Sect - in Christianity

In Christianity

See also: List of Christian denominations and Christian denomination

The historical usage of the term sect in Christendom has had pejorative connotations, referring to a group or movement with heretical beliefs or practices that deviate from those of groups considered orthodox.

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    “He who begins by loving Christianity better than truth, will proceed by loving his own sect or church better than Christianity, and end in loving himself better than all.”
    —Samuel Taylor Coleridge (1772–1834)