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Unity also known officially as Unity School of Christianity and informally as Unity Church, is a school of thought founded upon holistic Christian principles within the New Thought movement. Distinguish from the suffix -holism, which describes addictions A Christian is a person who adheres to Christianity, a monotheistic Religion centered on the life and teachings of Jesus of Nazareth The New Thought Movement or New Thought is a New religious movement developed in the United States during the late 19th century which emphasizes metaphysical It is informed by a wide range of spiritual, metaphysical and philosophical ideas, and has as its principal essence that God is the only power, and is all that is both seen and unseen. Spirituality, in a narrow sense concerns itself with matters of the Spirit, a concept closely tied to religious belief and Faith, a transcendent reality Metaphysics is the branch of Philosophy investigating principles of reality transcending those of any particular science Philosophy is the study of general problems concerning matters such as existence knowledge truth beauty justice validity mind and language God is the principal or sole Deity in Religions and other belief systems that worship one deity.

It was founded in 1889 by Charles Fillmore (1854-1948) and Myrtle Fillmore (1845-1931), in Kansas City, Missouri. Charles Fillmore ( August 22, 1854 – July 5, 1948) born in St Mary Caroline "Myrtle" Page Fillmore ( August 6, 1845, Pagetown Ohio - October 6, 1931) was co-founder of Unity Kansas City Missouri only Items for the metro area Kansas City Kansas or North Kansas City MO should go on their respective pages It currently has its headquarters in Unity Village, Missouri. Unity Village is a village in Jackson County, Missouri, United States.

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Basic teachings

The five basic ideas that make up the Unity belief system are: [1]

  1. God is the source and creator of all. There is no other enduring power. God is good and present everywhere.
  2. We are spiritual beings, created in God’s image. The spirit of God lives within each person; therefore, all people are inherently good.
  3. We create our life experiences through our way of thinking.
  4. There is power in affirmative prayer, which we believe increases our connection to God.
  5. Knowledge of these spiritual principles is not enough. We must live them.

Overview of Unity

Charles Fillmore expressed Unity's approach to affirmative prayer as:

Paul said, "Pray without ceasing. " Do not supplicate and beg God to give you what you need, but realize, affirm, and absolutely know that your supreme mind is functioning right now in God-Mind itself and that your thought substance and the spiritual substance of the Most High are amalgamated and blended into one perfect whole that is now being made manifest in the very thing you are asking for.

– Charles Fillmore, Teach Us to Pray, [2]

History

H. Emilie Cady, a former homeopathist, wrote Unity’s first and seminal text, Lessons in Truth in 1894. H Emilie Cady (1848-1941 was an American Homeopathic physician and Author of New Thought spiritual writings This article has been the subject of edit wars and has been placed on probation Her writing became a cornerstone of Unity’s teachings. [3]

In 1947 Unity School moved to its new headquarters at its Unity Farm site between Lee's Summit and Kansas City Missouri. Lee's Summit is a city in Cass and Jackson Counties in the US Beginning as a locally renowned produce farm, the site expanded and incorporated as Unity Village in 1953. Today the campus occupies 1400 acres and is open to the public. [4]

Relationship to Christianity

Unity was founded in 1889 by Charles Fillmore (1854-1948) and Myrtle Fillmore (1845-1931), in Kansas City, Missouri. Charles Fillmore ( August 22, 1854 – July 5, 1948) born in St Mary Caroline "Myrtle" Page Fillmore ( August 6, 1845, Pagetown Ohio - October 6, 1931) was co-founder of Unity Kansas City Missouri only Items for the metro area Kansas City Kansas or North Kansas City MO should go on their respective pages The Fillmores considered themselves Christians, though they did not subscribe to the Nicaean Creed. A Christian is a person who adheres to Christianity, a monotheistic Religion centered on the life and teachings of Jesus of Nazareth The Nicene Creed (ˈnaɪsiːn is an ecumenical Christian statement of faith accepted in the Eastern Orthodox Church, Assyrian Church of Unity minister Eric Butterworth stated that the Council of Nicaea was "a bitterly contested struggle, during which Arius got up to speak and Nicholas of Myra punched him in the nose. Arius ( AD ca 250 or 256 - 336 was a Christian priest from Alexandria Egypt in the early fourth century whose teachings now called Arianism Saint Nicholas (Άγιος Νικόλαος, Agios Nikolaos, "victory of the people" is the common name for Nicholas of Myra, a Christian Saint " He describes this as a meeting concerning a "religion about Jesus" rather than the "religion of Jesus" as presented through Jesus's teachings. Jesus of Nazareth (7–2 BC / BCE —26–36 AD / CE) [5]

