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- James Jesse Strang was a Latter-day Saint leader in Nauvoo who established a breakaway Mormon sect after the mu ...his role as leader and prophet of The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints (''see [[Mormonism and church leadership/Succession in the Presidency of th6 KB (902 words) - 15:37, 13 April 2024
- ...rum of the Twelve, Brigham Young was a leading figure among the Latter-day Saints, and had been so since the Twelve's mission to England in 1840.<ref>Ronald ...844, Sidney had fallen out of favor with Joseph and many of the Latter-day Saints.<ref>D. Michael Quinn, [https://byustudies.byu.edu/article/the-mormon-succe19 KB (2,855 words) - 13:36, 13 April 2024
- ...of geology, Brigham Young University, and stake president, Provo Utah East Stake.''<BR><BR> ...true in the light of greater knowledge. We are assured, however, that the day will come when the Lord "shall reveal all things--<BR><BR>10 KB (1,685 words) - 15:09, 13 April 2024
- ...approached him on the truth of his story. Afterwards the man was told by a stake president that he must confess that he lied because he had been essentially "17 Points" is thus a resource that may be interesting to Latter-day Saints in examining the scriptural basis for certain features of the modern Church4 KB (741 words) - 14:18, 13 April 2024
- ...ontracts or treaties with the surrounding nations. Many Jews in Jeremiah's day likely saw that instruction as further reason to rebel against their vassal ...ictiveness. The polygamy laws, which were being vigorously enforced in the latter part of the 1880s, imposed ample punishment for the women who stubbornly cl10 KB (1,567 words) - 23:11, 20 August 2007
- ...his first name, but I shall never forget the first thing he said the first day we met. ...ident sometimes will ask, "Must I sit on the stand in every meeting in the stake? May I not sit with my family?" I tell him, "While you preside, you are to24 KB (4,424 words) - 15:09, 13 April 2024
- Many Latter-day Saints (including apostles and members of the 1st Presidency) have expressed opini :The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-Day Saints10 KB (1,611 words) - 15:17, 13 April 2024
- Latter-day Saints do not choose between the two, any more than they choose between Peter and ...a self-serving interpretation of what makes a prophet, and the Latter-day Saints have a different interpretation.29 KB (4,776 words) - 14:20, 13 April 2024
- ...istian cult; nothing must challenge the video's version of what Latter-day Saints "really" believe. ...not discuss these issues with Latter-day Saints, lest they learn that the Saints believe a great many of the same things as they do about Christ. (See discu14 KB (2,363 words) - 14:19, 13 April 2024
- ...advances is from God or not; and so that, if necessary, we could go to the stake, and have no doubts on the subject. ''I told the people in Nauvoo . . . that if they were not Saints at that critical juncture, they ought to repent of their sins, and get the12 KB (2,160 words) - 15:43, 13 April 2024
- ==The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints (LDS)== Note the lower case on the word "day" and the use of hyphenation. Also, since the starting "The" is part of the3 KB (505 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 be familiar to outsiders. Some of t ;Aaronic Priesthood:This is one of the two Latter-Day Saints priesthoods. It is made up of three offices Deacon, Teacher and Priest each27 KB (4,268 words) - 15:00, 13 April 2024
- ...tion for service seems contradictory to strongly held values of the Latter-day Saint community. However, it should be noted that priestcraft as it has bee ...mal training in theology or Church administration. This includes bishops, stake presidents, Area Seventies, Relief Society presidents, priests, teachers, d23 KB (3,706 words) - 15:07, 13 April 2024
- ==Question: Was Zarahemla located near present-day Nauvoo?== ...Zarahemla in such works as {{Book:Cannon Cowan Garr:Encyclopedia of Latter-day Saint History|author=Richard E. Bennett|article=Montrose, Iowa}} or {{BYUS|8 KB (1,307 words) - 15:29, 13 April 2024
- ..." to which he responded, "those judgments are left up to local bishops and stake presidents and the particular circumstances involved." <ref>Carrie A. Moor2 KB (297 words) - 15:30, 13 April 2024
- ...doing as a missionary, this ‘abridgement’ does little but distort the day’s activity.”<ref>{{BYUS|author=James B. Allen|article=[https://byustudi ...Plural marriage simply isn't a normal topic of discussion among Latter-day Saints. It is difficult to understand why those attending modern "LDS gatherings"15 KB (2,186 words) - 14:14, 13 April 2024
- ...an episode of the series "Big Love" which dramatized a portion of a Latter-day Saint temple ceremony. The producers of the series insisted that the inclus ...reaches a size or prominence sufficient to attract notice. Yet Latter-day Saints – sometimes known as Mormons - still wonder whether and how they should r22 KB (3,739 words) - 15:02, 13 April 2024
- ...itmer said that God told him to separate himself from among the Latter Day Saints |L9=Response to claim: 103 - Latter-day Saint author Richard Anderson was "forced to acknowledge that Martin Harris33 KB (5,227 words) - 13:33, 13 April 2024
- ...f as "a man of like passions with yourselves." <ref>William Clayton to the Saints at Manchester, 10 Dec. 1840, Clayton Papers; cited in {{TrialsOfDiscipleshi ...the United States....Still, the Mormon prophet was realistic enough not to stake the entire future of the Kingdom of God on this plan.11 KB (1,771 words) - 13:33, 13 April 2024
- ...he withdrew from the Church after holding positions in England as bishop, stake president and area executive secretary. He now serves as managing editor of17 KB (2,551 words) - 14:20, 13 April 2024