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- 1. a group of people with somewhat different religious beliefs (typically regarded as heretical) from those of a larger group to which they belong.
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4 days ago · Two central figures of the Reformation, Martin Luther and John Calvin, depicted on a church pulpit; both Luther and Calvin emphasized making preaching a centerpiece of worship. The Bible translated into vernacular by Martin Luther. In Protestantism, the Bible is the supreme authority of scripture.
5 days ago · Haredi Judaism ( Hebrew: יהדות חֲרֵדִית, romanized : Yahadut Ḥaredit, IPA: [ħaʁeˈdi]; plural Haredim) is a branch of Orthodox Judaism that is characterized by its strict interpretation of religious sources and its accepted halakha (Jewish law) and traditions, in opposition to more accommodating or modern values and ...
4 days ago · The Taliban ( / ˈtælɪbæn, ˈtɑːlɪbɑːn /; Pashto: , romanized:ṭālibān, lit. 'students'), which also refers to itself by its state name, the Islamic Emirate of Afghanistan, [79] [80] [a] is an Afghan militant movement with an ideology comprising elements of Pashtun nationalism and the Deobandi movement of Islamic ...
5 days ago · Islam - Shi'a, Imams, Twelvers: Shiʿism is the only important surviving non-Sunni sect in Islam in terms of numbers of adherents. As noted above, it owes its origin to the hostility between ʿAlī (the fourth caliph, son-in-law of the Prophet) and the Umayyad dynasty (661–750).
4 days ago · Hamas, militant Palestinian nationalist and Islamist movement dedicated to the establishment of an independent Islamic state in historical Palestine. The group won an electoral majority in the 2006 legislative elections, but the legislature was dissolved the following year with Hamas left in control of the Gaza Strip.
5 days ago · the "sectary" family. a member of a sect.
Jul 16, 2024 · Mahayana, movement that arose within Indian Buddhism around the beginning of the Common Era and became by the 9th century the dominant influence on the Buddhist cultures of Central and East Asia, which it remains today. It spread at one point also to Southeast Asia, including Myanmar (Burma) and Sri Lanka, but has not survived there.
6 days ago · According to a 2010 estimate by Johnson and Grim, Vaishnavism is the largest Hindu sect, constituting about 641 million or 67.6% of Hindus. The ancient emergence of Vaishnavism is unclear, and broadly hypothesized as a fusion of various regional non-Vedic religions with worship of Vishnu.
Jul 16, 2024 · Section 2 (42) foreign Company. Effective from 01-04-2014. “foreign company” means any company or body corporate incorporated outside India which,— ( a) has a place of business in India whether by itself or through an agent, physically or through electronic mode; and. ( b) conducts any business activity in India in any other manner.
Jul 17, 2024 · Amid this diversity, however, it is possible to define Protestantism formally as non-Roman Western Christianity and to divide most of Protestantism into four major confessions or confessional families—Lutheran, Anglican, Reformed, and Free Church. The largest of these non-Roman Catholic
