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Virgins, Visions, Dreams and the Prophetess: 'Catholic' New Prophecy and the Invention of Montanism
Carney, Wenonah Monique
Carney, Wenonah Monique
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2025-08
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Religion
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https://doi.org/10.34944/khz8-7m37
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This study explores the challenges ancient Christianity experienced when adapting to its own multiplicity amidst claims of a universal, catholic and Holy Church. This exploration looks closely at the role of heresy in creating identities and alternate revised histories that were composed in an effort to consolidate governing power. It examines the influential office of the Prophetess, who claimed to have visions and dreams directly from God and the aftermath of such a claim on that office’s survival. It also explores Montanism, more as a construct of the mainstream church, patristic writings and modern scholarship, when in practice the New Prophecy had more in common with its detractors in both theology and praxis.
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