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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

Jones was born into and raised within the powerful Children of God, later known as the Family, a religious group founded by her grandfather David Berg.

From Salon • Nov. 30, 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

Whatever we lose, if we be the Children of God, we shall never lose our Heavenly Father, He will still be our Support, and our Joy.

From Submission to Divine Providence in the Death of Children Recommended and inforced, in a sermon preached at Northampton, on the death of a very amiable and hopeful child, about five years old by Doddridge, Philip

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