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Name:
Sun Myung Moon
Dates:
Born: January 6, 1920 in the Jung ju province of Korea
Died: n/a
Established the Unification Church: May 1, 1954
Convicted of tax evasion: 1982
Biography:
According to tradition, when Sun Myung Moon was 16 he received a revelation from
Jesus Christ which informed him that the role of Messiah for humanity was being
passed from Jesus to Moon. Over the following years he worked to prepare for
his new role by communicating with other religious leaders like the Buddha and
Moses. The revelations which he received from these various religious figures would
form the basis of the theology of the Unification Church which he founded in 1954
Also Known As: none
Alternate Spellings: none
Common Misspellings: none
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