Maximilla

E448145

Maximilla was a prominent 2nd-century Christian prophetess and one of the leading figures of the Montanist movement in Phrygia.

All labels observed (1)

Label Occurrences
Maximilla canonical 4

How this entity was disambiguated

Statements (48)

Predicate Object
instanceOf 2nd-century Christian ⓘ
Christian prophetess ⓘ
Montanist leader ⓘ
activeInCentury 2nd century ⓘ
activeInRegion Phrygia ⓘ
associatedPlace Pepuza ⓘ
Tymion ⓘ
associatedWith Montanus ⓘ
Priscilla ⓘ
claimedInspirationFrom Holy Spirit ⓘ
linked to: God the Holy Spirit
condemnedBy regional synods in Asia Minor ⓘ
considered heretic by many early church leaders ⓘ
prophetess by Montanists ⓘ
controversy authority of Montanist revelations ⓘ
status of prophecy after the apostles ⓘ
countryInAntiquity Roman Empire ⓘ
deathCentury 2nd century ⓘ
eschatology strong expectation of imminent Parousia ⓘ
gender female ⓘ
historicalContext early Christian prophetic movements ⓘ
post-apostolic Christianity ⓘ
influenced later discussions of charismatic gifts ⓘ
knownFor apocalyptic prophecies ⓘ
leadership in the Montanist movement ⓘ
prophetic activity ⓘ
language Greek ⓘ
legacy central to later debates on heresy and orthodoxy ⓘ
important figure in history of Christian prophecy ⓘ
symbol of female leadership in early Christianity ⓘ
lifeEvent left her husband to follow Montanus ⓘ
maritalStatus married before joining Montanism ⓘ
movement Montanism ⓘ
movementCharacterizedAs New Prophecy ⓘ
movementRole leading figure of Montanism ⓘ
opposedBy Catholic Church authorities ⓘ
early church bishops ⓘ
propheticStyle ecstatic prophecy ⓘ
religion Christianity ⓘ
sourceMention Epiphanius of Salamis ⓘ
Eusebius of Caesarea ⓘ
Jerome ⓘ
taught authority of new prophecy ⓘ
imminent end of the world ⓘ
theologicalEmphasis asceticism ⓘ
continuing revelation of the Holy Spirit ⓘ
strict moral discipline ⓘ
viewedByFollowersAs mouthpiece of the Paraclete ⓘ
viewedByOpponentsAs source of schism ⓘ

How these facts were elicited

Referenced by (4)

Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.

Montanism → hasLeader → Maximilla ⓘ
Montanus → associatedWith → Maximilla ⓘ
Priscilla → associatedWith → Maximilla ⓘ
New Prophecy → hasKeyFigure → Maximilla ⓘ