Sentence examples for christian sect from inspiring English sources

Encratite, member of an ascetic Christian sect led by Tatian, a 2nd-century Syrian rhetorician.

Paulician, member of a dualistic Christian sect that originated in Armenia in the mid-7th century.

The Roman historian Dion Cassius noted that the Christian sect refused to join the revolt.

Many would only service customers belonging to a particular Christian sect, Protestant or Catholic.

As a young man, Augustine followed the teachings of a Christian sect known as the Manichees.

He also armed the child soldiers of the Lord's Resistance Army, a murderous Ugandan Christian sect.

Like Judith, McCleen grew up in a Christian sect in Wales.

The Maronites are the principal Christian sect in Lebanon & a crucial element in the civil war.

They started with the Cathars, members of a Christian sect, who were ruthlessly eradicated from their stronghold near the Pyrenees.

Copts, a Christian sect, make up ten per cent of the Egyptian population; many live in mixed neighborhoods in Cairo.

But a violent Christian sect, the Holy Spirit Movement, sprang up among northern ethnic groups in the late 1980's.