Sect

==In Christianity==
{{see also|List of Christian denominations|Christian denomination}}
[[File:Prayer meeting Korpela movement 1935.jpg|thumb|Prayer meeting of the [[Korpela movement]] in 1935]]
While the historical usage of the term "sect" in [[Christendom]] has had [[pejorative]] connotations, referring to a group or movement with [[Heresy in Christianity|heretical]] beliefs or practices that deviate from those of groups considered orthodox,<ref>[[Bryan R. Wilson|Wilson, Bryan]] ''Religion in Sociological Perspective'' 1982, {{ISBN|0-19-826664-2}} [[Oxford University Press]] page 89<br />
"In English, it is a term that designates a religiously separated group, but in its historical usage in Christendom it carried a distinctly pejorative connotation. A sect was a movement committed to heretical beliefs and often to ritual acts and practices like isolation that departed from orthodox religious procedures."</ref><ref>{{CathEncy|wstitle=Sect and Sects}}</ref> its primary meaning is to indicate a community which has separated itself from the larger body from which its members came.

===Orthodox===
{{main article|Orthodoxy}}

===Roman Catholic sects===
{{main article|Independent Catholicism}}
There are many groups outside the Roman Catholic Church which regard themselves as Catholic, such as the [[Agnus Dei Community]], the [[Community of the Lady of All Nations]], the [[Palmarian Catholic Church]], the [[Philippine Independent Church]], the [[Brazilian Catholic Apostolic Church]], the [[Movement for the Restoration of the Ten Commandments of God]], [[Most Holy Family Monastery]], the [[Society of Saint Pius X]], the [[International Seminary of Saint Pius X]], the [[Sisters of the Society of Saint Pius X]], [[Opus Dei]], [[Congregation of Mary Immaculate Queen]], [[Society of Saint Pius V]], [[Apostles of Infinite Love]], [[Sedevacantism]], [[Institute of the Mother of Good Counsel]], and others.

===Protestant sects===
{{See also|List of the largest Protestant denominations}}