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Pseudo-Christian Groups (Saibi)
Saibi is a Sino-Korean term meaning "something that appears similar but is not genuinely so." In Korean Protestant churches it is used alongside "heresy" (idan) to assess groups that operate under the name of Christianity while departing from its doctrine or engaging in antisocial conduct.
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- World Evangelization Mission AssociationHeresies & Cults
The World Evangelization Mission Association is an evangelistic movement led by Ryu Kwang-su and is also known as the "Darakbang (Upper Room) Evangelism Movement." Beginning in the mid-1990s, a number of Korean Protestant denominations designated it as heretical or pseudo-Christian. Controversy arose in 2013 when the Christian Council of Korea lifted its heresy designation.
- Pseudo-Dionysius the AreopagitePeople
Pseudo-Dionysius was an anonymous Christian writer thought to have been active in the late fifth or early sixth century. He wrote under the name of Dionysius the Areopagite, who is mentioned in the Book of Acts. His negative theology and his account of the angelic hierarchy exerted a major influence on medieval theology.
- Epistle of BarnabasHistory
The Epistle of Barnabas is an early Christian writing composed in Greek between the late first and early second centuries. It interprets the laws and institutions of the Old Testament as symbols pointing to Christ. It was not included in the New Testament canon.
- Letter of AristeasHistory
The Letter of Aristeas is an ancient Jewish writing that, presented as the work of a courtier of the Egyptian king, recounts how the Pentateuch was translated into Greek at Alexandria by seventy-two Jewish elders. It contains the story from which the name Septuagint derives.
- False ChristBible
"False Christ" is a biblical term for someone who claims to be the Christ (the Messiah), or is venerated as such, and leads people astray. Jesus used it in a warning during his teaching on the end times.
- Heresy CounselingHeresies & Cults
Heresy counseling is a Protestant counseling and educational ministry that helps people who have joined groups that denominations have designated as heretical or pseudo-religious return to established churches, and that educates church members in advance so that they are not drawn into such groups.
- Unification ChurchHeresies & Cults
The Unification Church is a religious organization founded by Sun Myung Moon in 1954 under the name Holy Spirit Association for the Unification of World Christianity. It is now called the Family Federation for World Peace and Unification. Korean Protestant denominations, including the Presbyterian Church of Korea (Tonghap), have formally declared it a heresy and a pseudo-religion.