History:
Unification Church was organized by the reverend son, Sun Myung Moon in 1954. People outside of this organization referred to its followers as Moonies. Members of this cult preferred to call themselves unificationist and consider the term Moonies to be derogatory. Rev. Moon was raised in Presbyterian Church. During his childhood years, Jesus appeared to him in a vision giving him the responsibility of completing the work in the world that Jesus had started. In his adult life, he was arrested for practicing capitalism, and he was convicted of tax evasion in the United States. In 1995, Moon initiated a national messiah ship that involved the selection of four families to leave a movement in each country. Moon also perform wedding ceremonies in which more than 2000 couples would be married. Unification church moved to North America when Young oun Kim establish church in 1959.Beliefs:
- They view God as a single being with a perfect intellect, emotion, and will.
- They reject the traditional Christian concept of Trinity
- God contains positive and negative aspects
- The Holy Spirit is the feminine counterpart to God. Holy spirit is a form of energy that is derived from God.
- Jesus Christ is viewed as a unique human being, he was born without sin. He was spiritually resurrected after crucifixion. His body was taken by angels to unknown location.
- God original intent was for Jesus to form a perfect marriage.
- Saint Paul is viewed as the originator of Christianity.
- Hell exist on Earth and will be transformed in to the Kingdom of Heaven and Earth.
- One of the main purposes is to unite all fragments of Christianity in to a single body.
- The most important unification ritual is the blessing a.k.a The Mass Wedding Ceremony
Books:
- Their main religious text is the Bible.
- Moon published the divine principle which is a collection of his beliefs
