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• What We Believe

  The core of Unitarian Universalist theology has its source in two parallel philosophies: Unitarianism and Universalism. Universalism probably predates the Common Era, though it is known that many of the early Christian sects were Universalist. That is, they believed in a loving, forgiving god that would accept all good people, regardless of their religious philosophies, into the kingdom of heaven. Unitarianism surfaced in Europe as part of the Protestant Reformation in the early to mid 16th century. Unitarianism rejected the concept of the Trinity (Father, Son and Holy Spirit) that had been conceived by the leaders of the Holy Roman Empire in CE 325.

  Unitarianism and Universalism existed as separate traditions in the US from colonial times until the mid twentieth century.  In 1961 the two churches combined to form the Unitarian Universalist Association, and many (but not all) congregations also consolidated. Our own congregation, which has its roots in the Unitarian