After World War II and the Japanese rule ended in 1945, Moon began preaching his message. There is testimony that Moon plagiarized Ben-mun Kim's book, The Fundamental Principles of Christianity (基督教根本原理 drafted March 2, 1946, published March 2, 1958).

In 1945, Sun-Myung Moon attended the Israeli monastery with his wife, Sun-Kil Choi, to learn the teachings of Ben-mun Kim ( 金百文 ). Around 1930, Moon's family, who followed traditional Confucianist beliefs, converted to Christianity and joined a Presbyterian Church, where he later taught Sunday school. Moon's birthday was recorded as January 6 by the traditional lunar calendar (25 February 1920, according to the Gregorian Calendar). On 25 February 1920, Moon was born Mun Yong-myeong in modern-day Sangsa-ri ( Korean: 상사리 Hanja: 上思里), Deogun-myon, Jeongju-gun, North P'yŏng'an Province, at a time when Korea was under Japanese rule. Unification Movement founder Sun Myung Moon giving a public speech in the Las Vegas Valley in 2010 Background and origins

The term 'HonDokHae' is used by Unification Church Members to refer to the ritual reading of the Divine Principle. Moon and his wife, Hak Ja Han, are regarded by the Unificationists as 'True Father' and 'True Mother', respectively, and as 'True Parents' collectively. By 2018, the term 'Unification Movement' was widely used.

In other contexts it is still sometimes used and not always considered pejorative. In the 1980s and 1990s the Unification Church of the United States undertook an extensive public relations campaign against the use of the word by the news media. Unification Movement members have used the word, including Moon himself, the president of the Unification Theological Seminary David Kim, and Bo Hi Pak, Moon's aide and president of Little Angels Children's Folk Ballet of Korea. Moonie is a colloquial term first used in 1974 by some American media outlets. The informal name 'Unification Church' ( Korean: 통일교 RR: Tong-il-gyo) was commonly used by members, the public, and the news media. Sun Myung Moon did not originally intend to form a separate or distinct denomination or organization and until 1954 did not give his group of followers an official name, Holy Spirit Association for the Unification of World Christianity (Korean: 세계 기독교 통일 성령 협회 Segye Gidoggyo Tong-il Seonglyeong Hyeobhoe). 10.10 Organizations which are supported by the members of the Unification Movement.10.8 United Nations-related non-governmental organizations.10.1.6 International Conference on the Unity of the Sciences (ICUS).10.1.4 Women's Federation for World Peace (WFWP).10.1.3 Universal Peace Federation (UPF).10.1.1 Collegiate Association for the Research of Principles (CARP).9.3 Defamation lawsuit against the Daily Mail.9.1.2.3 Exposition of the Divine Principle.6 Relations and differences with other religions.2.3 Family Federation for World Peace and Unification (1994–).2.2 Holy Spirit Association for the Unification of World Christianity (1954–1994).

Its members have founded, owned, and supported other related organizations, including business, educational, political, and other types of organizations. It also has been controversial for its involvement in politics, which include anti-communism and support for Korean reunification. The Unification Church has been controversial, with some critics calling it a dangerous cult. The movement is well known for its ' Blessing' or mass wedding ceremonies. The beliefs of the Unification Church are based on Moon's book Divine Principle, which differs from the teachings of any Christian denomination in its view of Jesus. It was officially founded on under the name Holy Spirit Association for the Unification of World Christianity (HSA-UWC) in Seoul, South Korea, by Sun Myung Moon (1920–2012). The Family Federation for World Peace and Unification, widely known as the Unification Church, is a new religious movement whose members are called Unificationists, or more widely known as 'Moonies'. Holy Spirit Association for the Unification of World Christianity (historical) Official Emblem of the Family Federation for World Peace and Unification

Monies in a sentence