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- ...nion on Joseph Smith's character cannot be trusted, because Brigham was an apostle and utterly committed to Mormonism." ...to appear more Christian by emphasizing the doctrines which speak of basic Christian principles because they think this will appeal to broader society?"44 KB (7,051 words) - 17:45, 13 April 2024
- |H=The early Christian Church and the Great Apostasy |L4=The office of Apostle within the ancient Church of Jesus Christ587 bytes (86 words) - 14:00, 13 April 2024
- ...Lord concerning them, and what awaits the faithful follower of Joseph, the Apostle and Prophet of God, When in the stead thereof, they are told, after having ...and absurd. We believe, it is inconsistent, and not in accordance with the christian religion. We do not believe that God ever raised up a Prophet to christiani72 KB (12,886 words) - 15:09, 13 April 2024
- Question: Why do Mormons follow the practice of most Christians by resting and worshiping on Sunday?...ving the day of rest and worship on Sunday is consistent with the earliest Christian practice of which we have record=== ...ash;like most of the Christian world—is consistent with the earliest Christian practice of which we have record.17 KB (2,918 words) - 15:38, 13 April 2024
- ...numerate [enumerate] a host of our members who regularly attend those anti-christian meetings-but I will just mention with your permission the names of a few wh God, according to the apostle's statement, had fixed it by an irrevocable decree and that before the worl67 KB (11,841 words) - 15:51, 13 April 2024
- ...gic, evil or ancient paganism. Why are these symbols visible on supposedly Christian buildings, of all places? Many ex-Mormons have claimed that the LDS secretl ...of Revelation. There it is said of a vision that was shown to the ancient apostle John, "And there appeared a great sign in heaven, in the likeness of things7 KB (1,150 words) - 15:20, 13 April 2024
- ...to any other mortal, including Joseph Smith. Is Mr. Powell unsure of what Christian theology is concerning Christ when he states that Jesus is merely one "of t ..._to_be_Christian_only_recently.3F|Have the LDS only recently claimed to be Christian?]]8 KB (1,361 words) - 14:19, 13 April 2024
- *[[Born again translation|Being "born again": early Christian perspectives]] ...ake it appear as if the Latter-day Saints do not believe these fundamental Christian concepts.44 KB (7,529 words) - 14:19, 13 April 2024
- ...ing:0.2em 0.4em;">Claim: "Furthermore the Bible repeatedly commands that a Christian leader is to be the husband of only one wife. (On screen: {{b|1|Timothy|3|2 Multiple early Christian writers also understood there to be no absolute prohibition against plural49 KB (8,019 words) - 14:19, 13 April 2024
- ...produced out of love for our Lord Jesus Christ and love for our Mormon and Christian friends. We pray that it will touch the hearts of all who watch through the ...The viewer need only look to their abuse of scripture as we reinstate the apostle Paul's words (in brackets) that they removed in their video presentation.26 KB (4,387 words) - 14:19, 13 April 2024
- It is very strange to hear a Bible-believing Christian claim that a burning in the bosom is of no importance, since it is taught i When the apostles were confronted with the issue of circumcision for Christian converts, they actually violated Jewish scriptural commands regarding circu31 KB (5,234 words) - 14:19, 13 April 2024
- ...es more about God than philosophical speculation, and insists that he is a Christian, but the video does not quote this material: :''Am I Christian? Of course I am. I believe in Christ. I talk of Christ. I pray through Chri27 KB (4,448 words) - 14:19, 13 April 2024
- ...holarly work of Robert Matthews on the manuscripts in the early 1970s, and apostle Bruce R. McConkie's embrace of the JST. ...KJV serves as a connection between the LDS Church and the remainder of the Christian world.5 KB (793 words) - 22:10, 29 April 2024
- ...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
- ...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
- |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
- ...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 (3,862 words) - 14:11, 13 April 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
- ...erica to oppose the ERA. Religious groups sponsored by Catholic and other Christian and Jewish faiths also opposed it. Secular organizations, most notably Phy ...speaking of women’s rights. In 1942, member of the Quorum of the Twelve Apostle, John A. Widtsoe said:16 KB (2,637 words) - 22:04, 9 May 2024
- ===1900 Inter-denominational Council of Women for Christian and Patriotic Service=== * 38: "Contrary to Apostle Widtsoe's statement, anti-Mormon writers have not been afraid to discuss th31 KB (4,585 words) - 12:04, 27 April 2024
- ...mmon soldiers, the commodore, and sailor before the mast, the fair-skinned Christian, and the dark-skinned savage, {{page break|2|top}} all, in their respective ...nd attribute of the holy Gospel, we may say of that people, as the ancient Apostle said to his brethren, "Know ye not your own selves, how that Jesus Christ i19 KB (3,575 words) - 14:32, 13 April 2024
- ...../35|Effects and Privileges of the Gospel—The Latter-day Saints and the Christian World]] ...aracter of such a man, it is the nature of his calling and office to be an Apostle, and issue forth the light and truth of God, from this time henceforth and7 KB (1,321 words) - 14:32, 13 April 2024
