Matches in DBpedia 2016-04 for { ?s ?p "The Circumcellions or Agonisticis (as called by Donatists) were bands of Berbers considered as heretical Christian extremists in North Africa in the early- to mid-4th century. They were initially concerned with remedying social grievances, but they became linked with the Donatist sect. They condemned property and slavery, and advocated free love, canceling debt, and freeing slaves. Donatists prized martyrdom and had a special devotion for the martyrs, rendering honours to their graves.The term \"Circumcellions\" was coined by others, based on \"circum cellas euntes\", they go around larders, because \"they roved about among the peasants, living on those they sought to indoctrinate.\""@en }
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- Circumcellions abstract "The Circumcellions or Agonisticis (as called by Donatists) were bands of Berbers considered as heretical Christian extremists in North Africa in the early- to mid-4th century. They were initially concerned with remedying social grievances, but they became linked with the Donatist sect. They condemned property and slavery, and advocated free love, canceling debt, and freeing slaves. Donatists prized martyrdom and had a special devotion for the martyrs, rendering honours to their graves.The term \"Circumcellions\" was coined by others, based on \"circum cellas euntes\", they go around larders, because \"they roved about among the peasants, living on those they sought to indoctrinate.\"".