Members of breakaway sects still practise 'plural marriage' (to which the law generally turns a blind eye), but are excommunicated from the mainstream church.

They exist on the outer edge of the mainstream church like the old orders, and they enjoy many of the disciplines and liturgies developed within the old orders.

For the past few decades it has been the decline of the liberal wings of mainstream churches that made headlines.

Clerics, including the representatives of mainstream churches, reject such tests.

Everywhere they met with firm opposition from the mainstream churches.