the dwelling place of the Paraclete in Montanus, Priscilla and Maximilla—a spiritual Jerusalem. Montanism spread in many parts of Asia Minor, and took root in Italy, France and North Africa. In Carthage it won the support of the great Tertullian. Irenaeus, who was not a Montanist, still advised bishop Eleutherus of Rome (AD 182–89) to take a moderate, gentle attitude towards Montanists, to try to keep them within the Church as loyal Catholics. However, the Catholic Church as a whole rejected Montanism
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