Sectarianism
Definition
Western-origin groups such as Stundists, Baptists, Pashkovites, and Tolstovites that emphasized ‘reason,’ minimized ritual, and diverged dogmatically from Orthodoxy; they attracted followers through preaching equality, charity, and strict morals.
Episodes
Related Concepts
- Rationalistic Sects
Biblical References
- Galatians 3:28 — *There is neither Jew nor Greek, there is neither slave nor free, there is neither male nor female—for all of you are one in Christ Jesus. *
- Colossians 3:11 — *Here there is neither Greek nor Jew, circumcised or uncircumcised, barbarian, Scythian, slave or free, but Christ is all and in all. *