The Unification Church (Family Federation)

Movement·Founded 1954 CE·Disputed. The church has claimed around three million members worldwide; independent estimates are far lower and concentrate the membership in Korea and Japan.

Judaism → Christianity → The Unification Church (Family Federation)

Branch

Core Tenets

2 — a sample of the center, never the sum Part of Belief →
The shared center — held across the tradition
The cross was a second-best outcome. The Divine Principle holds that Jesus came to marry and found a sinless lineage, was rejected, and took the crucifixion as the remaining route — a reading no other Christian body accepts. Go deeper — context & 1 source →
The family is where the fall is undone. Salvation is not individual here. It runs through a blessed marriage and the children born of it, which is why the movement's central rite is a wedding and not a baptism. Go deeper — context →
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