Daniel said that an army would be given to the Adversary to “pollute the sanctuary of strength” (Daniel 11:31). The Hebrew word ″maoz″ was only used to describe the refuge of God, as in “God is my strong fortress.” Daniel′s meaning was clear: the worship of God in the Holy Spirit would come to an end.
The same Bishop of Rome promoted Modalism, which John called “the spirit of the Antichrist.”
Tertullian called the Bishop ″Praxeas″. In his tract ″Against Praxeas″, he described the Bishop′s ″restless disposition″ being ″inflated with pride″, as evidenced by his letter of peace to excommunicate the churches of Asia.
Then Tertullian attacked Modalism, saying:
“Praxeas did a twofold service for the devil at Rome: he drove away prophecy, and he brought in heresy; he put to flight the Paraclete, and he crucified the Father.”
Tertullian explained a Trinity to replace Modalism. The prophecy that the Bishop drove away was the prophecy of the Montanists, who were likely the real inventors of the Trinity.
Tertullian was a great supporter of Montanism, which he called the ″New Prophecy″ movement.
He believed that the Bible was full of ″heretical subtleties″ and the Comforter was now explaining the whole mystery through the New Prophecy.
Tertullian was the first to:
• say it made no difference what kind of water was used for baptism
• propose Sunday rest, and
• the Trinity doctrine.
The mainstream Church considered Montanism to be the possession of evil spirits. Its founders, Montanus and Maximilla, were each said to have died a different death, a mind-destroying spirit, driving each to a separate suicide.
Paul said, “the coming of the lawless one is according to the working of Satan, with all power, signs & lying wonders” (2 Thessalonians 2:9).
And John said the false prophet would perform great signs, telling those on the earth to make an image to the beast (Revelation 13:14).
Because of his association with Montanism, Tertullian was never made a Church Father, but he became ″the father of Latin Christianity″.
Just twenty years earlier, Irenæus identified Lateinos, ″the Latin″, as the highly probable solution to the number of the beast – the Latins being the fourth beast prophesied by Daniel.
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