- ...ons weigh anything, but come right to the fact of the matter. If Peter the Apostle were here to-day, and a person were to relate to him a vision wherein an an .... Cornelius had the ministering of angels before he became a member of the Christian Church, or understood there was a crucified and risen Redeemer. He prayed t42 KB (7,756 words) - 14:32, 13 April 2024
- ...ay be added to this, more power, wisdom, knowledge, and understanding. The Apostle does not say, grow in grace, and in the knowledge of the truth, as Jesus di ...ould not have known what to do with such a vast amount of information. The Apostle says, "And there are also many other things which Jesus did, the which, if33 KB (6,326 words) - 14:43, 13 April 2024
- ...tter-day Saints. Jesus says, if you are not one, you are not mine. Let the Christian world who profess to believe in Jesus Christ, and in his Father, and in thi Jesus says, "Except ye are one, ye are not mine." And yet the Christian world take a course to justify themselves in division, in strife, in animos24 KB (4,759 words) - 14:43, 13 April 2024
- ...man could be upon the earth; as righteous, so far as they knew how, as any Apostle or Prophet that ever lived, I will go and be baptized, confirmed, washed, a ...human being would not be as great as many sins committed by the so-called Christian nations.31 KB (5,949 words) - 14:43, 13 April 2024
- In the last General Epistle of Franklin Pierce, Chief Apostle of the United States of America, written to his brethren of the Senate and "There can be no fellowship between Mormon and Christian. They cannot exist under the same social system. They cannot be partners in31 KB (5,668 words) - 14:43, 13 April 2024
- ...ing while I read to you that scripture recorded in the Epistle of Paul the Apostle to the Galatians, 1st. chap. All who understand the language of this passage, will agree that the Apostle alluded particularly to the Gospel that he had preached to the Galatians an28 KB (5,269 words) - 14:43, 13 April 2024
- Now, my friends, you may go to work with all your Christian benevolent societies, to gather the Jews from the nations; you may combine ...are the ones to whom the standard should be first raised. This is what the Apostle Paul says in the 11th chapter of Romans, "For as ye (Gentiles) in times pas50 KB (9,359 words) - 14:43, 13 April 2024
- |H=ARGUMENTS OF MODERN CHRISTIAN SECTS AGAINST THE LATTER-DAY SAINTS |T=Journal of Discourses 2: ARGUMENTS OF MODERN CHRISTIAN SECTS AGAINST THE LATTER-DAY SAINTS39 KB (7,221 words) - 14:43, 13 April 2024
- |<=[[../49|Arguments of Modern Christian Sects Against the Latter-day Saints]] ...hink and believe that all men, who shall believe on the Savior through the Apostle's words, will become the same identical person; this is not the idea convey46 KB (8,750 words) - 14:43, 13 April 2024
- ...the side of Mahomet, for on this point he is on the side of truth, and the Christian world on the side of idolatry and heathenism. ...h all my education in favor of Christian nations and Christian powers, and Christian institutions, so called, with all my prejudices of early youth, and habits17 KB (3,008 words) - 14:50, 13 April 2024
- ...nd all those good gifts that are spoken of in the Scriptures of truth. The Apostle says, if all these good gifts abound in you, "ye shall neither be barren no ...can understand the principles of, or enter the kingdom of heaven, and the Christian world are not willing to humble themselves, and become as little children;17 KB (3,231 words) - 14:49, 13 April 2024
- ...ook into some portions of it, as it comes to me in the 19th century of the Christian era. ...ou will find the mother, and grandmother, and great-grandmother of all the Christian denominations upon the face of the earth—though these are but a scanty pr60 KB (11,377 words) - 14:49, 13 April 2024
- ...heathen nations alone—as we denominate them in contradistinction to the, christian world—that are groveling in darkness, that are worshiping they know not w ...lects its light there. Does it wear away? No, it is there continually. The Apostle chose that as a figure, that was as near something immutable and without ch46 KB (8,886 words) - 14:49, 13 April 2024
- ...place everything where it belongs. That is the only way to be a scientific Christian; there is no other method or process which will actually school a person so ...d part of the 15th verses of the 5th chapter of the general epistle of the Apostle James, "If any are sick, &c." But why not say to the sick, be made well; ju27 KB (5,207 words) - 14:49, 13 April 2024
- ...n the earth, or that had lived upon it, neither a reformer nor a professed Christian, from the time the Priesthood was taken from the earth until Joseph Smith c ...Write it down, and write it back to your friends in the east, that I am an Apostle of Joseph Smith. He was a man of God and had the revelations of Jesus Chris39 KB (7,617 words) - 14:49, 13 April 2024
- ...bsence of the testimony of his friends, I do not know but that the present Christian world would all be Jews, so far as their belief that Jesus Christ was an im ...ghty. He is still an Apostle, still a Prophet, and is doing the work of an Apostle and Prophet; he has gone one step beyond us and gained a victory that you a48 KB (9,359 words) - 14:50, 13 April 2024
- ...nd set it in order, and to ordain proper officers to execute the law. This Apostle of {{page break|17|top}} Jesus Christ told the people that if they would ob Some, in the so called Christian world, contend that the spirit is the word, and that word, they argue, will18 KB (3,311 words) - 14:51, 13 April 2024