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- ...ous, "Insights Revisited: Gnosticism and the Loss of Prophecy in the Early Christian Church," ''Insights'' 19/7 (July 1999). {{link|url=http://farms.byu.edu/dis |1=Anonymous, "Conference on the Apostle Paul Convened," ''Insights'' 19/12 (December 1999). {{link|url=http://farms7 KB (931 words) - 13:36, 6 June 2017
- ...that this particular list of questions was put together by an Evangelical Christian ministry. The answers provided here by FairMormon are directed to Christian ...he true church on earth, does that mean that the 3 living Nephites and the Apostle John went into apostasy also?"13 KB (2,209 words) - 14:10, 13 April 2024
- ...mons generally share one of two ideologies: (a) Evangelical/Fundamentalist Christian groups or (b) secular/agnostic/atheist, usually former members. Authors sh ...um of the Twelve Apostles. In the RLDS Church it may be used as a title, ''Apostle John Smith''. Use the term Elder in the LDS Church, ''Elder John Smith, a m27 KB (4,268 words) - 15:00, 13 April 2024
- ...rnoldy, "Ahead of 'September Dawn,' Mormon Church revisits dark period," ''Christian Science Monitor'' (24 August 2007). {{link|url=http://www.csmonitor.com/20 ...her people's faith. There is, unfortunately, a large tradition among some Christian ministers of mocking Mormon beliefs. Some of these ministers literally trav32 KB (4,917 words) - 15:20, 13 April 2024
- ...t rest as relates to the antiquity of the gospel proclamation is, that the apostle Paul says that the gospel which he proclaimed, or what was to the same effe ...gels should appear in this age of the world, as well as in the days of the apostle and prophets? there is certainly as much need of their administration now,69 KB (12,223 words) - 15:50, 13 April 2024
- ...ng from the Author of our exisence [existence], and is here defined by the apostle, as the power of God manifested in the salvation of the believer. Here was ...the true points of Christ's doctrine. In view of what is above stated the apostle said, 2nd Timothy, 4:3, 4 . for the time will come, when they will not endu73 KB (12,947 words) - 15:50, 13 April 2024
- ...the Church of Jesus Christ believe in more than one divine personage. Any Christian who does not embrace the late, non-biblical Trinitarian creeds will underst ...ter-day Saint supposition. Origin (A.D. 185–''ca.''254), head of the Christian Church in Alexandria, wrote:22 KB (3,787 words) - 14:19, 13 April 2024
- In these respects we differ from the Christian world, for our religion will not clash with or contradict the facts of scie In these respects we differ from the Christian world, for our religion will not clash with or contradict the facts of scie31 KB (5,236 words) - 16:47, 1 June 2024
- ...fication of previously accepted ideas. <ref>Maurice Wiles, ''The Making of Christian Doctrine'' (Cambridge: Cambridge University Press, 1967), 4, 144.</ref> ...s speak of an unqualified Trinitarianism, one has moved from the period of Christian origins to, say, the last quadrant of the 4th century. <ref>RL Richard, "Tr18 KB (2,822 words) - 14:12, 13 April 2024
- :Mormons [and other groups]....insist that the orthodox Christian doctrine of the Trinity is unbiblical and is a hangover from the polytheism ...ought to use religion for their own purposes—were left to articulate Christian doctrine as best they could. Many turned to the best, most sophisticated t17 KB (2,754 words) - 14:12, 13 April 2024
- ...he ''same'' oneness into which He invites the apostles and all believers. Christian doctrine does not teach that all believers will be absorbed into God as par An apostle of the Church of Jesus Christ, Elder Jefffrey R. Holland, recently spoke on8 KB (1,296 words) - 14:12, 13 April 2024
- ...auvoo with Lucy and eventually came into possession of Orson Pratt, an LDS apostle, who took it with him to England and published it in 1853. It generated con ...gard this as part of the "occult," or as something inconsistent with their Christian culture.15 KB (2,421 words) - 22:34, 20 May 2024
- |L11=Response to claim: 519n58 (PB) - The author states: In 1998, Apostle David B. Haight "reinvoked the astrological principle that people should 'd {{:Question: Did Mormons only recently claim to be Christian?}}16 KB (2,387 words) - 14:15, 13 April 2024
- {{disinformation|These hymns are a rather mild Christian apocalyptic, and do not "glorify vengeance" in any way. * Note that this claim is from the excommunication hearing of former apostle Matthias Cowley.16 KB (2,483 words) - 14:15, 13 April 2024
- |>=[[../Chapter 17|Claims made in "Chapter 17: Is Mormonism Christian?"]] *A quote from Apostle Mark E. Petersen is provided to support this assertion.28 KB (4,263 words) - 14:15, 13 April 2024
- ...tic, Bennett abandoned their church and became one of Alexander Campbell's Christian Disciples—one suspects with the same goal in mind. When Ohio firmly rej ...f yet another college—this time in Indiana—and again claiming that the Christian Disciples were sponsors. As in Virginia, the college was founded, but also166 KB (26,694 words) - 16:51, 1 June 2024
- ...eing the post-mortal heavens as having multiple degrees was a common early Christian belief, lost over time. |L4=Biblical and early Christian use of sun, moon, and stars as types of the degrees of glory45 KB (7,411 words) - 15:12, 28 April 2024
- ...or in all the eternities, that is, that were, or that ever will be. As the Apostle Paul has expressed it, "For in Him we live, and move, and have our being." ..." and then compares Latter-day Saints with other groups who claimed to be "Christian:"24 KB (3,868 words) - 01:04, 31 May 2024
- Mormonism "officially still teaches that all Christian churches are corrupt," and that "Satan sits in the place of God in Christia ...rue religion came the rejection of true authority as well....With the last Apostle gone from the church, the night of apostasy was upon it; and so it would re6 KB (951 words) - 21:53, 9 May 2024
- ...al solutions to racial division.<ref name="emerson">Richard O. Emerson and Christian Smith, ''Divided by Faith: Evangelical Religion and the Problem of Race in ...n. And to be fair, Mormonism is not alone in this predicament. A number of Christian denominations (e.g. the Southern Baptists) have had to work very hard at ra16 KB (2,472 words) - 16:54, 30 April 2024