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69 matches to Clapham Sect
Hutterites. 16C-. Communal Hungarian Anabaptist sect. 1870s moved to Western North America.
Illuminati. 16-18C. Term applied to rationalistic anticlerical Christian sects.
Independents. Separatists. 17C English Christian sects believing that congregation should control its own affairs. Congregationalism. Puritans.
Jehovah’s Witnesses. 1879-. Christian sect believing in Christ’s imminent second coming. Founded by Russell. Publish Watchtower and Awake!. Yahweh.
Karaiism. 8C-. Jewish sect. Rejects Talmud. Accepts only Biblical authority. vs Rabbinical Judaism.
Lutheranism. Conservative Protestant sect of Germany and Scandinavia. Salvation through faith alone.
Mandaeanism. Persian Gnostic sect revering John the Baptist. Fertility worship.
Marcion. 144. Founded heretical sect with 2 Gods: imperfect Old Testament God and Jesus’ merciful God.
Melchites. 451-. Middle Eastern Roman Catholic sect with rites in Arabic, affirming Christ’s dual human/divine nature.
Mennonites. 1536. Christian pacifist congregationalist sect based on Anabaptists but teaching conservatism.
Moravian Church. Unitas Fratrum. 1457-. Protestant Hussite sect. 1467 Split from Utraquists. 18C German Pietist revival.
Mormons. 1830-. Latter Day Saints. Christian sect founded by Joseph Smith after divine revelation. Settled Utah. Founded Salt Lake City 1847.
Müller, Paul. 1899-1965. Swiss chemist. DDT as insecticide 1939.
Nicholas I. 1796-1855. Czar 1825-. Autocratic. Russification of Finland, Poland, Ukraine, Baltic. Established Third Section. Policy of autocracy, orthodoxy, Nationalism.
Novatian. c200-58. Antipope. Founded strict sect -6C. Novation Schism.
Nufer, Jacob. c1500. First successful Caesarian section on living mother.
Old Believers. 17C- Russian sect vs Nikon’s reforms.
Old Catholics. 1870. Catholic sect vs papal infallibility. Joined Church of England 1931.
Paulicians. 7-11C. Heretical Gnostic dualistic Christian sect.
Pentecostalism. Protestant fundamentalist mystic sects. Baptism with Holy Spirit gives supernatural gifts, speaking in tongues.
Pharisees. 2C BC-70. Jewish religious sect. Oral law and Torah, vs Sadducees (Torah only). Mishna.
Pollaiuolo, Antonio del. 1431/2-98. Florentine bronze sculptor, painter. Pioneered dissection in anatomy. Hercules and Antaeus 1470s. Martyrdom of St. Sebastian 1475.
Quakers. 1647. Society of Friends. Protestant non-conformist sect, founded by Fox. Silently awaiting “Inward Light”. Penn.
Ramanuja. 1017-1137. Hindu leader of Vaishnava sect.
Ranters. 1649-60. English Puritan mystic sect.