Compilation of the Development of the
Family Pledge
Development of PLEDGE
according to the Advancement of the Providence From My Pledge to Family
Pledge Of The Families
We families, the
center of the cosmos, brothers and sisters, vertically connected and flesh and
blood of the True Parents before the new heaven, pledge and swear, before the
True Parents to become worthy of possessing the glory of victors by maintaining
our position in responsible activities and by observing the family laws and
traditions decreed by heaven.
My Pledge
1. As the center of
the cosmos, I will fulfill our Father's Will (purpose of creation), and the
responsibility given me (for self- perfection). I will become a dutiful son (or
daughter) and a child of goodness to attend our Father forever in the ideal
world of creation (by) returning joy and glory to Him. This I pledge.
2. I will take upon
myself completely the Will of God to give me the whole creation as my
inheritance. He has given me His Word, His personality, and His heart, and is
reviving me who had died, making me one with Him and His true child. To do
this, our Father has persevered for 6000 years the sacrificial way of the
cross. This I pledge.
3. As a true son (or
daughter), I will follow our Father's pattern and charge bravely forward into
the enemy camp, until I have judged them completely with the weapons with which
He has been defeating the enemy Satan for me throughout the course of history
by sowing sweat for earth, tears for man, and blood for heaven, as a servant
but with a father's heart, in order to restore His children and the universe,
lost to Satan. This I pledge.
4. The individual,
family, society, nation, world, and cosmos who are willing to attend our
Father, the source of peace, happiness, freedom, and all ideals, will fulfill
the ideal world of one heart in one body by restoring their original nature. To
do this, I will become a true son (or daughter), returning joy and satisfaction
to our Father, and as our Father's representative, I will transfer to the
creation peace, happiness, freedom and all ideals in the world of the heart.
This I pledge.
5. I am proud of the
one Sovereignty, proud of the one people, proud of the one land, proud of the
one language and culture centered upon God, proud of becoming the child of the
One True Parent, proud of the family who is to inherit one tradition, proud of
being a laborer who is working to establish the one world of the heart. I will
fight with my life. I will be responsible for accomplishing my duty and
mission. This I pledge and swear.
The Family Pledge 1994
1. Our family,
centered on true love, pledges to establish the Kingdom of God on earth and in
heaven, the original ideal of creation, by restoring the original homeland.
2. Our family,
centered on true love, pledges to perfect the way of filial sons and daughters
in the family, patriots in the nations, saints in the world, and holy sons and
daughters in the cosmos, by dedicating ourselves to God and True Parents and by
becoming a central family that represents the cosmos.
3. Our family,
centered on true love, pledges to perfect the Four Great Realms of Heart, the
Three Great Kingships, and the Realm of the Royal Family.
4. Our family,
centered on true love, pledges to fully realize the world of freedom, peace,
unification and happiness by creating one great family on the cosmic level,
which is God's ideal of creation.
5. Our family,
centered on true love, pledges to strive daily for greater development toward
the unity between the spiritual world (subject) and the physical world
(object).
6. Our family,
centered on true love, pledges to become an ideal family that multiplies God's
blessings to our surroundings, by being the family that represents God and True
Parents that can mobilize heavenly fortune.
7. Our family,
centered on true love, pledges to fully realize a world of shimjung culture
that is connected to the original blood lineage.
Seoul Korea, 1 May 1994
Commemoration Day 40th Anniversary of the founding of HSA-UWC http://www.tparents.org/Library/Unification/Topics/Traditn/FPLEDGE.htm
The Family Pledge 1996
1. Our family pledges
to seek our original homeland and establish the original ideal of creation, the
Kingdom of God on Earth and in Heaven, by centering on true love.
2. Our family pledges
to represent and become central to Heaven and Earth by attending God and True
Parents; we will perfect the dutiful way of filial piety in our family,
patriotism in our nation, saints in the world, and divine sons and daughters in
Heaven and Earth, by centering on true love.
3. Our family pledges
to perfect the Four Great Realms of Heart, the Three Great Kingships, and the
Realm of the Royal Family, by centering on true love.
4. Our family pledges
to build the universal family encompassing Heaven and Earth, which is God's
ideal of creation, and perfect the world of freedom, unity, and happiness, by
centering on true love.
5. Our family pledges
to strive every day to advance the unification of the spirit world and the
physical world as subject and object partners, by centering on true love.
6. Our family pledges
to embody God and True Parents; we will perfect a family which moves heavenly
fortune and conveys Heaven's blessing to our community, by centering on true
love.
