Montanism

Montanism was an early Christian sectarian movement of the mid-2nd century A.D., named after its founder Montanus. Although the mainstream Christian church prevailed against Montanism within a few generations, this sect persisted in some isolated places into the eighth century. Some people have drawn parallels between Montanism and Pentecostalism (which some call Neo-Montanism). The most widely known Montanist was undoubtedly Tertullian, who was called the "Father of the Latin Church" (before his defection to Montanism) because he was the first major Latin writer and coined a number of Latin terms such as trinitas, novum testamentum, tres personae, una substantia.

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