Prominent members

Celebrities affiliated with Unity include Betty White, Eleanor Powell, Wally Amos, Licensed Unity Teacher Ruth Warrick, Barbara Billingsley, Matt Hoverman, Patricia Neal,[6] Holmes Osborne[7] and Esther Williams. Betty Marion White (born January 17, 1922) is a film and television actress with a career spanning 60 years Eleanor Torrey Powell ( November 21, 1912 &ndash February 11, 1982) was an American film actress and dancer of the 1930s and 1940s Wallace "Wally" Amos Jr (born July 1[[ 936]] is an American Actor and Writer from Tallahassee, Florida Dame Ruth Elizabeth Warrick ( June 29, 1915 – January 15, 2005), DM, OSJ, Regend of Cathedral of St Barbara Billingsley (born December 22, 1915) is an American film television and character actress, who in her five decades of television Matt Hoverman (born May 12, 1968) is an American Actor, Playwright, and Voice actor based in New York City. Patricia Neal (born January 20 1926) is an American award-winning Actress of stage and screen Holmes Osborne (born August 7, 1952) is an American actor who starred in Richard Kelly 's 2001 film Donnie Darko and 2007 For the Fijian academic business woman see Esther Williams (academic Esther Jane Williams (born August 8 1921 is a retired

In March 2008 Maya Angelou stated that she plans to spend part of the year studying at the Unity Church. Maya Angelou (ˈmaɪə ˈændʒəloʊ (born Marguerite Ann Johnson on April 4, 1928) is an American Poet, Memoirist In 2005 she attended a Unity Church service in Miami and decided that day to "go into a kind of religious school and study" on her 80th birthday. [8]

Unity symbol: Wings

The Unity wings symbol, the winged globe, appears in many Unity publications. Charles Fillmore, co-founder of Unity, explained the symbolism of the winged globe this way:

It is an ancient Egyptian symbol, but it is found in various forms in the religions of other races. It represents the relation existing between Spirit, soul, and body. Soul gives wings to body. Spirit is the enveloping principle, like the atmosphere in which both soul and body exist, and from which they draw their original inspiration. The winged globe is also a symbol of the earth and its soul. The earth has soul, as have its products of every description. All exist in the ether, the anima mundi, the divine mother. When people of the earth lift up their thoughts to God, and the Animus Dei or directive Spirit, then the planet takes wings into a higher radiation of universal life. As man develops spiritual consciousness, he attains the realization of the soul as the wings of the body. Back of the Soul is Spirit, which quickens and energizes the soul; that is, gives the soul wings. Artists paint their angels with wings representing in this way their freedom from physical fetters. But the soul does not have wings like a bird. The life activity of the soul is quickened by Spirit until it rises above the thought of matter and floats free in the ether of the fourth dimension, which Jesus called the kingdom of the heavens.

– Charles Fillmore, Good Business, April 1956

See also

Notes

  1. ^ What Does Unity Believe?. Church of Divine Science is a religious group founded in Denver Colorado in the late 19th century during the dramatic growth of the New Thought Movement in the Emma Curtis Hopkins (1849–1925 organized New Thought and was a primary theologian teacher writer feminist mystic and prophet who ordained women at what she named The New Thought Movement or New Thought is a New religious movement developed in the United States during the late 19th century which emphasizes metaphysical Religious Science, also known as Science of Mind, was founded in 1927 by Ernest Holmes (1887-1960 and is a spiritual/philosophical/metaphysical religious movement Church of Divine Science is a religious group founded in Denver Colorado in the late 19th century during the dramatic growth of the New Thought Movement in the This is a list of New Thought membership organizations. It is historically based therefore not all of these groups may be in existence at this time This is a list of notable New Thought writers. A C Alexander -- The Crystal Silence League Abel Panentheism (from Greek (pân "all" (en "in" and (Theós "God" "all-in-God" is a belief system The phrase Law of Attraction, although used widely by esoteric writers has a variety of definitions Unity Church. Retrieved on 2007-10-23. Year 2007 ( MMVII) was a Common year starting on Monday of the Gregorian calendar in the 21st century. Events 4004 BC - Creation of the world begins according to the calculations of Archbishop James Ussher 42 BC -
  2. ^ Fillmore, Charles. Teach Us to Pray, p159.  
  3. ^ Vahle(2002), p71
  4. ^ Unity Village - History
  5. ^ Butterworth, Eric. Discover the Power Within You: A Guide to Unexplored Depths Within. (1968) Twentieth Anniversary Edition. San Francisco: HarperCollins, 1989. Paperback edition 1992. p. 30 ISBN 978-0-06-250115-8
  6. ^ Raven, Barbara C. Badge of Courage. Unity Church of New York, 2002.
  7. ^ Holmes Osborne mentioned attending on the cast commentary on the Donnie Darko DVD
  8. ^ Maya Angelou at 80: Life is still an adventure, Hillel Italie, Phillyburbs. Holmes Osborne (born August 7, 1952) is an American actor who starred in Richard Kelly 's 2001 film Donnie Darko and 2007 Donnie Darko is a 2001 cult classic Psychological thriller Film written and directed by Richard Kelly, and starring com, March 29, 2008

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Unification Church | Unity Church | Universal Life Church | Unitarian Universalist Association | Canadian Unitarian Council

United and uniting churches: Churches Uniting in Christ | United Church of Canada |
United Church of Christ | United Methodist Church | United Free Church of Scotland | United Reformed Church | Uniting Church in Australia
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