单词 | montanism |
释义 | Montanismn. Christian Church. The beliefs, principles, and practices of a heretical Christian sect which was founded by Montanus in Phrygia in the middle of the 2nd cent. and persisted until the 5th cent; adherence to the Montanist system or doctrines.Montanus claimed prophetic inspiration for himself and two women companions. The sect flourished, principally in Carthage, in the 3rd cent. under the leadership of Tertullian, its most famous convert. The tenets of the sect were millenarian and severely ascetic, but otherwise did not differ appreciably from those of the Christian Church. ΘΚΠ society > faith > sect > Christianity > other sects and movements > Montanism > [noun] Montanism1597 Tertullianism1702 1597 R. Hooker Of Lawes Eccl. Politie v. lxxii. 210 Tertullian proclayming euen open warre to the Church maintained Montanisme. 1649 Bp. J. Taylor Great Exemplar iii. 57 If by such austerities I lead others to a good opinion of Montanism I must..alter my dyet. 1757 A. Butler Lives Saints III. 165 (note) The harshness of his expressions shew that he then leaned toward Montanism. 1822 L. H. Sigourney Traits of Aborigines ii. 44 The doctrine of Purgatory, which some have derived from the Platonic fancies of Origen, the Montanism of Tertullian. 1867 G. P. Fisher Ess. Supernatural Origin Christianity 68 The main features of Montanism were the Chiliasm, or expectation of the Saviour's millennial reign and speedy advent. 1902 T. M. Lindsay Church & Ministry in Early Cent. vi. 215 (note) Prophecy lasted until it was finally discredited by Montanism. 1949 Speculum 24 572 His excursuses on Tertullian's theological antecedents, on the Incarnation, the Trinity and Montanism. 1988 Jrnl. Theol. Stud. 39 587 He then goes on to investigate the various pressures that persuaded orthodox Church leaders to delineate its authoritative documents: he examines Gnosticism, then Montanism [etc.]. This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, December 2002; most recently modified version published online March 2022). < n.1597 |
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