What is Montanism?

Question

thenks the 2nd person - that sounds a bit more serious than the 1st person!!!! Whats the point in not letting people marry when thats the point of christianity (im a methodist by the way...)

Answer 1

Montanism
The Montanists were an early Christian heresy centered around the prophet Montanus and his female prophet companions, Priscilla and Maximilla. Operating in Asia Minor around the year 160 CE, they believed that divine revelation was taking place right there among them and expected the end times to come very soon. The church father Tertullian became a montanist in his later years.

Montanists believed that the end of time would arrive soon, and they created very strict moral rules in order to prepare for the Day of Judgement. With nothing physical or material to look forward to, there was no point in concerning themselves with common matters. Instead, the only important thing was preparing oneself spiritually.The prophetess Maximilla is recorded as having said:

After me there will be no more prophecy, but the End.

Answer 2

I looked it up in wiki-pedia

looks like its associated with some rather negative things like the sybellian trinity... forbidding marriage...

odd for someone who claims to be following God more exactly
to be wading deeper away from the truth, eh?

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Differences between Montanism and orthodox Christianity
The beliefs of Montanism contrasted with orthodox Christianity in the following ways:

The belief that the prophecies of the Montanists superseded and fulfilled the doctrines proclaimed by the Apostles.
The encouragement of ecstatic prophesying and speaking in tongues, contrasting with the more sober and disciplined approach to theology dominant in orthodox Christianity at the time and since.
The view that Christians who fell from grace could not be redeemed, also in contrast to the orthodox Christian view that contrition could lead to a sinner's restoration to the church.
The prophets of Montanism did not speak as messengers of God: "Thus saith the Lord," but rather described themselves as possessed by God, and spoke in his person. "I am the Father, the Word, and the Paraclete," said Montanus (Didymus, De Trinitate, III, xli); This possession by a spirit, which spoke while the prophet was incapable of resisting, is described by the spirit of Montanus: "Behold the man is like a lyre, and I dart like the plectrum. The man sleeps, and I am awake" (Epiphanius, "Hæreses", xlviii, 4).
A stronger emphasis on the avoidance of sin, church discipline, and apocalyptic living than in orthodox Christianity. They emphasized chastity, including forbidding remarriage.
Jerome and other church leaders claimed that the Montanists held the belief that the Trinity consisted of only a single person, similar to Sabellianism, as opposed to the orthodox view that the Trinity is one God of three persons. There were some that were indeed modalistic monarchians (Sabellians) and some that were closer to the Trinitarian doctrine. It is reported that these modalists baptized mentioning the name of Jesus Christ as opposed to mentioning the Trinity. Most of the later Montanists were of the modalistic camp.
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Answer 3

Montanus was an early heretic around the late 100's AD who was deeply into mysticism. He claimed to be Christian and had women that were with him that were prophetesses. He claimed to receive direct revelation from God, but this was rejected by the church due to the fact that that had not taken place since the death of the apostles. He had bizarre apocalyptic visions.

Answer 4

the study of montana