Cults Collection

Jehovahs Witnesses
Gathering of Jehovahs Witnesses at Twickenham rugby football ground in the outskirts of London in July of an unspecified year

Irvingites; Wrestling
IRVINGITES Followers of Edward Irving wrestle with a sinner, hoping to persuade him to forsake his evil ways

Christianity Shakers
The dance at the Sunday service in the community at Watervliet, near Albany (New York)

Lady Low and Lord Cochrane at Fife point-to-point
Lady Morrison-Low and Lord Cochrane of Cults at Fife point-to-point, Balcormo Races. 1935

Followers of the Norwegian sectarian Nielsen Hauge (1771- 1824) meet in a peasant home Date: 1852

Worship of Baal
Some communities encountered by the Israelites in their wanderings worshipped Baal and other deities in high places; their lively ceremonies lured some from the approved ways

Pergamon Altar. Telephos Frieze. Detail
Pergamon Altar. 164-156 BC. Telephos Frieze. Detail. Cults at the Sanctuary of Dionysus. Pergamon Museum. Berlin. Germany

Gnostic in Ecstasy
GNOSTICISM The prophetess Priscilla in ecstasy : this was a characteristic feature of the movement

Old Scottish Manse
The manse at Cults, birthplace of the artist David Wilkie. The church is in the background. Date: circa 18th century

Stone of the Sun. 1479. Incorrectly known as Aztec Calendar. Disc shaped ceremonial monolith made of basalt with inscriptions about the Mexica cosmogony and the solar cults. Aztec art

Thomas H. A. E. Cochrane, Vanity Fair, Spy
THOMAS HORATIO ARTHUR ERNEST COCHRANE, 1st Baron Cochrane of Cults (1857-1951) Scottish soldier and Unionist politician. Caption: North Ayrshire Date: 1857 - 1951

London Scientology H. Q
The Scientology and Dianetics shop of Tottenham Court Road, the London headquarters of the religious sect founded by L. Ron Hubbard in Camden, New Jersey, U.S.A. in 1953. Date: 1980s

Socins Books Burned
Fausto Socin, Italian heretic living in Krakow, Poland, is dragged out of bed to watch his writings being burned in the street Date: circa 1600

Theophilanthropie
La Reveillere-Lepaux, the pope of this cult, baptises a child in a former church : members celebrate their love for humankind in ceremonies involving fruit and flowers

Waldenses to Piedmont
Sometimes tolerated, sometimes persecuted, the Waldenses - deemed heretics by Rome - take refuge in Piedmont

Moravians at Bethlehem
The Moravian settlement at Bethlehem, Philadelphia - the main centre of the church

Jehan De Varennes / Froiss
Jehan de Varennes, French nobleman and religious reformer, preaching : devout and ascetic, he claims to be the true pope, and attracts a numerous following

Irvingites; Cutty Stool
IRVINGITES A sinner has to stand on the cutty stool while the congregation of followers of Edward Irving pray for his reformation

Anabaptists in America
ANABAPTISTS An Anabaptist baptism in the United States

Ethiopian Abouna
The Abouna is the chief dignitary of the Abyssinian Church, a mixture of corrupted Christianity, Judaism and heathenism

Mennonite Meeting
A meeting of Mennonites - followers of Dutch anabaptist Simon Menno - in Hamburg. The scene depicted is the benediction following a baptism

Jumping Cult
Welsh Jumpers

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