| They are members of a Christian Church originally centered in Persia.
They are apparently Christians, but believe in a doctrine attributed to
a guy named Nestorius, (hence the name Nestorian Church, I guess) which
stated that the divine and human person remained separate in the
incarnate Christ, which was, and remains, in contradiction to Catholic
Church teachings. The Catholic Church in Byzantium officially
condemned this doctrine in the year 431 CE. The Nestorian Church
survives chiefly in the Asia Minor area.
All this according to my Webster's Collegiate dictionary.
I don't know how you define cult, or if in your definition this
qualifies the Nestorian Christians as cult members, but to me, I think
not.
Mike
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