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Montanism is a movement founded in AD 156 by Montanus. Having converted to Christianity, Montanus fell into a trance and began to prophesy. Others joined him, and the movement spread through Asia Minor. The Montanists held that the Holy Spirit was speaking through Montanus and that the Second Coming was imminent. The bishops of Asia Minor excommunicated the Montanists (c. 177), but the movement continued in the East as a separate sect; it also flourished in Carthage, where its most illustrious convert was Tertullian. It had almost died out by the 5th – 6th century, though some remnants survived into the 9th century.

Resources in This Category

• Montanism

  http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Montanism
  A Wikipedia article on the history of this movement as well as the differences between Montanism and orthodox Christianity.

• Montanism

  http://i-cias.com/e.o/montanism.htm
  A short history and timeline.

• Montanism

  http://mb-soft.com/believe/txc/montanis.htm
  Several articles on Montanism. .

• Montanism

  http://www.ccel.org/s/schaff/history/2_ch10.htm
  A chapter in on the history, character and tenets of Montanism in "The History of the Christian Church" by Philip Schaff.

• Montanists

  http://www.newadvent.org/cathen/10521a.htm
  A Catholic Encyclopedia article with a chronology and a description of the movement in Asia Minor and in the West.

• Montanus and Montanism

  http://www.earlychurch.org.uk/montanism.php
  An article in "A Religious Encyclopaedia or Dictionary of Biblical, Historical, Doctrinal, and Practical Theology."

• The Montanists

  http://www.tertullian.org/montanism.htm
  A short history of the movement and the participation by Tertullian.

 

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