The founders
In Unification theology, the man and woman who together fulfilled what Adam and Eve and what Jesus and his unfound bride could not — becoming the first sinless couple and the True Parents of restored humanity.
1920 – 2012
Born in northern Korea under Japanese occupation. Beginning at age 15, in a series of encounters in prayer, he came to the conviction that he had been asked by Jesus to complete the providence the cross had left undone. He spent the next 75 years writing, teaching, marrying, and building the Family Federation across more than 190 countries.
Read his autobiography →
1943 – present
Born in northern Korea, raised in a deeply Christian family that fled south during the Korean War. She was Blessed in Holy Marriage to Rev. Moon in 1960 at age 17. In Unification theology she is the True Mother — not a subordinate but a co-essential partner, completing the bridal role left empty at the cross. Mother of fourteen children.
Read her memoir →The children
True Father and True Mother had fourteen children together between 1960 and 1982. Several died young — Hye Jin as an infant, Heung Jin at seventeen, Young Jin at twenty-one. The surviving children have led various missions, ministries, and businesses connected with the global movement.
1966 – 1984
The second son. He died at 17 in a car accident in which he is said to have given his life for a friend. In Unification theology, his death is understood as a substantial indemnity condition for the True Family and the broader providence.
Lineage of Legends pairs their two autobiographies day-by-day — what each of them was doing on the same date, drawn from their own words.
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