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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

The Children of God had communes in small and big cities as dispersed as Staten Island, Tucson and Coachella, the report shows.

From The Guardian • Mar. 11, 2017

Children of God must have capacities that are Godlike.

From What a Young Woman Ought to Know by Wood-Allen, Mary

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