Christian ecstasy: Apostles receive the gift of tongues (Acts 2) Montanism was an early Christian sectarian movement beginning in the mid-second century C.E., named after its founder Montanus. Its defining characteristics were a belief in continuing revelation, a refusal to compromise with worldly standards, its anti-hierarchical stance against appointed bishops leading the Church, and the […]
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REVIVALS IN THE SECOND CENTURY – MONTANISM
The scarcity of materials One of the greatest difficulties of attempting to reconstruct any reliable history during this period is the scarcity of materials. The church was often being persecuted and many of its records were certainly destroyed. Not until the fourth century, when Constantine legitimatised Christianity, did the church have the opportunity to compile […]