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Montanism /ˈmɒntənɪz(ə)m /nounThe tenets of a heretical millenarian and ascetic Christian sect that set great store by prophecy, founded in Phrygia by the priest Montanus in the middle of the 2nd century.In spite of various synodal condemnations of Montanism in the third century, the sect itself did not finally die out until the fifth century....- The third chapter, ‘Apostolic Christianity,’ presents second-century controversies involving Gnosticism and Montanism as inter-Christian debates with mixed consequences for the orthodox victors.
- Against all this, Montanism called the Church to tighten the reigns and repent, for the kingdom of God was now finally at hand.
DerivativesMontanist noun & adjective ...- The Montanists focused on ‘ecstatic utterances ‘and created ‘new scriptures ‘based on those utterances.’
- Then came the Montanists - teaching the same doctrine of ongoing revelations - in the last part of the second century.
- The Montanists are remembered also by today's scholars for being one of the last holdouts on leadership roles for women and on charismatic gifts.
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