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Judéo-christianisme
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Jesuism
Jesuism or Jesusism is a belief system considering itself to be the true representation of the teachings of Jesus and contrasts itself from the teachings of mainstream Christianity. In particular, the term is often contrasted with Pauline Christianity and the mainstream church dogma of Nicene Christianity. The term Jesuism was coined by the late 19th century. It is derived from Jesus (Jesus of Nazareth) + -ism (English suffix, a characteristic or system of beliefs, from French -isme, Latin -ismus, Greek -ismos).
Jewish schisms
Schisms among the Jews are cultural as well as religious. They have happened as a product of historical accident, geography, and theology. Samaritans The Samaritans are an ethnoreligious group of the Levant originating from the Israelites (or Hebrews) of the Ancient Near East. Ancestrally, Samaritans claim descent from the Tribe of Ephraim and Tribe of Manasseh (two sons of Joseph) as well as from the Levites, who have links to ancient Samaria from the period of their entry into Canaan, while some Orthodox Jews suggest that it was from the beginning of the Babylonian captivity up to the Samaritan polity under the rule of Baba Rabba.
Melchite
upright=1.4|thumb|Manuscrit trouvé au Sinaï qui aurait été utilisé par les Melchites Melchite, ou Melkite, est une appellation donnée par les Syriaques jacobites et les Coptes à ceux qui partagent les idées du Concile de Chalcédoine. Le terme qui, via le grec μελχίτης (melchitès) et le latin melchita, vient de malka, « empereur » ou « roi » en araméen, cognat de melch ou melech ('מלך') en hébreu et malik en arabe, soulignait ainsi leur soutien aux positions christologiques de l'empereur de Constantinople (le melech gréco-romain).
History of circumcision
Circumcision likely has ancient roots among several ethnic groups in sub-equatorial Africa, Egypt, and Arabia, though the specific form and extent of circumcision has varied. Ritual male circumcision is known to have been practiced by South Sea Islanders, Aboriginal peoples of Australia, Sumatrans, Incas, Aztecs, Mayans and Ancient Egyptians. Today it is still practiced by Jews, Muslims, Coptic Christians, Ethiopian Orthodox, Eritrean Orthodox, Druze, and some tribes in East and Southern Africa, as well as in the United States and Philippines.