donatism'' (ProQuest, 2008 ) pp. 274-285</ref>
*The [[Circumcellions]], a name given by opponents based on ''circum cellas euntes'' ("making a circuit around martyr shrines," but some older histories thought it meant "making circuits around barns")<ref>Jesse Hoover, ''The Contours of Donatism'' (ProQuest, 2008 ) p. 245</ref> because of their practice of living as homeless roamers. Among Donatists they were known as ''agonistici'', which means "soldiers of Christ".<ref>Jesse Hoover, ''The Contours of Donatism'' (ProQuest, 2008 ) p. 236</ref> They regarded [[martyrdom]] as the supreme Christian [[virtue]] (disagreeing with the [[Episcopal see of Carthage]] on the primacy of [[chastity]], [[sobriety]], [[humility]], and [[Charity (virtue)|charity]]). Some mainline Donatists found them useful allies, but others were disgusted by their use of violence and sought to curb their influence by church councils. 
*Apostolic churches, a sect emulating the [[Apostles in the New Testament|Apostles]] about which little is known. But it is very plausible that they were influenced by precedent gnostic [[Apotactics]].<ref>{{cite EB1911|wstitle=Apostolici |volume= 02 |short=x}}</ref>
In [[Mauretania]] and [[Numidia]], the ''[[Catholic Encyclopedia]]'' claims that the splinter groups were so numerous that the Donatists could not name them all.<ref name=Chapman/>