Sect Wikipedia ~ A sect is a subgroup of a religious political or philosophical belief system usually an offshoot of a larger group Although the term was originally a classification for religious separated groups it can now refer to any organization that breaks away from a larger one to follow a different set of rules and principles

Schools of Buddhism Wikipedia ~ The schools of Buddhism are the various institutional and doctrinal divisions of Buddhism that have existed from ancient times up to the present The classification and nature of various doctrinal philosophical or cultural facets of the schools of Buddhism is vague and has been interpreted in many different ways often due to the sheer number perhaps thousands of different sects subsects

List of Christian denominations Wikipedia ~ Other sects broke away over the abandonment of practicing plural marriage after the 1890 Manifesto Other denominations are defined by either a belief in Joseph Smith as a prophet or acceptance of the Book of Mormon as scripture The Latter Day Saints comprise a little over 16 million members collectively

Islamic schools and branches Wikipedia ~ Shia Islam on the other hand is separated into three major sects Twelvers Ismailis and Zaydis The vast majority of Shias are Twelvers a 2012 estimate puts the figure as 94 of Shias being Twelvers to the extent that the term Shia frequently refers to Twelvers by default

List of new religious movements Wikipedia ~ A new religious movement NRM is a religious ethical or spiritual group or community with practices of relatively modern may be novel in origin or they may exist on the fringes of a wider religion in which case they will be distinct from preexisting cs identify a variety of characteristics which they employ in categorizing groups as new religious movements

List of Methodist denominations Wikipedia ~ This is a list of Methodist denominations including those affiliated with the World Methodist Council as well as those which are not the latter of which have been indicated with an denominations relative sizes are not evident from this list The list may not be comprehensive but intends to be an accessible overview of the diversity and global scope of contemporary Methodism

Christian denomination Wikipedia ~ A Christian denomination is a distinct religious body within Christianity identified by traits such as a name organization leadership and Roman Catholic Church Eastern Orthodox Church and Oriental Orthodoxy meaning the large majority all selfdescribe as churches whereas many Protestant denominations selfdescribe as congregations or fellowships

Mansions of Rastafari Wikipedia ~ Mansions of Rastafari is an umbrella term for the various groups of the Rastafari movement Such groups include the Bobo Ashanti the Niyabinghi the Twelve Tribes of Israel and several smaller groups including African Unity Covenant Rastafari Messianic Dreads and the Selassian Church

List of Christian denominations by number of members ~ This is a list of Christian denominations by number of is inevitably partial and generally based on claims by the denominations themselves The numbers should therefore be considered approximate and the article an ongoing workinprogress

List of denominations in the Latter Day Saint movement ~ The denominations in the Latter Day Saint movement are sometimes collectively referred to as h some denominations opposed the use of this term because they consider it to be derogatory it is especially used when referring to the largest Latter Day Saint group The Church of Jesus Christ of Latterday Saints LDS Church and offshoots of it