Divine Principle 1 Hour Lecture Pdf

[Tarja Rabito]

The manual was developed by Mrs. Gil Ja Sa Eu and is now available for distribution in the United States by arrangement with the House of Unification for World Peace. During his popular Morning Devotion online series, Dr. Chung Sik Yong, Regional President, Family Federation North America, and National Co-chair, ACLC, has stressed the remarkable success in a life of faith from using this one-hour lecture manual.

When The Divine Principle was being written, I directed everything. I had it written because fallen people need something to study. This book must be valued. There is no need to sermonize. Give lectures completely centering on the book. If you grasp the essentials, you can speak at ease. If you continue to use the book, in four years you will be way ahead of those who did not use the book. If the Principle of Creation takes three hours to lecture, for instance, write down a 15-minute summary of it. Underline that portion of the book in red and read it. Create diagrams for it and mark each part with the corresponding page number. Use diagramed manuals for lectures.

I had the privilege of working on both the 1973 edition of Divine Principle and consulting on the 1996 new translation, known as Exposition of the Divine Principle (EDP). Here, I offer some recollections and confessions, with a view toward giving our community some information for our reflection.

We finally went to press, and the Black Book appeared in early summer 1973. It was far from flawless. It was also very hard for the reader to get through. And so, even before the first edition was distributed, we began working on a second.

Neither Mrs. Choi nor Rev. Kim was slavishly devoted to the Korean text. If the team found what we thought was an error, they were open to discussing it and occasionally authorized changes. They also agreed that the section which Father had omitted from the first edition, regarding Korean as the future world language, should also be omitted from the second edition.

Between 1973 and 1996, the second edition Black Book was the standard English DP text, but most new members were introduced to the Principle through lectures. At least two manuals were created by Rev. Young Whi Kim for this purpose. There was also a six-volume Divine Principle Home Study Course published by HSA headquarters. Later, Father Moon instructed that a series of two-hour, four-hour and eight-hour lectures be created, with accompanying texts.

I have not done a systematic comparison of the two translations, but a few things stand out. First, EDP represents not only a new translation but also includes several substantive changes. One notable change is the use of new biblical proof-texts to replace some of the old ones, which were considered weak by readers with experience in biblical studies.

Dan Fefferman (UTS Class of 1986) is a member of the UTS Board of Trustees and President of the International Coalition for Religious Freedom. He is also the composer of several well-known Unificationist holy songs.

A very minor correction, I believe: The three sets of DP tapes that I recall were 2, 4, and 6 hour versions. Not 8. I diagrammed each version for people to read as they listened to the talks. Still have them and occasionally use them today.

Thank you so much for writing this. It is a valuable article, both for its reporting of history and its insights into the confluence of the divine and human, the eternal and temporal, in the writing of the Word.

Tyler and Dan, wow. What a testimony. I was privileged to be in the first 100 day training session under President Kim, while he taught the trainees and worked on the two-volume DP Lecture Outline and Study Guide. On the final day of the training, Father signed and distributed a copy of the DP first edition before we were sent out as OWC Mobile Unit commanders. It was my expression that he distributed them to us on the day of release. And my recollection is it was May or June of 1973. If I could dig the volume out, I bet he even signed and dated it.

I have always been skeptical about claims of inerrancy and literalism, and I believe one of the most serious problems today is that many Muslims do not realize that the Koran was constructed from various revelations from Mohammed that were memorized orally by followers in a heavily illiterate society and collected, written down, and organized thematically after his death. Religious leaders and institutions use these claims of inerrancy to prop up their own power over others, preventing the maturation of followers, and turning an institution designed for growth into an institution of oppression.

It took Christianity a long time to accept Biblical Criticism as not being sacrilegious. And, it is healthy for Unificationists to understand this process and use their own reason and hearts to draw conclusions.

Is there any reason why True Father wanted to remove those four paragraphs regarding the Korean language becoming the language of the unified world? Furthermore, why did the editing team reject this instruction?

For years after, Father probably did not speak publicly about this detail until September 2007 at East Garden; I heard him there. He spoke again describing the womb of God and this same explanation about Adam and Eve that he had shared personally with Dr. Young Oon Kim. Even the historian from Korea who taught OSDP for several years in America did not include this knowledge.

Thank you, Dan, for this informative article. I own and have read both the 1973 version and the 1996 Exposition many times. It is kind of sad that we have to always rush things to make deadlines instead of taking the time to do it right, but I guess that was the nature of the providence while Father was alive. Thanks also for all your great songs.

Just to support the points made by Dan, there were many word and phrase changes made by humble people like me, who were typing and editing and proofreading translations of the speeches. And by 1982, no speech was published without being checked by the legal team in 43rd St. This was for obvious reasons. I had this Speech Library mission until 1989 and worked with several other wordsmiths. My personal background was a B.A. in English. I did not attend UTS.

This is a very important article, Dan. We became too arrogant believing that every word of the DP was absolute. It did not help us in our relationship with other faith traditions. This article helps us be humble before the truth. Hopefully we can focus on the essence of the word instead of the word alone.

Amazing. Appreciation to Dan for giving us insights into the complexities of translating religious scriptures in general. It had me imagining of how difficult it may have been amongst the passionate monks & Experts during the second or third century as they battled over translations in Greek monasteries over texts coming from various sources.

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I'm happy to be here today, not here at this pulpit so much, but here in Hawaii on a mission with my sweetheart and companion. Personally, I love being a teacher in the Religion Department, which is the main part of my mission responsibilities. I love being with the students.

At eighteen years of age, I received a patriarchal blessing which stated that I would choose a proper vocation in life. I did. My 38 years with the Church Educational experience was a literal fulfillment of my Patriarch's wisdom under Heaven, as well as the two Church Educational missions that have been added on after retirement. In fact, I'm going to quote one sentence from my blessing. "Inasmuch as you have come into the world at a time when there is much need for sound thinking, especially in a religious way, I bless you that you may be able to help people with respect to their religious ideals." In the judgment day, I suppose the Lord may line up all those who benefited me with such sound thinking in a religious way. And there are many. I hope in some small manner that I'll be standing there in line for some of the students that I've taught. I am staggered by the promises on your heads. You are the "Hope of Israel" at this time of the world's needs, and some of us have a small part to play in your continued development.

Now, to begin my topic on the Character of God, I want to say that I have always known there is a God. From the smallest "little me" in this life, I was taught that Heavenly Father existed, that he heard my prayers. My earliest memories were kneeling at my mother's knee, saying my prayers, and then giving her a good night kiss. That lasted for many years. This training filled my life with a desire to communicate often with God. I must say, because so much of my life was filled with educational experiences, that many of my prayers were offered in classrooms, seeking earnestly to have Heavenly Father's help not only in my preparation but also in the presentation of what I had learned. My increasing educational knowledge, leading to advanced degrees, did not destroy my faith in God, it only enforced it. However, I remember a story that Elder Bruce C. Hafen told of a fellow student's experience while they were together in law school.

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