[AppyPappy]

The Unitarian Universalist Association grew out of the consolidation, in 1961, of two religious denominations: the Universalists, organized in 1793, and the Unitarians, organized in 1825.

[LarryLied]

The date Unitarians officially called themselves a distinct congregation doesn't mean anything. They had been around in one form or the other since the 4th century A.D. The first Unitarian church in England was founded in London in 1774 by Theophilus Lindsey. Benjamin Franklin was one of those who attended.John Milton, John Locke and Isaac Newton all held Unitarian views. Thomas Jefferson wrote around 1820, " "I trust that there is not a young man now living in the United States who will not die a Unitarian."

The Unitarianism of today has little to do with the Unitarianism of America's founding which was a Christian faith. However a revival is stirring. The American Unitarian Conference, dedicated to a renewal of the historic Unitarian faith, was founded in 2000.

[OBAFGKM]

"The Unitarian Universalist Association grew out of the consolidation, in 1961, of two religious denominations: the Universalists, organized in 1793, and the Unitarians, organized in 1825."

You need to edookate yerself, Pappy. Unitarians, identifying themselves as Unitarian, have been around since at latest the 5th century.

For starters, see Origins of Unitarianism. You might want to look around the rest of the site, too. The UU makes a pretty admirable church.