Church of Humanity (comics)
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| Church of Humanity | |
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| Publication information | |
| 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 | Religious 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.
History
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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