Africa had long been home to the Church of the Martyrs—in Africa, martyrs held more religious authority than the clergy—and harbored a particularly intransigent, fanatical, and legalistic variety of Christianity.
Afrika telah lama menjadi rumah bagi Gereja Para Martir—di Afrika, para martir memiliki lebih banyak kewenangan keagamaan daripada kaum klerus—dan memelihara suatu varian Kekristenan yang sangat berpendirian teguh, fanatik, dan legalistik.