Friday, January 9
Heresy of the Week: Artotyritic Montanism
Montanism itself was an early heresy from the 2nd century AD -- essentially a personality cult that surrounded the "charismatic" Montanus and two prophetesses, Maximilla and Prisca, all of whom went into various ectasies and spouted mumblings considered to be more authoritative than the Pauline epistles. Nonetheless, they have few remarkable doctrinal deviations to speak of. The sect's primary claim to fame was snagging the Church Father (and fireball) Tertullian as a follower, who was attracted by their strict manner of life (three Lents, no remarriage, and a slightly-excessive love of persecution). Indeed, after leaving the Church for the Montanists, Tertullian declared that the Catholic Church consisted of gluttons and adulterers, who hate to fast and love to remarry.
In otherwords, not the most fun heresy around.
On the flip side, should the Wisconsin Rite ever be surpressed and the Cheeseocracy ever need an alternate state religion, the Catholic Encyclopedia reports...
"They were called 'Artotyrites', because their Sacrament was of bread and cheese. "
Montanism itself was an early heresy from the 2nd century AD -- essentially a personality cult that surrounded the "charismatic" Montanus and two prophetesses, Maximilla and Prisca, all of whom went into various ectasies and spouted mumblings considered to be more authoritative than the Pauline epistles. Nonetheless, they have few remarkable doctrinal deviations to speak of. The sect's primary claim to fame was snagging the Church Father (and fireball) Tertullian as a follower, who was attracted by their strict manner of life (three Lents, no remarriage, and a slightly-excessive love of persecution). Indeed, after leaving the Church for the Montanists, Tertullian declared that the Catholic Church consisted of gluttons and adulterers, who hate to fast and love to remarry.
In otherwords, not the most fun heresy around.
On the flip side, should the Wisconsin Rite ever be surpressed and the Cheeseocracy ever need an alternate state religion, the Catholic Encyclopedia reports...
"They were called 'Artotyrites', because their Sacrament was of bread and cheese. "
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