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According to the testimony of the early church fathers Irenaeus, Tertullian, Hippolytus, and Eusebius; Montanus wrote the book "The New Prophecy" in which he taught the following:
Irenaeus 178
Tertullian
Hippolytus
Eusebius
He goes on to mention that the leaders of the church after studying the "babbling spirit" and the prophecies that did not come to pass judged it to be the work of a "false and seducing spirit" and they separate themselves from the heretics and withhold communion from them also.
To prove that a true prophet does not
"speak in ecstasy" he says, in chapter 17:
"The false prophet falls into an ecstasy" which is "purposed
ignorance" or "involuntary madness of soul" "But they cannot
show that one of the old or one of the new prophets was thus carried away in
spirit." Not "Agabus, or Judas, or Silas, or the daughters of Philip,
or Ammia in Philadelphia, or Quadratus, or any others."
He also stated if they were real prophets, their predictions would be 100% accurate because "the apostle thought it necessary that the prophetic gift should continue in all the Church until the final coming. But they (Monanists) cannot show it"
Asterius Urbanus 300
3.2 - The “maddening spirit” caused Montanus to hang himself. A few years later It caused Maximillia to commit suicide in the same way.