In comparing the Sohei and Ikko-Ikki, it is probably helpful to think of the Sohei as a militant religious order (such as the Knights Of St John) and the Ikko-Ikki as a community bound together by a common religious belief (like Puritan or Quaker communities). | In comparing the Sohei and Ikko-Ikki, it is probably helpful to think of the Sohei as a militant religious order (such as the Knights Of St John) and the Ikko-Ikki as a community bound together by a common religious belief (like Puritan or Quaker communities). |