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A heretical Christian sect creates division in a church over teaching that perverts Biblical truth. The result is the formation of a group that chooses to separate from God’s people and God’s truth.  Although a heretical sect has questionable doctrines, its deviation from a mainline group is usually a question of what or who will be '''the source of authority'''.
A heretical Christian sect creates division in a church over teaching that perverts Biblical truth. The result is the formation of a group that chooses to separate from God’s people and God’s truth.  Although a heretical sect has questionable doctrines, its deviation from a mainline group is usually a question of what or who will be '''the source of authority'''.
In practical terms, there is no real difference between a cult and a heretical sect.


=Didn't Paul create a new sect or cult?=   
=Didn't Paul create a new sect or cult?=