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Born January 6, 1920 • North Korea
Died September 3, 2012 (aged 92) • South Korea
Founder Unification Church
Notable Works “The Divine Principle”
Caravaggio: The Conversion of St. Paul (second version)
St. Paul the Apostle
Christian Apostle
St. Peter the Apostle
St. Peter the Apostle
Christian Apostle
St. Luke
St. Luke
biblical author
copy of Donatello's Saint Mark
Saint Mark
Christian saint
St. Silas
Christian prophet
Paramārtha
Indian Buddhist missionary and translator
Johann Gerhardt Oncken
German missionary
Luther Rice
American missionary
Saint Methodius
Christian theologian
Francisco Garcés
Spanish missionary
Saint Cyril
Christian theologian
Medina, Saudi Arabia: Prophet's Mosque
Muhammad
prophet of Islam
St. Gregory the Great
pope
Isaiah
Isaiah
Hebrew prophet
Jonathan Edwards
Jonathan Edwards
American theologian
Rembrandt: Jeremiah Lamenting the Destruction of Jerusalem
Jeremiah
Hebrew prophet
Bartolomé de Las Casas
Bartolomé de Las Casas
Spanish historian and missionary
Mary Baker Eddy
Mary Baker Eddy
American religious leader
St. Clement of Alexandria
Christian theologian
Joseph Smith
Joseph Smith
American religious leader [1805–1844]