Get to know Montanus better with 7 real example sentences.
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Context around Montanus
- Average sentence length in these examples: 28.7 words
- Position in the sentence: 3 start, 3 middle, 1 end
- Sentence types: 7 statements, 0 questions, 0 exclamations
Corpus analysis for Montanus
- In this selection, "montanus" usually appears near the start of the sentence. The average example has 28.7 words, and this corpus slice is mostly made up of statements.
- Around the word, prophecies, movements, exceeded, apparently, claiming and exemplify stand out and add context to how "montanus" is used.
- Recognizable usage signals include even exceeded montanus own sfn and fasts sfn montanus provided salaries. That gives this page its own corpus information beyond isolated example sentences.
- By corpus frequency, "montanus" sits close to words such as aad, aadhar and aaro, which helps place it inside the broader word index.
Example types with montanus
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Other Christian sects or movements * Montanus, founder of Montanism an early Christian movement of the 2nd century. (17 words)
Who in all ways wrote well, wrote first and wrote incomparably, in this alone did reprehensibly, that he defended Montanus". (20 words)
The question of what to do with it is raised, and Montanus advises that a vessel be manufactured at once suitable for its size. (24 words)
In some of his prophecies, Montanus apparently, and somewhat like the oracles of the Greco-Roman world, spoke in the first person as God: "I am the Father and the Son and the Holy Spirit."sfn Many understood this to be Montanus claiming himself to be God. (47 words)
However, scholars agree that these words of Montanus exemplify the general practice of religious prophets to speak as the passive mouthpieces of the divine, and to claim divine inspiration (similar to modern prophets stating "Thus saith the Lord"). (38 words)
Their popularity even exceeded Montanus' own.sfn "The Three" spoke in ecstatic visions and urged their followers to fast and to pray, so that they might share these revelations. (29 words)
Example sentences (7)
In some of his prophecies, Montanus apparently, and somewhat like the oracles of the Greco-Roman world, spoke in the first person as God: "I am the Father and the Son and the Holy Spirit."sfn Many understood this to be Montanus claiming himself to be God.
However, scholars agree that these words of Montanus exemplify the general practice of religious prophets to speak as the passive mouthpieces of the divine, and to claim divine inspiration (similar to modern prophets stating "Thus saith the Lord").
Other Christian sects or movements * Montanus, founder of Montanism an early Christian movement of the 2nd century.
Their popularity even exceeded Montanus' own.sfn "The Three" spoke in ecstatic visions and urged their followers to fast and to pray, so that they might share these revelations.
The question of what to do with it is raised, and Montanus advises that a vessel be manufactured at once suitable for its size.
They also emphasized keeping fasts strictly and added new fasts.sfn * Montanus provided salaries for those who preached his doctrine, which the orthodox did not permit.
Who in all ways wrote well, wrote first and wrote incomparably, in this alone did reprehensibly, that he defended Montanus".