Azusa Street Revival and Pentecostalism (1)

Introduction Although the modern Pentecostal movement is of fairly recent origin, the heresy that the movement promotes has ancient precedents. Solomon uses as his theme in Ecclesiastes the saying, "There is nothing new under the sun." This truth applies also to Pentecostalism. In the early church the error of Montanism arose, which, while not in all respects like today's error, was nonetheless a predecessor of Pentecostalism. The Montanists were followed by mystical sects of all sorts that...