Church of Humanity (comics)
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| Publisher | Marvel Comics |
| First appearance | Uncanny X-Men #395 (2001) |
| Created by | Joe Casey Chuck Austen Ian Churchill |
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| Type of organization | Relegious cult |
| Leader(s) | Supreme Pontiff |
| Agent(s) | General Vicar Mister Clean |
The Church of Humanity is an anti-mutant and Christian Fundamentalist religious sect/hate group in the Marvel Universe. It was created by Joe Casey, though Uncanny X-Men writer Chuck Austen featured the cult in a controversial storyline which involved staging a false Rapture (using incendiary communion wafers) and installing the recently ordained Nightcrawler as Pope as part of a plot to topple the Catholic Church.
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The Church of Humanity preaches that Man is created in God's image, but Mutants are not. They are more radical offshoot of the Friends of Humanity anti-mutant group, but with a religious discourse, similar to the Purifiers, the followers of Reverend William Stryker. The Church of Humanity is similar to real-life white supremacist religious groups such as the Christian Identity movement.
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