The New Prophecy & "New Visions": Evidence of Montanism in The Passion of Perpetua and Felicitas

From: The Catholic Historical Review | Date: April 1, 2008| Author: Tilley, Maureen A | Copyright information

The New Prophecy & "New Visions": Evidence of Montanism in The Passion of Perpetua and Felicitas. By Rex D. Butler. [Patristic Monograph Series, 18.] (Washington, D.C.: The Catholic University of America Press. 2006. Pp. xx, 211. $44.95 paperback.)

The Passion of Perpetua and Felicitas is, for good reason, a fascinating document. This early third-century document contains the diary of an early North African Christian woman marty-the first such surviving writing-supplemented by a fi...

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