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- ==Joseph Smith's theology is not pagan—his theology is vast as the multiverse, and eliminates Neo-Platonism and Augustine==2 KB (280 words) - 13:05, 27 April 2024
- ==Question: Is the concept of "original sin" part of all Christian theology?== ===Original sin is not part of all Christian theology===2 KB (354 words) - 15:25, 13 April 2024
- ==''Gospel Topics'': "Our theology begins with heavenly parents. Our highest aspiration is to be like them"== ...As Elder Dallin H. Oaks of the Quorum of the Twelve Apostles wrote, “Our theology begins with heavenly parents. Our highest aspiration is to be like them.”2 KB (248 words) - 15:44, 13 April 2024
- ==Gospel Topics: Our theology begins with heavenly parents. Our highest aspiration is to be like them== ...As Elder Dallin H. Oaks of the Quorum of the Twelve Apostles wrote, “Our theology begins with heavenly parents. Our highest aspiration is to be like them.”1 KB (199 words) - 22:30, 27 April 2024
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- |L=Thomas Taylor’s The Six Books of Proclus on the Theology of Plato |H=Thomas Taylor’s The Six Books of Proclus on the Theology of Plato45 KB (7,251 words) - 13:12, 1 May 2024
- ...belief in the Book of Mormon’s historicity essential to Latter-day Saint theology?==10 KB (1,491 words) - 22:31, 7 November 2022
- ==Could Joseph Smith's theology as described in the Book of Abraham have been influenced by Thomas Dick's b === Fawn Brodie suggested that Joseph Smith developed the theology described in the Book of Abraham by reading Thomas Dick’s ''The Philosoph5 KB (867 words) - 21:12, 30 April 2024
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- *'''Rebuttal''': LDS theology does not teach a separation of matter and spirit into totally separate cate44 KB (7,051 words) - 17:45, 13 April 2024
- ...f the kabbalistic and hermetic traditions and his view of Latter-day Saint theology, but that, upon closer inspection, turn out to be only vaguely similar, if ...ic and alchemical thought on Joseph that "the hermetic implications of his theology may not even have been clear to Smith himself" (p. 208)! This is truly an a19 KB (2,997 words) - 21:55, 27 April 2024
- |L11=Joseph Smith's theology is not pagan—his theology is vast as the multiverse, and eliminates Neo-Platonism and Augustine {{:Source:Webb:BYUS:2011:19:Vastness of Joseph Smith's theology - it is not pagan}}2 KB (380 words) - 23:46, 29 April 2024
- Thus, in LDS theology there is no spirit/matter dichotomy. Spirit is matter, though less easily8 KB (1,244 words) - 15:25, 13 April 2024
- When early Christianity—a religion based in Hebrew theology—encountered the Greek philosophical world, Greek-thinking converts tr3 KB (517 words) - 21:30, 26 April 2024
- Jaroslav Pelikan notes, "The chief idea of St. Maximus, as of all Eastern theology, [was] Theology, pg. 169)15 KB (2,682 words) - 00:45, 27 April 2024
- ...on B. Hinckley told a reporter in 1997, “That gets into some pretty deep theology that we don’t know very much about.” When asked about the belief in hum2 KB (355 words) - 00:00, 30 April 2024
- ...eator. In other words, his major thoughts should not be in geology, but in theology, if he would be saved. <ref>{{THBL1|start=3434}} Original source is ''Be Y9 KB (1,439 words) - 15:09, 13 April 2024
- ...of creation--are also familiar from creation accounts in LDS scripture and theology (2 Ne. 2:17; 9:8; Moses 4:3-4; Abr. 3:27-28; see also War in Heaven; Pre-Ex ...t, Parley P. "Origin of the Universe." In Pratt, The Key to the Science of Theology, pp. 26-32. Salt Lake City, 1978.16 KB (2,574 words) - 15:09, 13 April 2024
- <BR><BR>Theology has much to say about original sin. This original sin is neither more nor l ...any ever developed by theology. (A History of the Warfare of Science with Theology in Christendom, Vol. 1, p. 86.)3 KB (598 words) - 15:09, 13 April 2024
- |L4=Question: Is the concept of "original sin" part of all Christian theology? {{:Question: Is the concept of "original sin" part of all Christian theology?}}1 KB (221 words) - 21:35, 9 May 2024
- ...ial ingredient of progress toward the celestial kingdom. According to this theology, success and prosperity are rewards for keeping the commandments, and a lar8 KB (1,247 words) - 15:24, 13 April 2024
- ...(New York, 1840, pp. iii–xiii). For example, "The first principle of Theology as held by this Church, is Faith in God the eternal Father, and in his Son7 KB (1,068 words) - 15:37, 13 April 2024
