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Early Christians experienced both divine and demonic possession, causing potential schisms.

Bulletin for Biblical Research
Mediumistic Divine Possession among Early Christians: A Response to Craig S. Keener’s “Spirit Possession as a Cross-cultural Experience”
Clint Tibbs

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The article discusses how early Christians experienced both demonic possession and divine possession, leading to inspired speech like prophecy and glossolalia. The researchers used anthropological data to show that these two types of possession coexisted and could cause disagreements among different groups.