Sects which take the Scriptures as the basis of their belief, but interpret and complete the doctrines therein contained by means of the occasional inspiration or internal enlightenment of their leading members.
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Sects which reject interpretation and insist on certain passages of Scripture being taken in the literal sense.

In one of the best known of these sects--the Skoptsi, or Eunuchs--fanaticism has led to physical mutilation.
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Sects which pay little or no attention to Scripture, and derive their doctrine from the supposed inspiration of their living teachers.
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Sects which believe in the re-incarnation of Christ.
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