Editing Priscillian (section)

==Beliefs==
{{Main|Priscillianism}}
According to Priscillian, apostles, prophets, and "doctors" (in the [[Latin]] sense of "teachers") are the divinely appointed orders of the Church, preeminence being due the doctors, among whom Priscillian reckoned himself. The "spiritual" comprehend and judge all things, being "children of wisdom and light"; and the distinction between flesh and spirit, darkness and light, Moses and Christ, and the "prince of this world" and Christ, are emphasised. In asceticism, Priscillian distinguished three degrees, though he did not deny hope of pardon to those who were unable to attain full perfection. The perfect in body, mind, and spirit were celibate, or, if married, continent.{{sfn|Herzog|Hauck|Jackson|Sherman|1910|p=}} Certain practices of the Priscillianists are known through the condemnatory canons issued by the 380 synod, such as receiving the Eucharist in the church but eating it at home or in the conventicle;{{sfn|Herzog|Hauck|Jackson|Sherman|1910|p=}} women joining with men during the time of prayer; [[fasting]] even on Sunday; and meditating at home or in the mountains instead of attending church during [[Lent]].

According to historian [https://www.cienciavitae.pt/portal/A919-990B-D77C Ana Maria Castelo Martins Jorge], "He played the role of a catalyst among Lusitanian Christians and crystallized a variety of ascetic, monastic and intellectual aspirations that were either fairly, or even entirely, incompatible with Christianity as it was lived by the great majority of the bishops of the day."{{sfn|Jorge|2006}}