7. Our family pledges
to perfect a world based on the culture of heart, which is rooted in the
original lineage, by centering on true love.
Seoul Korea, 1 May 1994 The Commemoration Day
40th Anniversary of the founding of HSA-UWC Re-translated by HSA-UWC
Headquarters 9-10-96 http://www.tparents.org/Library/Unification/Topics/Traditn/FPLEDGE3.htm
The Family Pledge 1998
1. Our family pledges
to seek our original homeland and establish the original ideal of creation, the
Kingdom of God on Earth and in Heaven, by centering on true love.
2. Our family pledges
to represent and become central to Heaven and Earth by attending God and True
Parents; we will perfect the dutiful way of filial piety in our family,
patriotism in our nation, saints in the world, and divine sons and daughters in
Heaven and Earth, by centering on true love.
3. Our family pledges
to perfect the Four Great Realms of Heart, the Three Great Kingships, and the
Realm of the Royal Family, by centering on true love.
4. Our family pledges
to build the universal family encompassing Heaven and Earth, which is God's
ideal of creation, and perfect the world of freedom, unity, and happiness, by
centering on true love.
5. Our family pledges
to strive every day to advance the unification of the spirit world and the
physical world as subject and object partners, by centering on true love.
6. Our family pledges
to embody God and True Parents; we will perfect a family which moves heavenly
fortune and conveys Heaven's blessing to our community, by centering on true
love.
7. Our family pledges to
perfect a world based on the culture of heart, which is rooted in the original
lineage, by centering on true love.
8. Our family pledges,
as we enter the Completed Testament Age, to achieve the ideal oneness of God
and humankind in love through absolute faith, absolute love and absolute
obedience, thereby perfecting the realm of liberation of the Kingdom of God on
Earth and in Heaven, by centering on true love.
Numbers one through
seven Seoul Korea, 1 May 1994 The Commemoration Day 40th Anniversary of the
founding of HSA-UWC Re-translated by HSA-UWC Headquarters 9-10-96 Number eight
added: Punta del Este, Uruguay, God's Day, January, 1998 http://www.tparents.org/Library/Unification/Topics/Traditn/FPLEDGE4.htm
The Family Pledge 1999
1. Our family pledges
to seek our original homeland and establish the original ideal of creation, the
Kingdom of God on Earth and in Heaven, by centering on true love.
2. Our family pledges
to represent and become central to Heaven and Earth by attending God and True
Parents; we will perfect the dutiful way of filial piety in our family,
patriotism in our nation, saints in the world, and divine sons and daughters in
Heaven and Earth, by centering on true love.
3. Our family pledges
to perfect the Four Great Realms of Heart, the Three Great Kingships, and the
Realm of the Royal Family, by centering on true love.
4. Our family pledges
to build the universal family encompassing Heaven and Earth, which is God's
ideal of creation, and perfect the world of freedom, unity, and happiness, by
centering on true love.
5. Our family pledges
to strive every day to advance the unification of the spirit world and the
physical world as subject and object partners, by centering on true love.
6. Our family pledges
to embody God and True Parents; we will perfect a family which moves heavenly
fortune and conveys Heaven's blessing to our community, by centering on true
love.
7. Our family pledges
to perfect a world based on the culture of heart, which is rooted in the
original lineage, through living for the sake of others, by centering on true
love.
8. Our family pledges,
as we enter the Completed Testament Age, to achieve the ideal oneness of God
and humankind in love through absolute faith, absolute love and absolute
obedience, thereby perfecting the realm of liberation of the Kingdom of God on
Earth and in Heaven, by centering on true love.
Numbers one through
seven Seoul Korea, 1 May 1994 The Commemoration Day 40th Anniversary of the
founding of HSA-UWC Re-translated by HSA-UWC Headquarters 9-10-96
Number eight Punta del
Este, Uruguay, God's Day, January, 1998
Number seven revised
to add "through living for the sake of others" in 1999 http://www.tparents.org/Library/Unification/Topics/Traditn/FPledge5.htm
The Family Pledge 2002
1. As the Owner of
Cheon Il Guk, our family pledges to seek our original homeland and establish
the original ideal of creation, the Kingdom of God on Earth and in Heaven, by
centering on true love.
2. As the Owner of
Cheon Il Guk, our family pledges to represent and become central to Heaven and
Earth by attending God and True Parents; we will perfect the dutiful way of
filial piety in our family, patriotism in our nation, saints in the world, and
divine sons and daughters in Heaven and Earth, by centering on true love.