- |L7=Non-LDS Christian view of Joseph Smith's theology of divine embodiment ==Non-LDS Christian view of Joseph Smith's theology of divine embodiment==5 KB (741 words) - 23:45, 29 April 2024
- ...h two wings representing the sky are spread."<ref>Rudolf Anthes, "Egyptian Theology in the Third Millennium B.C.," ''JNES'' 18 (1959): 171; a full-scale photo208 KB (32,568 words) - 14:22, 13 April 2024
- ...mean "messenger." People read the Bible in the light of their preexisting theology to see there what they want to see.4 KB (622 words) - 15:35, 13 April 2024
- ...er mortal, including Joseph Smith. Is Mr. Powell unsure of what Christian theology is concerning Christ when he states that Jesus is merely one "of the world'8 KB (1,361 words) - 14:19, 13 April 2024
- ...has to be—at that moment we have eternal life." - Dr. John Whitcomb (theology professor, Old Testament scholar)</h2> ...nd our attitudes in our words and deeds. Impossible." - Dr. John Whitcomb (theology professor, Old Testament scholar)</h2>44 KB (7,529 words) - 14:19, 13 April 2024
- ...ioque to the immaculate conception. There is scarcely an issue of worship, theology, ethics, and politics over which some Christians have not disagreed among t ...ding:0.2em 0.4em;">Claim: "What I've discovered is when you counter Mormon theology with biblical fact and you back them up into a corner they most always go b29 KB (4,776 words) - 14:20, 13 April 2024
- ...itcomb, Th.D., is president of Whitcomb Ministries and former professor of Theology and Old Testament studies at Graceland Theological Seminary. Whitcomb is al19 KB (2,864 words) - 14:19, 13 April 2024
- Even were there no such precedents, LDS theology has no problem accepting and implementing novel commandments, since the Sai3 KB (411 words) - 17:32, 5 May 2024
- ...}; {{b|2|Timothy|4|16}}; {{b|1|Peter|3|15}}). Apologetics is the branch of theology concerned with the defense of Christianity.</span> ...ter-day Saint devotions? How central is the concept of ''karma'' to Mormon theology? What have the leaders of the church had to say about reincarnation, or the34 KB (5,824 words) - 22:40, 9 May 2024
- ...assage makes it clear that the issue being addressed is not one of general theology but rather a very specific and practical command to recognize YHWH as Israe ...assage makes it clear that the issue being addressed is not one of general theology but rather a very specific and practical command to recognize YHWH as Israe3 KB (482 words) - 22:47, 8 May 2024
- ...ld be exalted in the celestial kingdom, the highest degree of glory in LDS theology (see {{s||D&C|76|50-70}}). Those who attain to this glory are "the church ...elestial kingdom has differentiated levels of glory between members in LDS theology, "for as one star differs from another star in glory, even so differs one f11 KB (1,818 words) - 15:24, 13 April 2024
- |L1=Gospel Topics: Our theology begins with heavenly parents. Our highest aspiration is to be like them {{:Gospel Topics: Our theology begins with heavenly parents. Our highest aspiration is to be like them}}1 KB (188 words) - 22:29, 27 April 2024
- ===Theories on timing of the Rapture in Protestant theology===12 KB (2,015 words) - 23:11, 1 May 2024
- |L7=Joseph Smith's theology is not pagan—his theology is vast as the multiverse, and eliminates Neo-Platonism and Augustine {{:Source:Webb:BYUS:2011:19:Vastness of Joseph Smith's theology - it is not pagan}}3 KB (530 words) - 13:07, 27 April 2024
- ...Aden, Ross, “Justification and Divinization,” ''Dialog. A Journal of Theology'' (St. Paul, Minn.) 32 (1993): 102-7. 7. Asendorf, Ulrich, “The Embeddedment of Theosis in the Theology of Martin Luther,” in ''Luther Digest'' 3 (1996): 159-61; English abridgm30 KB (3,506 words) - 15:50, 13 April 2024
- ...ians, we become Christ.”<ref>James T. O’Connor, ''The Hidden Manna. A Theology of the Eucharist'' (Ignatius Press 1988): 61.</ref> ...sts.’”<ref>Cipriano Vagaggini, ''The Flesh. Instrument of Salvation: A Theology of the Human Body'' (Society of St. Paul 1969): 85-6, citing Mystical Catec13 KB (1,965 words) - 00:53, 27 April 2024
- * the Church does not graduate individuals with degrees in theology for the purpose of being used in an employed position as an ecclesiastical ...eive absolutely no financial assistance and who have no formal training in theology or Church administration. This includes bishops, stake presidents, Area Se23 KB (3,695 words) - 21:11, 7 May 2024
