My fraternity (Sigma Phi Epsilon) was not founded by a split from another fraternity, but was founded because the Founders were refused a charter from Chi Phi Fraternity (on the basis that their college was too small for a chapter). Other interesting SigEp facts: our founders called Matthew 22:37-40 "the Rock" upon which our fraternity was built because Founder Jenkens claimed that, while he was contemplating the principles on which their new fraternity would be founded, an Angel of God appeared to him and pointed out that passage; 7 of our 12 Founders eventually became Baptist ministers; and you, as a Sigma Chi, might find it interesting that our orginal name was, as well, Sigma Phi.
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