Question

David brooks' article "how movements recover" in the new york times is a commentary on social movements in general. he writes about a social movement in the history of the catholic church: the donatists. one of the points he makes is that being a donatist is

Answer 1

Brooks argues that being a Donatist is static and regressive. He states that the Donatists cut themselves off from adapting to new circumstances. The Donatists thought that the Christian clergy could not have any faults in order for the ministry to be effective.