Antonianism

Antonianism
Antonine sect
Kimpa Vita's statue in Angola
TypeSyncretic Bakongo Catholic movement
RegionKingdom of Kongo
FounderBeatriz Kimpa Vita
Origin1704
Defunct1708
Members20,000

Antonianism, or Antonine sect (Portuguese: Antonianismo), was a syncretic Bakongo Catholic movement formed in the Kingdom of Kongo between 1704 and 1708, as a development out of the Catholic Church in Kongo, yet without denying the authority of the Pope. Its founder was a young charismatic woman named Beatriz Kimpa Vita, who said she was possessed by Saint Anthony of Padua.[1][2] Beatriz became known for healing and other miracles. It was eventually suppressed by King Pedro IV of Kongo, and Dona Beatriz was burned at the stake as a heretic.[3]

  1. ^ Peter N. Stearns and William Leonard Langer. The Encyclopedia of World History: Ancient, Medieval, and Modern, Chronologically Arranged, 2001. Page 394.
  2. ^ John Thornton, The Kongolese Saint Anthony: Dona Beatriz Kimpa Vita and the Antonian Movement, 1684-1706 (Cambridge and New York: Cambridge University Press, 1998)
  3. ^ Wessinger, Catherine (2011). The Oxford Handbook of Millennialism. Oxford University Press. p. 391. ISBN 9780195301052.

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