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Early Christianity is described as being a sect of Judaism. What is a sect?

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A sect is defined as a group with somewhat different religious beliefs from those of a larger group to which they belong. For example, mormonism, protestantism and catholicism is all a sect of Christianity.
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The answer is: A branch of a larger religious group.

A sect is a minority group of people who share an ideology or a belief and is separated from a larger one.

The concept was originated to name a community whose members had common affinities, which allow them to differentiate themselves from other groups of individuals or of most people.

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