montanism

Women played an emancipated role in Montanism, serving as priests and also bishops.

In one of his letters he responded to her query about the truth of Montanism.

A controversy first resulted over Montanism, whose main supporter was Tertullian.

Eusebius says his work constituted "an abundant and excellent refutation of Montanism".

This was possibly due to fears of the influence of Montanism which used the book extensively to support their theology.

He likely gave the signal in it for the movement of opposition to Montanism which the reunion of the first synods developed.

Montanus was the founder of Montanism.

The adversaries of Montanism were responsible.

The Church, however, ruled that these new prophecies were not authoritative, and condemned Montanism as a heresy.

Exactly when the Roman Catholic Church took its definite stand against Montanism is not known with any certainty.

They condemned Montanism.

In middle life (about 207), he was attracted to the "New Prophecy" of Montanism, and seems to have split from the mainstream church.

One of the founders of Montanism, Montanus, called both towns "Jerusalem."

Tertullian, "having grown puritanical with age", embraced Montanism as a more outright application of Christ's teaching.

Already in the 2nd century, Christians denounced teachings that they saw as heresies, especially Gnosticism but also Montanism.

Other beliefs and practices (or alleged beliefs and practices) of Montanism are as follows:

Mani was a late third-century Mesopotamian ecstatic, who had combined Montanism with eastern elements into a new synthetic religion.

St Anicetus was the first Roman Bishop to condemn heresy by forbidding Montanism.

Toward the end of his life, he joined the heterodox sect of Montanism, and thus has not been canonized by the Catholic Church.

One was Montanism, the ecstatic inspired outpourings of continuing pentecostal revelations, such as the visions recorded in the Shepherd may have appeared to encourage.

Another early disagreement in the Church surrounding the issue of authority manifested itself in Montanism, which began as a movement promoting the charism of prophecy.

These views may have led him to adopt Montanism with its ascetic rigor and its belief in chiliasm and the continuance of the prophetic gifts.

Perpetua and Saturus had received new dreams and prophesies within the text in accordance with the beliefs and tenets of Montanism.

Because of his later affiliation with Montanism, he, like the influential Alexandrian theologian, Origen, has failed to receive the elevation of official canonization.

In the second century, Montanus of Phrygia launched Montanism in which he claimed to be the Paraclete promised in John.