3. As the Owner of Cheon
Il Guk, our family pledges to perfect the Four Great Realms of Heart, the Three
Great Kingships, and the Realm of the Royal Family, by centering on true love.
4. As the Owner of
Cheon Il Guk, our family pledges to build the universal family encompassing
Heaven and Earth, which is God's ideal of creation, and perfect the world of
freedom, unity, and happiness, by centering on true love.
5. As the Owner of
Cheon Il Guk, our family pledges to strive every day to advance the unification
of the spirit world and the physical world as subject and object partners, by
centering on true love.
6. As the Owner of
Cheon Il Guk, our family pledges to embody God and True Parents; we will
perfect a family which moves heavenly fortune and conveys Heaven's blessing to
our community, by centering on true love.
7. As the Owner of
Cheon Il Guk, our family pledges to perfect a world based on the culture of
heart, which is rooted in the original lineage, through living for the sake of
others, by centering on true love.
8. As the Owner of
Cheon Il Guk, our family pledges, as we enter the Completed Testament Age, to
achieve the ideal oneness of God and humankind in love through absolute faith,
absolute love and absolute obedience, thereby perfecting the realm of
liberation of the Kingdom of God on Earth and in Heaven, by centering on true
love.
Numbers one through
seven Seoul Korea, 1 May 1994 The Commemoration Day 40th Anniversary of the
founding of HSA-UWC Re-translated by HSA-UWC Headquarters 9-10-96
Number eight Punta del
Este, Uruguay, God's Day, January, 1998
Number seven revised
to add "through living for the sake of others" in 1999
As the Owner of Cheon
Il Guk, added to each paragraph on November 9, 2002, Children's Day, Seoul
Korea http://www.tparents.org/Library/Unification/Topics/Traditn/FPledge6.htm
The Family Pledge 2004
1. As the Owner of
Cheon Il Guk, our family pledges to seek our original homeland and establish
the original ideal of creation, the Kingdom of God on Earth and in Heaven, by
centering on true love.
2. As the Owner of
Cheon Il Guk, our family pledges to represent and become central to Heaven and
Earth by attending God and True Parents; we will perfect the dutiful way of
filial piety in our family, patriotism in our nation, saints in the world, and
a family of divine sons and daughters in Heaven and Earth, by centering on true
love.
3. As the Owner of
Cheon Il Guk, our family pledges to perfect the Four Great Realms of Heart, the
Three Great Kingships, and the Realm of the Royal Family, by centering on true
love.
4. As the Owner of
Cheon Il Guk, our family pledges to build the universal family encompassing
Heaven and Earth, which is God's ideal of creation, and perfect the world of
freedom, peace, unity, and happiness, by centering on true love.
5. As the Owner of Cheon
Il Guk, our family pledges to strive every day to advance the unification of
the spirit world and the physical world as subject and object partners, by
centering on true love.
6. As the Owner of
Cheon Il Guk, our family pledges to embody God and True Parents; we will
perfect a family which moves heavenly fortune and conveys Heaven's blessing to
our community, by centering on true love.
7. As the Owner of
Cheon Il Guk, our family pledges to perfect a world based on the culture of
heart, which is rooted in the original lineage, through living for the sake of
others, by centering on true love.
8. As the Owner of
Cheon Il Guk, our family pledges, as we enter the Completed Testament Age, to
achieve the ideal oneness of God and humankind in love through absolute faith,
absolute love and absolute obedience, thereby perfecting the realm of
liberation and the realm of being completely free, in the of the Kingdom of God
on Earth and in Heaven, by centering on true love.
Numbers one through
seven, Seoul Korea, 1 May 1994 The Commemoration Day 40th Anniversary of the
founding of HSA-UWC Re-translated by HSA-UWC Headquarters September 10, 1996
Number eight, Punta
del Este, Uruguay, God's Day, January, 1998
Number seven revised
to add "through living for the sake of others" in 1999
As the Owner of Cheon
Il Guk, added to each paragraph on November 9, 2002, Children's Day, Seoul
Korea
Number 2 revised to
add "a family of".
Number 8 revised to
add "and the realm of being completely free, in the" February 4,
2004, Korea. http://www.tparents.org/Library/Unification/Topics/Traditn/Pledge-2004.htm
The Family Pledge 2006
1. Our family, the
owner of Cheon Il Guk, pledges to seek our original homeland and build the
Kingdom of God on earth and in heaven, the original ideal of creation, by
centering on true love.
