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Are Mormons Christian?


Are Mormons Christians?

Summary: Are Mormons Christians? Do they worship Jesus Christ? Critics use unnecessarily narrow definitions to deny that members of the Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints worship and revere Jesus.

Strength of the Mormon position quotation and source

Summary: LDS writers have often referred to a quote attributed to an unnamed Catholic author about "the strength of the Mormon position" regarding the necessity of divine authority. Is there any truth to this claim, and if so, what is it's source?

Arguments that Mormons are not Christians

Summary: Some Christians claim that Latter-day Saints are not to be included in the family of "Christianity"

Worship a "different Jesus"?

Summary: It is claimed that members of the Church worship "a different Jesus" than the Jesus worshiped by Christians.

Does the Church use the sign or symbol of the cross?

Summary: Some Christians claim that Latter-day Saints are not Christians, and point to the fact that the Church does not usually use the symbol or sign of the cross in decoration, personal jewelry, or architecture.

Did Mormons only recently claim to be Christians?

Summary: From the Church's founding, both Church members and their opponents recognized that they were Christians.