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The Mita Congregation is a Christian congregation based in Puerto Rico whose doctrine is based on the Bible and whose foundation is the Holy Trinity. The congregation has chapters in the United States, Venezuela, Colombia, Ecuador, Panama, Costa Rica, Mexico, and in the Dominican Republic. The term Christian means belonging to Christ and is derived from the Greek noun Χριστός Khristós which means anointed one, which is itself a translation of the Hebrew word Moshiach (Hebrew: משיח, also written Messiah), (and in Arabic it is pronounced Maseeh مسيح). ...
A congregation is a group of people gathered together. ...
Doctrine, from Latin doctrina, (compare doctor), means a body of teachings or instructions, taught principles or positions, as the body of teachings in a branch of knowledge or belief system. ...
A Bible handwritten in Latin, on display in Malmesbury Abbey, Wiltshire, England. ...
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This article concerns the holy Trinity of Christianity. ...
History
The Mita believe that "Mita" (a woman who was born as Juanita García Peraza) was the living incarnation of the Holy Spirit. According to their beliefs, the Holy Spirit once acted through "Mita" and anointed Teófilo Vargas Seín as the first prophet of God in the new era, what they call the era of "Mita". Vargas was renamed "Aarón", who became "Mita"'s heir when she died in 1970, and is today the spiritual and material leader of the congregation. This page has been protected from editing to deal with vandalism. ...
Juanita Garcia Peraza a. ...
The Holy Spirit, or the Holy Ghost, is the name used in the Bible referring to the processed Triune God. ...
Teofilo Vargas Sein (born c. ...
For other uses, see inheritance (disambiguation). ...
1970 was a common year starting on Thursday. ...
Religious laws Unlike what many believe, members are not required to wear white during their religious ceremonies. They wear white if they feel like it. Also, a member can have as many children as he or she wishes. White is a color (more accurately it contains all the colors of the spectrum and is sometimes described as an achromatic color—black is the absence of color) that has high brightness but zero hue. ...
White is a color (more accurately it contains all the colors of the spectrum and is sometimes described as an achromatic color—black is the absence of color) that has high brightness but zero hue. ...
A male Caucasian toddler child A child (plural: children) is a young human. ...
2004 scandal The religion was rocked in 2004 when a man, named Samuel Benitez, alleged on Puerto Rico's television and newspapers that he was "Aaron"s son. Apparently, he and "Aaron" had some closeness when Benitez was a child, but "Aaron" always asked Samuel never to call him father, dad or any words of that type. "Aaron", according to Benitez, stopped having a close relationship with Benitez when Benitez became a teenager, despite Benitez's conversion into the Mita religion. 2004 is a leap year starting on Thursday of the Gregorian calendar. ...
A separate article is about the punk band called The Adolescents. ...
The scandal widened when other former members of Mita spoke publicly about alleged abuses against them. One member in particular, a former friend of "Aaron", spoke about being beaten and violently abused by members of the congregation on February 11 of 1995, after it was discovered by "Mita" members that he had a son who was living in Orlando, Florida. Others have spoken about offenses against them or their families, such as vandalizing their homes and other acts, after they had left the religion. February 11 is the 42nd day of the year in the Gregorian Calendar. ...
1995 was a common year starting on Sunday of the Gregorian calendar. ...
Skyline of Orlando at night, from across Lake Eola The city of Orlando is the county seat of Orange County, Florida. ...
External links
References - Camayd-Freixas, E. The Cult of the Goddess Mita on the Eve of a New Millennium: A Socio-Anthropological Look at a Caribbean Urban Religion (http://webpub.allegheny.edu/group/LAS/LatinAmIssues/Articles/Vol13/LAI_vol_13_section_I.html). Latin American Issues [On-line], 13(1).
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