2. Our family, the
owner of Cheon Il Guk, pledges to represent and become central to heaven and
earth by attending God and True Parents; we pledge to perfect the dutiful
family way of filial sons and daughters in our family, patriots in our nation,
saints in the world, and divine sons and daughters in heaven and earth, by
centering on true love.
3. Our family, the
owner of Cheon Il Guk, pledges to perfect the Four Great Realms of Heart, the
Three Great Kingships and the Realm of the Royal Family, by centering on true
love.
4. Our family, the
owner of Cheon Il Guk, pledges to build the universal family encompassing
heaven and earth, which is God's ideal of creation, and perfect the world of
freedom, peace, unity and happiness, by centering on true love.
5. Our family, the
owner of Cheon Il Guk, pledges to strive every day to advance the unification
of the spirit world and the physical world as subject and object partners, by
centering on true love.
6. Our family, the
owner of Cheon Il Guk, pledges to become a family that moves heavenly fortune
by embodying God and True Parents, and to perfect a family that conveys
Heaven's blessing to our community, by centering on true love.
7. Our family, the
owner of Cheon Il Guk, pledges, through living for the sake of others, to
perfect the world based on the culture of heart, which is rooted in the
original lineage, by centering on true love.
8. Our family, the
owner of Cheon Il Guk, pledges, having entered the Completed Testament Age, to
achieve the ideal of God and human beings united in love through absolute
faith, absolute love and absolute obedience, and to perfect the realm of
liberation and complete freedom in the Kingdom of God on earth and in heaven,
by centering on true love.
Numbers one through
seven, Seoul Korea, 1 May 1994 The Commemoration Day 40th Anniversary of the
founding of HSA-UWC Re-translated by HSA-UWC Headquarters September 10, 1996
Number eight, Punta
del Este, Uruguay, God's Day, January, 1998
Number seven revised
to add "through living for the sake of others" in 1999
As the Owner of Cheon
Il Guk, added to each paragraph on November 9, 2002, Children's Day, Seoul
Korea
Number 2 revised to
add "a family of". Number 8 revised to add " and the realm of
being completely free, in the" February 4, 2004, Korea Re-translation by
FFUWP International February 2006 (Published in the USA September 2006) http://www.tparents.org/Library/Unification/Topics/Traditn/Pledge-2006.htm
Family Pledge 2013
1. Our family, the
owner of Cheon Il Guk, pledges to seek our original homeland and build the
Kingdom of God on earth and in heaven, the original ideal of creation, by
centering on true love.
2. Our family, the
owner of Cheon Il Guk, pledges to represent and become central to heaven and
earth by attending the Heavenly Parent and True Parents; we pledge to perfect
the dutiful family way of filial sons and daughters in our family, patriots in
our nation, saints in the world, and divine sons and daughters in heaven and on
earth, by centering on true love.
3. Our family, the
owner of Cheon Il Guk, pledges to perfect the Four Great Realms of Heart, the
Three Great Kingships and the Realm of the Royal Family, by centering on true
love.
4. Our family, the
owner of Cheon Il Guk, pledges to build the universal family encompassing
heaven and earth, which is the Heavenly Parent's ideal of creation, and perfect
the world of freedom, peace, unity and happiness, by centering on true love.
5. Our family, the
owner of Cheon Il Guk, pledges to strive every day to advance the unification
of the spirit world and the physical world as subject and object partners, by
centering on true love.
6. Our family, the
owner of Cheon Il Guk, pledges to become a family that moves heavenly fortune
by embodying the Heavenly Parent and True Parents, and to perfect a family that
conveys Heaven's blessing to our community, by centering on true love.
7. Our family, the
owner of Cheon Il Guk, pledges, through living for the sake of others, to
perfect the world based on the culture of heart, which is rooted in the
original lineage, by centering on true love.
8. Our family, the
owner of Cheon Il Guk, pledges, having entered the Era of Cheon Il Guk, to
achieve the ideal of God and human beings united in love through absolute
faith, absolute love and absolute obedience, and to perfect the realm of
liberation and complete freedom in the Kingdom of God on earth and in heaven,
by centering on true love.
Numbers one through
seven, Seoul Korea, 1 May 1994 – The Commemoration Day 40th Anniversary of the
founding of HSA-UWC Re-translated by HSA-UWC Headquarters September 10, 1996
Number eight added,
Punta del Este, Uruguay, God's Day, January, 1998
Number seven revised
to add "through living for the sake of others" in 1999
As the Owner of Cheon
Il Guk, added to each paragraph on November 9, 2002, Children's Day, Seoul
Korea.
