Difference between revisions of "Primary sources"

(20th Century)
Line 74: Line 74:
 
==20th Century==
 
==20th Century==
 
{{SummaryItem
 
{{SummaryItem
|link=Boyd K. Packer
+
|link=Primary sources/Eugene England
|subject=Boyd K. Packer
+
|subject=Eugene England
 
|summary=
 
|summary=
 
}}
 
}}
 
{{SummaryItem2
 
{{SummaryItem2
|link=Primary sources/Unwritten Order of Things
+
|link=Primary sources/Eugene England/Why the Church Is As True As the Gospel
|subject=The Unwritten Order of Things
+
|subject=Why the Church Is As True As the Gospel
|summary="The Unwritten Order of Things," Elder Boyd K. Packer, Marriott Center, 15 October 1996
+
|summary=Originally entitled "Why the Church Is More True Than the Gospel", this was a presentation delivered by Eugene England at the 1985 Sunstone Theological Symposium. Retitled "Why the Church Is As True As the Gospel", it was published in Sunstone Magazine in 1986.
}}  
+
}}
 
{{SummaryItem
 
{{SummaryItem
 
|link=Primary sources/Bruce R. McConkie
 
|link=Primary sources/Bruce R. McConkie
Line 93: Line 93:
 
|summary="Seven Deadly Heresies" by Elder Bruce R. McConkie, Marriot Center, June 1, 1980 fireside
 
|summary="Seven Deadly Heresies" by Elder Bruce R. McConkie, Marriot Center, June 1, 1980 fireside
 
}}
 
}}
 +
{{SummaryItem
 +
|link=Boyd K. Packer
 +
|subject=Boyd K. Packer
 +
|summary=
 +
}}
 +
{{SummaryItem2
 +
|link=Primary sources/Unwritten Order of Things
 +
|subject=The Unwritten Order of Things
 +
|summary="The Unwritten Order of Things,"  Elder Boyd K. Packer, Marriott Center, 15 October 1996
 +
}}
 
{{SummaryItem
 
{{SummaryItem
 
|link=Primary sources/Mark E. Petersen
 
|link=Primary sources/Mark E. Petersen
Line 103: Line 113:
 
|summary="Race Problems - As They Affect the Church" by Elder Mark E. Petersen, BYU Convention of Teachers of Religion on the College Level, August 27, 1954
 
|summary="Race Problems - As They Affect the Church" by Elder Mark E. Petersen, BYU Convention of Teachers of Religion on the College Level, August 27, 1954
 
}}
 
}}
{{SummaryItem
+
 
|link=Primary sources/Eugene England
 
|subject=Eugene England
 
|summary=
 
}}
 
{{SummaryItem2
 
|link=Primary sources/Eugene England/Why the Church Is As True As the Gospel
 
|subject=Why the Church Is As True As the Gospel
 
|summary=Originally entitled "Why the Church Is More True Than the Gospel", this was a presentation delivered by Eugene England at the 1985 Sunstone Theological Symposium. Retitled "Why the Church Is As True As the Gospel", it was published in Sunstone Magazine in 1986.
 
}}
 
  
 
==Miscellaneous==
 
==Miscellaneous==
 
 
{{SummaryItem
 
{{SummaryItem
 
|link=Evolution#Official_statements_regarding_organic_evolution  
 
|link=Evolution#Official_statements_regarding_organic_evolution  

Revision as of 22:14, 22 May 2022

FAIR Answers—back to home page

Primary sources



These are texts of relevance to Church history and apologetics. They are not all "endorsed" by FAIR; they can sometimes be important for understanding where an issue or discussion has come from, however.

Ancient

Theosis texts

Summary: Quotes about human deification from non-LDS Christians

19th Century

Newspapers and Journals

Improvement Era

Summary: Published from 1897 to 1970, the Improvement Era was the Church's primary magazine and was the precursor to the Ensign and Liahona magazines.

Latter-day Saints' Millennial Star

Summary: This newspaper was the Church's primary newspaper in Great Britain.


The Evening and The Morning Star

Summary: The Evening and the Morning Star was an early Latter-day Saint newspaper originally published in Independence, Missouri between June 1832 and July 1833. Publication moved to Kirtland, Ohio between December 1833 and September 1834.


Jump to Subtopic:


Latter Day Saints' Messenger and Advocate

Summary: The Latter Day Saints' Messenger and Advocate was an early Latter-day Saint newspaper published in Kirtland, Ohio between October 1834 and September 1837. It was the successor to The Evening and Morning Star and the predecessor to the Elders' Journal.


Jump to Subtopic:


Elders' Journal of the Church of Jesus Christ of Latter Day Saints

Summary: The Elders' Journal of the Church of Jesus Christ of Latter Day Saints published in Kirtland, Ohio, and then Far West, Missouri. It was the successor to the Latter Day Saints' Messenger and Advocate and was eventually replaced by the Times and Seasons.


Jump to Subtopic:


Times and Seasons

Summary: The Times and Seasons was an early Latter-day Saint newspaper published in Nauvoo, Illinois between November 1839 and February 1846. It was the successor to the Elders' Journal.


Jump to Subtopic:

Journal of Discourses

Summary: The Journal of Discourses consists of 26 volumes of discourses, lessons, and essays largely from early leaders of Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints.

Saint's Herald

Summary: Selected articles from the newspaper of the Reorganized Church of Jesus Christ of Latter Day Saints.

Other sources

Brigham Young

David Whitmer

Joseph Knight

Thomas Kane

20th Century

Eugene England

    • Why the Church Is As True As the Gospel
      Brief Summary: Originally entitled "Why the Church Is More True Than the Gospel", this was a presentation delivered by Eugene England at the 1985 Sunstone Theological Symposium. Retitled "Why the Church Is As True As the Gospel", it was published in Sunstone Magazine in 1986. (Click here for full article)
      ∗       ∗       ∗

Bruce R. McConkie

Boyd K. Packer

Mark E. Petersen


Miscellaneous

Evolution primary sources

Summary: official

Evolution primary sources

Summary: unofficial

Nauvoo Expositor