Sects, Christian The various sects which have arisen in the Church from time to time are, treated of under their several appropriate captions in this Cyclopaedia. This article has to do simply with the idea of sectarianism, and with the ethical and legal aspects which the question assumes in certain lands. The word sect occurs … Continue reading “Sects, Christian”
SECTS AND PARTIES, JEWISH
SECTS AND PARTIES, JEWISH (1) Pharisees Mat 3:7; Mat 15:1; Mat 16:1; Mat 19:3; Mat 23:2; Luk 7:30; Luk 18:10; Act 5:34; Act 23:6 — A party among the Jews that laid great stress upon the observance ofrites and ceremonies:They made a pretence of superior piety and separated themselves fromthe common people. They were believers … Continue reading “SECTS AND PARTIES, JEWISH”
Section
Section the representation of a building cut asunder vertically so as to show the interior; also of a moulding or other member in architecture cut asunder so as to show its profile. Fuente: Cyclopedia of Biblical, Theological and Ecclesiastical Literature
Sectaries
Sectaries a term used to denote those who adhere to the same sect and maintain the same doctrines. Fuente: Cyclopedia of Biblical, Theological and Ecclesiastical Literature
Sectarianism
Sectarianism devotion or adhesion to a sect, generally signifies that spirit which makes more of the sect or organization than of the cause of Christ. Fuente: Cyclopedia of Biblical, Theological and Ecclesiastical Literature
Sect and Sects
Sect and Sects I. ETYMOLOGY AND MEANING The word “sect” is not derived, as is sometimes asserted, from secare, to cut, to dissect, but from sequi, to follow (Skeat, “Etymological Dict.”, 3rd ed., Oxford, 1898, s. v.). In the classical Latin tongue secta signified the mode of thought, the manner of life and, in a … Continue reading “Sect and Sects”
Sect [In Ecclesiastical Usage]
Sect [In Ecclesiastical Usage] (Lat. secta, cut off), a collective term comprehending all such as follow the doctrines and Opinions of some divine, philosopher, etc. By the Roman Catholic Church it is applied to all those religious bodies which separated from her communion. By Protestants, generally, it is employed in no opprobrious sense to signify … Continue reading “Sect [In Ecclesiastical Usage]”
Sect [In Biblical Usage]
Sect [In Biblical Usage] (, i.e. division; hence “heresy,” Act 24:14; 1Co 11:19; Gal 5:20; 2Pe 2:1), a religious party (Act 5:17, etc.); hence discord (1Co 11:19, etc.). Among the Jews there were several sects mentioned in the New Test., distinguished by their practices and opinions, yet united in communion with each other and with … Continue reading “Sect [In Biblical Usage]”
Sect
SECT From a Latin word answering to the Greek word hoeresis, which latter our translators have in some places rendered “sect,” in others “heresy.” As used in the New Testament, it implies neither approbation nor censure of the persons to whom it is applied, or of their opinions, Mal 5:17 15:5. Among the Jews, there … Continue reading “Sect”
SECRETS, NOT TO BE REVEALED
SECRETS, NOT TO BE REVEALED Pro 11:13; Pro 20:19; Pro 25:9; Mat 18:15 Fuente: Thompson Chain-Reference Bible