montanism in English

noun
1
the 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.

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1. Montanism was a prophetic movement that broke out in Phrygia in Roman Asia Minor (Turkey) around

2. Montanism, the Easter controversy, and the debate about baptism were all complex issues which required consultation between bishops.

3. Concerning Baptist Successionism: Montanists, Albigenses, and Paulicians (Oh My!) April 10, 2017 Brandon Hines Baptist Successionism, Donatism, Landmarkism, Montanism, Paulicianism, Trail of Blood

4. We know from Eusebius that Apollonius spoke in his work of Zoticus, who had tried to exorcise Maximilla, but had been prevented by Themison, and of the martyr-Bishop Thraseas, another adversary of Montanism