There were three different sects in Judaism as a result of differing views. The Jews were united on war to upheld the religion as a hold, but some followers believed in strict discipline, some followers were interested in social liberations, and some formed followers formed a mystical group.
Christianity.
There really was no religious split in Judaism, more so an evolution of the religion in response to the times. Judaism went into three stages, Biblical, Rabbinic, and Modern, and there never was a split in the religion itself.
When intraparty disputes split members into different groups, these groups are referred to as
because they were found be different people with different ideals, or people within a religion had different ideals so split [like between judaism and christianity].
It depends on how you split the groups. As Christianity and Islam are both rooted in the Judaism, most people consider it one of the great religions of the world. These are the Abrahamic religions. Buddhism is more of an ethical system than a religion, but is considered one of the 3 major religions by most Sociologists. Hinduism (Centered in India) is the 3rd major religion.
Yes, larger religions are split into smaller groups.
Reconstructionist Judaism
It's a graph that is a circle that is split up into percentages (%) and for different groups. ;D
It depends on the religion, but there are several major reasons that religions form distinct sects: (1) Doctrinal Disputes: Two different individuals or groups in a religion may interpret their holy books or traditions to speak differently to the same issue. If those views are irreconcilable under the same tent, they may split. (Catholics vs. Protestants, Liberal Judaism vs. Torah Judaism) (2) Political Disputes: When a religion has political authority, differences in who has the right to power can translate into religions undergoing schisms. (Sunni Islam vs. Shiite Islam, Anglicanism vs. Episcopalianism) (3) Regional Separation: When individual groups of certain religions are separated by a large distance, changes can occur in doctrines because the leadership of the religion cannot effectively communicate with all the communities, resulting in divergences in the same religion or even schisming. (Ancient Greek Mythology vs. Ancient Roman Mythology, Ethiopian Judaism vs. Mainstream Judaism) (4) Repression Under Authoritarianism: Individual groups of certain religions can take on unique cultural or traditional aspects from being under the sovereignty of a powerful authoritarian entity that is either from a different religion or atheistic. (Albanian Islam vs. Islam in general) (5) Syncretism: Some religions form unique variants from mixing various local faiths or mixing local faiths with a new, foreign, dominant faith. (Indonesian Islam, Central African Christianity, Mexican Catholicism, Japanese Zen Buddhism, etc.)
A:Mentioned only in Acts of the Apostles, Saul is the name of the apostle Paul before his conversion and his first missionary journey. Tarsus is also given in Acts as the home town of Saul. In his own epistles, Paul never mentions having been called Saul, or having come from the city of Tarsus. In spite of this, it is certainly possible that he had been called Saul and that he was from Tarsus. However, we can never be certain whether the author of Acts of the Apostles, writing several decades after the death of Paul, was mistaken in those attributions. Some of the key passages regarding Saul in Acts of the Apostles have parallels to a Saulus whom Josephus mentions in Antiquities of the Jews, with which the author of Acts is known to have been familiar. Josephus even talked of a riot in Jerusalem, led by Saulus after the stoning of James. Although this Saulus could have inspired the author of Acts, he could not really have been the same person as Paul.
split into equal groups
spit it into 3 groups