What is a sect? With the formation of Christianity, two doctrinal separations were formed, one of the priests, considered the great doctrine, or the doctrine of the majority. And that of the followers of Jesus called Christ, the messiah. As such, it was a smaller group than those who followed the doctrine of the priests, so they called Jesus' followers a sect, which means small group, or disunity.
For this reason, the term sect involves the smaller group not being in agreement with the dominant group, in this case the doctrine of the priests. But Paul describes that he determines that he believes in all things, according to the Law and the writings of the prophets. What can be validated because Paul quotes "Become imitators of me, as I am of Christ", we clearly have that Jesus did not change the law and the prophets, "Do not think that I came to abolish the Law or the Prophets; I did not come to abolish , but comply." Thus, in the text, Paul is declaring that he does not divide, or preach any doctrine that is not from the scriptures.
We must understand that people use the term sect to make other religions appear pejoratively, that is, they try to humiliate other religions. As the term sect in the common concept of religions is merely a depressive term, without a correct analytical function, it is not, and cannot be used as an analytical concept. Whoever uses it against someone uses it like an ignorant person who defines a word they don't know.
Biblically speaking, a sect is a smaller group, which can be right or wrong. In the case of Christians, they were considered a sect by the dominant church, but this does not mean that they were wrong, just that it was an aspect of the larger religion. Over time, Christianity became a larger church than the majority church. Again in the Bible, the sect is not something that is defined as wrong, since Paul said he was following the path, which others called a sect. See Paul was from the sect, and said he was part of it, and considered Christianity to be something correct. Thus, Paul did not define that sect was wrong, just because biblically speaking, sect is merely one aspect of a larger religion.
For this reason, the term sect involves the smaller group not being in agreement with the dominant group, in this case the doctrine of the priests. But Paul describes that he determines that he believes in all things, according to the Law and the writings of the prophets. What can be validated because Paul quotes "Become imitators of me, as I am of Christ", we clearly have that Jesus did not change the law and the prophets, "Do not think that I came to abolish the Law or the Prophets; I did not come to abolish , but comply." Thus, in the text, Paul is declaring that he does not divide, or preach any doctrine that is not from the scriptures.
We must understand that people use the term sect to make other religions appear pejoratively, that is, they try to humiliate other religions. As the term sect in the common concept of religions is merely a depressive term, without a correct analytical function, it is not, and cannot be used as an analytical concept. Whoever uses it against someone uses it like an ignorant person who defines a word they don't know.
Biblically speaking, a sect is a smaller group, which can be right or wrong. In the case of Christians, they were considered a sect by the dominant church, but this does not mean that they were wrong, just that it was an aspect of the larger religion. Over time, Christianity became a larger church than the majority church. Again in the Bible, the sect is not something that is defined as wrong, since Paul said he was following the path, which others called a sect. See Paul was from the sect, and said he was part of it, and considered Christianity to be something correct. Thus, Paul did not define that sect was wrong, just because biblically speaking, sect is merely one aspect of a larger religion.