Dona Beatriz Kimpa Vita, Kimpa Mvita, Tsimpa Vita or Tchimpa Vita (1684 – 2 July 1706), was a Kongo Empire prophet and leader of her own Christian movement, ...
Kimpa Vita
Religious leader
Dona Beatriz Kimpa Vita, Kimpa Mvita, Tsimpa Vita or Tchimpa Vita, was a Kongo Empire prophet and leader of her own Christian movement, Antonianism; this movement taught that Jesus and other early Christian figures were from the Kongo Empire. Wikipedia
Born: 1684, Kingdom of Kongo
Died: July 2, 1706 (age 22 years), Angola
Known for: Founder of Antonianism
Full name: Dona Beatriz Kimpa Vita
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Oct 4, 2021 ˇ For the Bakongo, Kimpa was God's servant sent as a response to their prayers for deliverance and freedom from their colonizers. Kimpa ...
Mar 7, 2024 ˇ Kimpa Vita was a popular female prophet in the kingdom of the Kongo, a precursor of the prophetic figures of the independent churches, ...
It arose under Dona Beatriz Kimpa Vita, a Kongolese woman of high birth. ... The Kongolese Saint Anthony: Dona Beatriz Kimpa Vita and the Antonian Movement, 1684– ...
Mar 7, 2024 ˇ Kimpa Vita (circa 1685-July 2, 1706), whose baptized name was Dona Beatriz, founded a religious sect known as the Antonians.
KIMPA VITA (1684 -1706) Dona Beatriz Kimpa Vita was a young Kongolese woman who in 1704 claimed to be possessed by St. Anthony, argued that Jesus was a ...
Feb 6, 2019 ˇ The legacy of Kimpa Vita, a Kongolese Catholic mystic, was felt from the U.S. to Haiti.
Aug 21, 2022 ˇ One woman's mission to unite a divided kingdom: Beatriz Kimpa Vita and the restoration of Kongo. (1704-1706). Race, theology, and ...
Jan 31, 2021 ˇ Indeed, without having wielded any official power, Kimpa Vita is considered as a historic forerunner of African messianism and millenarianism.
May 23, 2020 ˇ Kimpa Vita attempted to unify the kingdom of Kongo through an African Christianity. For a short period, she was successful.
