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