Invitation to Life
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Invitation to Life is a new religious movement
with Catholic
background, founded in Paris in 1983 by Yvonne Trubert. It defines itself as a "christic" movement and focuses on miraculous recoveries performed by Christ, but it is not recognized by the Catholic Church. Memberships reached a peak of 7,000 in late 1980s, but are currently on the decline, although the group is present in many European, American and African countries. The religious group was listed as a cult
by in the 1995 and 1999 parliamentary reports in France, and also appeared in the list of groups examined by the Parliamentary Inquiry Commission in Belgium. It main criticism is related to its promises of miraculous healings, often considered as harmful for followers' health. Most of sociologists and researchers on new religious movements do not share this opinion (e.g. Régis Dericquebourg
deemed the group as a "movement of spiritual regeneration").
New religious movement
A new religious movement is a religious community or ethical, spiritual, or philosophical group of modern origin, which has a peripheral place within the dominant religious culture. NRMs may be novel in origin or they may be part of a wider religion, such as Christianity, Hinduism or Buddhism, in...
with Catholic
Catholic
The word catholic comes from the Greek phrase , meaning "on the whole," "according to the whole" or "in general", and is a combination of the Greek words meaning "about" and meaning "whole"...
background, founded in Paris in 1983 by Yvonne Trubert. It defines itself as a "christic" movement and focuses on miraculous recoveries performed by Christ, but it is not recognized by the Catholic Church. Memberships reached a peak of 7,000 in late 1980s, but are currently on the decline, although the group is present in many European, American and African countries. The religious group was listed as a cult
Cult
The word cult in current popular usage usually refers to a group whose beliefs or practices are considered abnormal or bizarre. The word originally denoted a system of ritual practices...
by in the 1995 and 1999 parliamentary reports in France, and also appeared in the list of groups examined by the Parliamentary Inquiry Commission in Belgium. It main criticism is related to its promises of miraculous healings, often considered as harmful for followers' health. Most of sociologists and researchers on new religious movements do not share this opinion (e.g. Régis Dericquebourg
Régis Dericquebourg
Régis Dericquebourg is a French sociologist of religions.He wrote his thesis on Jehovah's Witnesses under the direction of Jean Seguy. He holds a doctorate in psychosociology and a postgraduate degree in clinical psychology from the Institute of Paris 7...
deemed the group as a "movement of spiritual regeneration").