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- ...ymbols can have multiple applications in different cultures; the intent of LDS symbols have been explicitly described by the prophets, architects, and cra ...Christian buildings, of all places? Many ex-Mormons have claimed that the LDS secretly leads followers to the worship of Lucifer. Are they right?<br>&mda7 KB (1,150 words) - 15:20, 13 April 2024
- #not multiply wives ''to themselves'' (i.e., only those who hold proper priesthood keys may approve plural marriage—see {{b|2|Samuel|12|8}}, {{s||Jacob| ...church leaders to ''one'' wife if polygamy was not found within the early church. Jews of that period allowed polygamy and this was undoubtedly brought with49 KB (8,019 words) - 14:19, 13 April 2024
- ...h the real intent being to get us to research the "false teachings" of our church. FAIR addresses the answers to this list of 50 disingenuous questions. ...have never thought about and researching into the false teachings of their church." Thus, the questions are not sincere attempts to understand what the Latt13 KB (2,209 words) - 14:10, 13 April 2024
- (See [http://www.lds.org/ensign/2005/12/the-quorum-of-the-first-presidency LDS.org Ensign Dec. 2005 - The Quorum of the First Presidency], Additional Info ...here have been more than two counselors, usually when the President of the Church had health issues that would not allow him to function at full administrati23 KB (3,758 words) - 15:00, 13 April 2024
- Like all religions, the Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints has terms or expressions which may not ...st churches, it is generally given to adults. Capitalize both words. See ''priesthood''.27 KB (4,268 words) - 15:00, 13 April 2024
- |summary=Members of the Church believe that the gospel of Christ has been known since the days of Adam. It |link=Priesthood/Restoration/Aaronic/Hebrews 74 KB (560 words) - 15:57, 13 April 2024
- ..."interested in treasure seeking even after he became president of the LDS Church]] ...cession"|Response to claim: 191 - "Each succeeding president of the Mormon Church claims...an infallible prophetic succession"]]118 KB (18,356 words) - 13:33, 13 April 2024
- ...n of ''Mormon Doctrine'' as if it reflected official LDS doctrine, current LDS teaching, or Elder McConkie's final views (it does not). ...dition was ''modified'' by Elder McConkie after the 1978 revelation on the priesthood12 KB (2,014 words) - 14:16, 13 April 2024
- |H=Response to claims made in "Chapter 7: Priesthood Restoration" [[File:Chart.insiders.view.chapter 7 priesthood.png|center|frame]]16 KB (2,431 words) - 14:11, 13 April 2024
- |section=Founding a church (1827–30) ===Founding a church (1827–30) {{WikipediaUpdate|9/3/2011}}===40 KB (5,633 words) - 13:34, 13 April 2024
- ...ngle verse in Matthew: "Thou art Peter, and upon this rock I will build my church, and the gates of hell shall not prevail against it" ...- "The 'apostles and prophets' do not necessarily mean offices, as the LDS Church implies"19 KB (3,168 words) - 14:13, 13 April 2024
- ...director of LDS Institutes of Religion who was disfellowshipped by the LDS Church in 2004 after writing ''[[An Insider's View of Mormon Origins]]'', argued t ...son for Grant Palmer's Church discipline can only be speculated, since the Church does not release those records to the public.46 KB (7,046 words) - 13:35, 13 April 2024
- ...cessary to occupy thrones, principalities and powers.” (''History of the Church,'' volume 4, page 556.) Children will rise from the resurrection as childre ...ikipediaCITE}}The Bushman reference refers to those who are not married by priesthood authority, not the "wicked and disbelieving." Bushman states that "the worl37 KB (4,789 words) - 13:35, 13 April 2024
- |L1=Response to claim: 255, 434n15 - LDS leaders spent decades denouncing mainstream Christianity ...re are only two churches: 1) the false church of the devil and 2) the true church of the Lamb9 KB (1,383 words) - 13:33, 13 April 2024
- ===Possibility #2: Limitation does not apply to the Melchizedek priesthood=== ...the law of Moses but apparently possessed the authority of the Melchizedek Priesthood. The Book of Mormon simply does not provide enough data.16 KB (2,600 words) - 15:21, 13 April 2024
- |L=Detailed response to CES Letter, Priesthood Restoration |H=Detailed response to CES Letter, Priesthood Restoration21 KB (3,338 words) - 14:21, 13 April 2024
- ...val in his neighborhood in 1820, Joseph Smith became concerned about which church he should join” ...aim: 32 - The author claims that Joseph attempted to “join the Methodist Church in 1828, eight years after the Father and Son allegedly told him that all t44 KB (6,668 words) - 14:14, 13 April 2024
- |L1=Response to claim: 138 - "The priesthood of the Old Testament was brought to an end with the death of Christ" ...laim: 138 - The author states that "God set the minimum age of the Aaronic Priesthood at twenty-five"20 KB (3,119 words) - 14:14, 13 April 2024
- |L=Criticism of Mormonism/Books/Passing the Heavenly Gift/Claims about priesthood ordination |H=Response to ''Passing the Heavenly Gift'': Claims about priesthood ordination43 KB (7,106 words) - 14:17, 13 April 2024
- ...eceived_sealing_powers_in_1829|Claims regarding when Joseph Smith received priesthood authority]] ...among them. Joseph Smith gave unto me and my brethren (the Twelve) all the Priesthood keys, power and authority which he had and those are the powers which belon19 KB (3,151 words) - 14:17, 13 April 2024