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Correct, a chronologically ""new"" movement doesn't automatically mean ""New Religious Movement."" Opus Dei is accused of being a cult or sect by a lot of people, and their founder was canonized by John Paul II. Wikipedia has an article Controversies_about_Opus_Dei. They are not listed as a ""New Religious Movement"" nor should they be. Virtually all the ""New Religious Movements"" follow pre-Christian pagan/gnostic beliefs or publicly dissent from major beliefs of traditional Christianity. Again, it needs to be seen how the group fits into the three major points I skimmed from the New Religious Movements article at the beginning of this section.    "