Luke 14:23, Converting the Donatists

And the lord said unto the servant, Go out into the highways and hedges, and compelthemto come in, that my house may be filled.

//For anyone not familiar with the Donatists, they were the primary strand of Christianity in Africa in the fourth century. Followers of Donatus (though he was not its founding leader), the Donatists considered themselves purists in that they did not recognize the authority of anyone who had ever denounced his or her faith to avoid persecution. Such persons, they insi...