The Church of Humanity is an anti-mutant

Mutant (Marvel Comics)

In comic books published by Marvel Comics, a mutant is an organism who possesses a genetic trait called an X-gene that allows the mutant to naturally develop superhuman powers and abilities...

, Christian-based religious sect/hate group in the Marvel Universe

Marvel Universe

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. It was created by Joe Casey

Joe Casey

Joe Casey is an American comic book writer. He has worked on titles such as Wildcats 3.0, Uncanny X-Men, The Intimates, Adventures of Superman, and G.I. Joe: America's Elite, among others.-Biography:...

, though Uncanny X-Men

Uncanny X-Men

Uncanny X-Men, first published as The X-Men, is the flagship Marvel Comics comic book series for the X-Men franchise. It is the mainstream continuity featuring the adventures of the eponymous group of mutant superheroes...

writer Chuck Austen

Chuck Austen

Chuck Austen is an American comic book writer/artist, TV writer and animator. In the comics industry, he is known for his work on War Machine, Elektra, Action Comics, and the X-Men franchise, and in television, he is known for co-creating the aniamted TV series Tripping the Rift.-Early life:Austen...

 featured the cult in a controversial storyline which involved an elaborate plan to install the recently ordained Nightcrawler

Nightcrawler (comics)

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 as Pope

Pope

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 and stage a false Rapture

Rapture

The rapture is a reference to the "being caught up" referred to in 1 Thessalonians 4:17, when the "dead in Christ" and "we who are alive and remain" will be caught up in the clouds to meet "the Lord"....

 using incendiary communion wafers as part of a plot to topple the Catholic Church (although the Rapture, as a concept, is not generally considered valid by Catholicism).

History

The Church of Humanity preaches that Man is created in God's image, but Mutants are not. They are the more radical offshoot of the Friends of Humanity

Friends of Humanity

The Friends of Humanity are one of the many anti-mutant hate groups in the Marvel Universe. Notable anti-mutant activists such as one time presidential-hopeful Graydon Creed and the robotic Bastion were among its members.-History:...

 anti-mutant group, but with a religious discourse, similar to the Purifiers

Purifiers

The Purifiers, also known as the Stryker Crusade, are a fictional paramilitary/terrorist organization in the Marvel Comics universe and enemies of the X-Men...

, the followers of Reverend William Stryker

William Stryker

Col. William "Bill" Stryker, M.D. is a fictional comic book supervillain in the Marvel Comics universe, and enemy of the X-Men. Created by writer Chris Claremont and artist Brent Anderson, he first appeared in the 1982 graphic novel X-Men: God Loves, Man Kills.Rev...

. The Church of Humanity is similar to real-life white supremacist religious groups such as the Christian Identity

Christian Identity

Christian Identity is a label applied to a wide variety of loosely affiliated believers and churches with a racialized theology. Many promote a Eurocentric interpretation of Christianity.According to Chester L...

 movement.

Church of Humanity crucified some mutants on the lawn on the X-Mansion

X-Mansion

In the fictional Marvel Comics universe, the X-Mansion is the common name for Professor Xavier's mansion. It is the base of operations and training site of the X-Men and the location of a school for mutant teenagers, the Xavier Institute for Higher Learning, formerly Xavier's School for Gifted...

 including Skin

Skin (comics)

Skin is a fictional mutant in the Marvel Universe of comics. The character first appeared in Uncanny X-Men #317. -Fictional character biography:...

, Magma

Magma (comics)

Magma is a fictional character in the Marvel Comics series New Mutants, also associated with various X-Men-related comics. She was created by author Chris Claremont and artist Bob McLeod, and debuted in New Mutants #8...

 and Jubilee

Jubilee (comics)

Jubilation "Jubilee" Lee is a fictional character, a Marvel Comics superheroine associated with the X-Men.A mutant, Jubilee had the superhuman power to generate "fireworks" of explosive plasma. A teenage "mall rat," she was the X-Men's youngest member in the early 1990s, often playing sidekick to...

. Archangel used his healing blood to revive Magma and Jubilee, but, apparently, Skin, among several others didn't have the same luck. The X-Men

X-Men

The X-Men are a superhero team in the . They were created by writer Stan Lee and artist Jack Kirby, and first appeared in The X-Men #1...

investigate and find the headquarters of the Church of Humanity.

Members

• Supreme Pontiff is the leader of the Church of Humanity.
• General Vicar.
• Mister Clean.

External links

• All-New, All-Different: Chuck Austen talks 'Uncanny X-Men'
• New Mutants Week: Magma