Maria Dell’Isola

“They are not the words of a rational man”: ecstatic prophecy in Montanism

April 6, 2020 Maria Dell’Isola 2 citations

Both the historiographical analysis and the ancient documents about the Christian movement known as Montanism place paramount importance on prophecy, visions, and ecstasy. The theological refutation of Montanist teaching and doctrine in the heresiological sources was almost entirely shaped by the attribution of deceitfulness and error to the experience of ecstatic prophecy. Even though some...