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Lessons In Montanism: Charismatics, Feminists, And The Twentieth Century Roman Catholic Church, Carol Dawn Jean Davis
Lessons In Montanism: Charismatics, Feminists, And The Twentieth Century Roman Catholic Church, Carol Dawn Jean Davis
Master's Theses
Christianity arose in the midst of a pagan world filled with many different cultic beliefs that worshipped a variety of gods and goddesses. Homogeneity did not become a characteristic of Christianity itself until after the first five centuries of debate hammering out the theological doctrines and modes of praxis that determined what was and was not heresy. Debates continue to take place among scholars concerning pagan influences on the early emerging Christian world. One of the many sects that developed, Montanism, a reform movement within the orthodox Christian Church, came into being as a result of the persecution of Christians …