No, Ann Lee did not claim to be Jesus Christ. Ann Lee taught that Christ’s Second Coming was spiritually manifested through her, not that she was Jesus himself. Shakers believed that Jesus embodied God’s male aspect and “Mother Ann” embodied the female aspect, completing the idea that humanity was created male and female in God’s image (Genesis 1:27).
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