Cults and Sects

Since Beacon Lights intends to publish a series of essays on Cults and Sects, the purpose of this article is to introduce the subject, so that we may make our acquaintance with those groups that appear round about us as cults or sects.  We face the question:  What are cults?  And what are sects. The term “sect” is probably more confusing than the term “cult”.  There is by no means agreement as to what is meant by a sect.  Much less is there agreement whether a certain group is rightfully...