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=== Catholic usage ===

=== Catholic usage ===

In the [[Catholic]] Church, 'cult' can also be used to describe a follower's particular devotion to a [[saint]] or another aspect of the faith, e.g. the cult of [[St Mary]] or of the [[Holy Cross]].<ref>For example at [http://www.metmuseum.org/toah/hd/virg/hd_virg.htm The Cult of the Virgin Mary in the Middle Ages]</ref> This usage does not have the negative connotations of the more common meaning described on this page. It is much less commonly used in the present day to avoid confusion with dangerous cults. By no means is a cult of devotion or deeply reverent respect for those persons and things precious to God intended as a form of worship of them as gods and substitutes for the One True God.

In the [[Catholic]] Church, 'cult' can also be used to describe a follower's particular devotion to a [[saint]] or another aspect of the faith, e.g. the cult of [[St Mary]] or of the [[Holy Cross]].<ref>For example at [http://www.metmuseum.org/toah/hd/virg/hd_virg.htm The Cult of the Virgin Mary in the Middle Ages]</ref> This usage does not have the negative connotations of the more common meaning described on this page. It is much less commonly used in the present day to avoid confusion with dangerous cults. By no means is a cult of devotion or deeply reverent respect for those persons and things precious to God intended as a form of worship of them as gods and substitutes for the One True God. (See [[Fallacy of analogy]].)

== Atheist cults ==

== Atheist cults ==