Number 2 revised to
add "a family of". Number 8 revised to add " and the realm of
being completely free, in the" February 4, 2004, Korea Re-translation by
FFUWP International February 2006 (Published in the USA September 2006)
Change "God"
to "the Heavenly Parent" in numbers 2, 4 and 6 -- change
"Completed Testament Age" to "Era of Cheon Il Guk" in
number 8. (February 9, 2013) http://www.tparents.org/Library/Unification/Topics/Traditn/Pledge-2013.htm
Family Pledge Is the
Bone Thought of the Unification Church True Father's Words in July, 2002 http://www.tparents.org/Moon-Talks/SunMyungMoon02/SM0207-Pledge.htm
What is the bone
thought of the Unification Church? It is the Pledge centered on the family.
When you recite the Family Pledge, you have to understand and practice it
without mind and body's struggling. Did you accomplish this, or not? . Why did
we make the Family Pledge? To find true love and to meet and attend God in our
families. (at East Garden on July 17, 2002)
This time I explained about the
bone thoughts of the Unification Church, didn't I? They are the Family Pledge,
the Coronation Ceremony of God's Kingship, the Rally for the Unification and Complete
Settlement of the Parents of Heaven and Earth, and the Resolution by
representatives of the five great religions in the spirit world. . If you can
attain one of the Family Pledges, you can enter into the Heavenly Kingdom. (at
East Garden on July 29, 2002)
Importance of the Family Pledge (From "True
Family and Family Pledge" Japanese version pp.41-53)
The Family Pledge is
a record extracted from a core teaching of how to make a family centering on
the Principle. Knowing it, you have to recite the Family Pledge before your
prayer, and you have to check situations of yourself and your family. If it is
not like the Family Pledge, you have to correct it as soon as possible. You
have to realize it. In the past, we recited My Pledge, didn't we? What is it now?
In a future, Nation Pledge and World Pledge should also emerge. (260-305)
This
Pledge was extracted as a main point of the Principle of Restoration, so you
have to live centering on this pledge every day, wherever you go. In the Family
Pledge, the most important thing is True Love. True Love. What is True Love? If
you offer your mind and body as offerings in front of God, He will give it back
to us more. If not, there is nothing to be given back. When we offer ourselves
with absolute faith, absolute love and absolute obedience, God will stand in
front of us and the Heavenly Kingdom on earth and in heaven will come true
after our action. (285-297)
When we pledge in the
providence, we pledge as a family, not as an individual now. A family is a root
of everything, so we pledge as a representative of a family. Father represents
their family, and mother also represents their family. Sons and daughters also
represent their family. First, mind and body have to unite into one, and next,
husband and wife become one. Third, children become one. Why? Human beings lost
God in the Garden of Eden. Then, we lost the individual, the family and
children. We have to restore this. So, when we recite Family Pledge, our mind
and body have to become one, and husband and wife have to become one. Then,
children have to become one. (267-146)
The Unification Church
became Family Federation for World Peace and Unification after the 40-year
wilderness course. It is necessary to decide on absolute rules or a
constitution. That constitution is the Family Pledge. The word "Family
Pledge" emerged for the first time in the history. Family Pledge means to
seek and complete the Heavenly Kingdom. When we read the Family Pledge
carefully, it liberates a family completely after restoration by indemnity. So,
those who recite Family Pledge are not people who belong to the fallen world,
but people who entered the realm of the completed family. By making a family
with true love, mind and body, which were divided by false love, unite into
one. Without the unity of mind and body, we cannot recite the Family Pledge.
(264-244)
In the Unification
Church, we proclaimed Family Pledge. Fallen people cannot recite the Family
Pledge. Eight verses of the Family Pledge include the phrase "by centering
on true love." What does this mean? This means that the Family Pledge is
recited on the foundation that there is no connection with Satan's world. Why
does the Family Pledge include true love? It is because we are now in the
original world without any trace of the fall which occurred in the Garden of
Eden. (263-194)
There is no concept of
enemy in the Family Pledge. It pursues completely an individual's spiritual
attitude. The Family Pledge is this kind of thing. There is no concept of
enemy. There is only the concept of love. It is like a pillar of the Heavenly
Kingdom on earth, and is the basic formula to create the Heavenly Kingdom on
earth. (295-245)
(Compiled by Winny Cayme 2016 Nov 24th)
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