Babism: alternatives and connections

A religious devotee or dervish in Persia.

One who maintains that, under the gospel dispensation, the moral law is of no use or obligation, but that faith alone is necessary to…

A portion of the Church of England, consisting of persons who claim to hold a position, in respect to doctrine and fellowship, interme…

Adherence or conformity to the system of doctrine held by all parts of the orthodox Christian church; the doctrine so held; orthodoxy.

That portion of the world in which Christianity prevails, or which is governed under Christian institutions, in distinction from heath…

Devoted to religion or to religious feelings and duties; absorbed in religious exercises; given to devotion; pious; reverent; religiou…

That which is taught; what is held, put forth as true, and supported by a teacher, a school, or a sect; a principle or position, or th…

One of a sect of heretics, in the first centuries of the church, whose doctrine was a mixture of Judaism and Christianity. They denied…

Pertaining to the gentiles, or nations not converted to Christianity; heathen; pagan; -- opposed to Jewish and Christian.

Earnest for the truth taught in the gospel; strict in interpreting Christian doctrine; preeminetly orthodox; -- technically applied to…

One of a non-Jewish nation; one neither a Jew nor a Christian; a worshiper of false gods; a heathen.

A worshiper of fire; a Zoroastrian; a Parsee.

Any system of religious doctrine; sometimes, any system of political doctrine or social philosophy; as, this political gospel.

One of a religious sect, founded in Wurtemburg in the last century, composed of followers of George Rapp, a weaver. They had all their…