- ...s found within the Book of Abraham, there is nothing that affects our core theology or compromises the validity of the prophetic calling of Joseph Smith. What4 KB (696 words) - 15:40, 13 April 2024
- ...he debate is not about the genetic origin of Native Americans, but the LDS theology associated with it. Indeed, a full third of ''Losing a Lost Tribe'' is devo ...ived from Asia, I also agree with them that the debate should be about the theology.11 KB (1,699 words) - 14:13, 13 April 2024
- ...le facts for publication, entirely disconnected with any peculiar views of theology, leaving each class to make their own comments and draw their own inference66 KB (11,467 words) - 15:50, 13 April 2024
- |L5=Thomas Taylor’s The Six Books of Proclus on the Theology of Plato1 KB (163 words) - 13:14, 1 May 2024
- ...a line that responds well to Mr. McElveen's superficial grasp of Christian theology and history:22 KB (3,787 words) - 14:19, 13 April 2024
- ...—Alan Richardson (editor), ''The Westminster Dictionary of Christian Theology'' (Westminster: John Knox Press, 1983). ISBN 0664213987. (emphasis added).27 KB (4,758 words) - 14:19, 13 April 2024
- ==Trent Stephens, "Evolution and Latter-day Saint Theology: The Tree of Life and DNA"== {{Video:Stephens:2003:Evolution and Latter-day Saint Theology}}6 KB (853 words) - 15:56, 13 April 2024
- ...ntation and website which indicate that their expertise in LDS matters and theology is limited. For example, they describe Seventh Day Adventists, Jehovah's W10 KB (1,526 words) - 14:12, 13 April 2024
- ...ext-align:left;color:#000;padding:0.2em 0.4em;">The purpose of Trinitarian theology</h2>6 KB (909 words) - 14:12, 13 April 2024
- ...as the starting point of the later development. <ref>J Fitzmyer, ''Pauline Theology: A Brief Sketch'' (Englewood Cliffs, New Jersey): Prentice-Hall, 1967), 42. ...Testament, much less the Old Testament, the more sophisticated trinitarian theology and doctrine which slowly and often unevenly developed over the course of s18 KB (2,822 words) - 14:12, 13 April 2024
- ...uliarly contradictory situation. On the one hand, the history of Christian theology and of dogma teaches us to regard the dogma of the Trinity as the distincti ...of being’ in the three persons of the Godhead], at least three types of theology found shelter at different times in the anti-Nicean camp. The first, indefi17 KB (2,754 words) - 14:12, 13 April 2024
- ''According to Mormon theology, husbands and wives who have successfully achieved godhood will be required8 KB (1,194 words) - 14:14, 13 April 2024
- ...n though Zina was pregnant with Henry's child when she married Joseph, the theology of 'sealing' meant that in the next life she and her children would be Jose50 KB (7,489 words) - 14:14, 13 April 2024
- |L36=Response to claim: 14n34 - "Interestingly, the rhetoric underlying the theology may have resulted from 1830s Mormons trying to convince their neighbors in ...: 22 - "It was in a mysterious atmosphere of imaginative lore and a mix of theology and magic that Joseph and Emma eloped"58 KB (8,618 words) - 14:14, 13 April 2024
- ...ment (again, in the very first sentence): "This is an essay in speculative theology." Yet the author presents his two-word "birth machines" comment as orthodox5 KB (811 words) - 14:16, 13 April 2024
- |claim={{AuthorQuote|"According to LDS theology, the posthumous sealing meant that Heber would be Smith's son in the eterni30 KB (4,298 words) - 14:14, 13 April 2024
- ...ep-felt need and commitment to binding friendship in his personal life and theology.<ref>Steven Epperson, ""The Grand, Fundamental Principle": Joseph Smith and |claim=Brigham Young is claimed to have had an "overall materialistic theology."26 KB (3,883 words) - 14:14, 13 April 2024
- ...a way that no Latter-day Saint would recognize this alleged part of their "theology."34 KB (5,154 words) - 14:15, 13 April 2024
- {{:Source:Webb:BYUS:2011:19:Vastness of Joseph Smith's theology - it is not pagan}} ...mbers of the Church manage to brainwash these pastors into accepting their theology anyway?22 KB (3,213 words) - 14:15, 13 April 2024
- ..." and that they are "of the Semitic race"|Response to claim: 202 - "Mormon theology" claims that Native Americans are "descendants of the Lamanites" and that t ...der" and that these gods are "polygamous"|Response to claim: 229 - "Mormon theology" is claimed to teach that "polytheism is the divine order" and that these g118 KB (18,356 words) - 13:33, 13 April 2024