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In this session, James Meyers, III considers Montanism which has historically been deemed a heresy. Montanism was formed by a man named who claimed to be a prophet, Montanus, and two prophetesses, Maximilla and Priscilla. Montanus said that he embodied the promised Holy Spirit and thus was able to prophecy new revelation. However, that new revelation must be according to the original revelation found in Sacred Scriptures according to Montanus. James finds this movement to be a fanatical distortion, but not necessarily a heresy against Orthodox Christianity. However, with that caveat, James considers the distortion which, while technically not heretical, was enough to be discarded as authentic Christianity. Sadly, where the gnostic, Marcion, stripped the Bible and reduced Christianity to a form of dualism, Montanus mistakenly superseded the Bible and to a form of legalism.