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Children of God

American  

noun

  1. a highly disciplined, fundamentalist Christian sect, active especially in the early 1970s, whose mostly young converts live in communes.


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Originally called the Children of God, the name was later changed to the Family after one of many rounds of well-deserved bad publicity.

From Washington Post Dec. 1, 2021

He is believed to be the second person convicted of offences in Scotland relating to the Children of God sect.

From BBC Sep. 7, 2020

Two of our experts also recommended Living in the Children of God by David Van Zandt.

From Slate Jul. 13, 2018

Hough, 39, was born in West Berlin and brought up in the Family, founded by David Berg in 1968 in California and originally known as the Children of God.

From The Guardian Nov. 27, 2016

Into this Body we are admitted at Baptism, and by virtue of Christ's Headship become by our admission "Members of Christ, Children of God, and Inheritors of the Kingdom of Heaven".

From Some Essentials of Religion by Bidwell, E. J.

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