Abstract
In a preliminary study the author defines the already religious community of Jacob Frank as the new religious movement with the help of relevant academic literature. This step is made primarily because the often used term "sect" is not sufficient for current research.
The author presents several key elements identifying new religious movements and explains them on an example of frankism. For this purpose translations of historical documents and testimonies are used.
The second half of the study focuses on religious violence committed on the community and also in the community. Potential violent conflict with the surrounding society, so typical for some of the modern new religious movements, is also taken into consideration.