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- ...ge that the Manifesto ending the practice of polygamy, printed as Official Declaration 1 in the LDS scriptures, was not the product of revelation but rather of le ...found in one cell (meaning a cell of the penitentiary in Utah) 10 by 13 1/2 feet, without a floor, six women, three of whom had babies under six months10 KB (1,567 words) - 23:11, 20 August 2007
- # give unofficial material the status of official belief; |L2=Response to claim: "2. Since the time when Brigham Young taught that both the moon and the sun we13 KB (2,209 words) - 14:10, 13 April 2024
- {| width="100%" cellpadding="2" cellspacing="5" style="vertical-align:top;background-color:#f5faff" :''...Jesus's declaration that God is a spirit no more denies that He has a body than does the statem22 KB (3,787 words) - 14:19, 13 April 2024
- ...} identifies a city as Zarahemla, and this was intended to be a revelatory declaration of the location of the ''Nephite'' city of Zarahemla from the Book of Mormo ..., and the Church's insistence that [[Book_of_Mormon_geography/New_World|no official geography]] has been revealed outside the Book of Mormon text itself, there8 KB (1,307 words) - 15:29, 13 April 2024
- ...uestion: Was the idea that Blacks were neutral in the "war in heaven" ever official doctrine?}} #Declaration 2, released to ''Deseret News'', June 9, 1978, page 1A.28 KB (4,263 words) - 14:15, 13 April 2024
- {{disinformation| The following is from the introduction to the official Priesthood and Relief Society lesson manual for 2008-2009, ''Teachings of P ...Manifesto, which discontinued plural marriage in the Church (see Official Declaration 1). The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints no longer practices plu17 KB (2,503 words) - 15:43, 13 April 2024
- ...ruth or falsity of the allegations made by Judge Drummond, I will have the official statement of Governor Cumming, who came out with the army, read to this con [Elder L. John Nuttall then read the following extracts from the official statement of Governor Cumming, which was dated Great Salt Lake City, April71 KB (12,440 words) - 14:47, 13 April 2024
- ...on with respect and veneration? Have you not taught your children that the Declaration of Independence is the highest bill of rights which man has ever bequeathed ...ut we do have a right to expect unbiassed justice in the administration of official duties.63 KB (11,097 words) - 14:46, 13 April 2024
- *Francis W. Kirkham, ''A New Witness for Christ in America'', 2:417. One who makes open declaration of his sentiments or opinions; particularly, one who makes a public avowal39 KB (6,268 words) - 14:14, 13 April 2024
- ...xplain the use of "dark" or "black." They quickly quote the following from 2 Nephi: ...ople the Lord God did cause a skin of blackness to come upon them.<ref>{{s|2|Nephi|5|21}}; quoted in {{CriticalWork:McKeever and Johnson:Mormonism 101|p29 KB (4,646 words) - 14:13, 13 April 2024
- ...pent," "be baptized," and "receive the gift of the Holy Ghost." ({{s||Acts|2|38}}) Did the people trust Peter and the apostles? Should they have trusted ...ch we have heard, lest at any time we should let them slip." ({{s||Hebrews|2|1}}) That sounds strikingly similar to the quotes above from leaders of The44 KB (7,329 words) - 14:13, 13 April 2024
- ...lomberg and Robinson, How Wide the Divide?, Farms Review of Books, Vol. 11.2 (Provo, Utah: 1999).</ref> The title had an academic ring to it, and I wait ...they cannot seem to grasp the elementary LDS doctrine on what constitutes official doctrine.48 KB (8,193 words) - 14:14, 13 April 2024
- |<=[[../Section 2|Claims made in "Hinckley Claims LDS Worship Different Christ"]] #{{s||Jacob|2|24-35}}34 KB (5,224 words) - 14:10, 13 April 2024
- |L=Messenger and Advocate/2/4 |H=Latter Day Saints' Messenger and Advocate: Volume 2, Number 470 KB (12,665 words) - 14:59, 13 April 2024
- |L=Messenger and Advocate/2/5 |H=Latter Day Saints' Messenger and Advocate: Volume 2, Number 568 KB (12,565 words) - 14:59, 13 April 2024
- |L=Messenger and Advocate/2/9 |H=Latter Day Saints' Messenger and Advocate: Volume 2, Number 967 KB (12,127 words) - 14:59, 13 April 2024
- ...delineated and set forth by the inspired penmen; that, although the above declaration was made some eighteen hundred years since, and that too, to individuals wh ...our corners of the earth." Again, the same prophet declares, chap. 2, ver. 2: "And it shall come to pass in the last days that the mountain of the Lord'67 KB (11,865 words) - 14:59, 13 April 2024
- Paul, in his epistle to Timothy, 2:11, 12, says, It is a faithful saying that if we be dead with him we shall ...and were to reign on the earth, thus we find a plain simple, yet important declaration, without any obscurity, leaving the saints and all unprejudiced persons wit69 KB (12,309 words) - 14:59, 13 April 2024
- |L=The Evening and The Morning Star/2/22 |H=The Evening and the Morning Star: Volume 2, Number 2289 KB (15,809 words) - 15:50, 13 April 2024
- ...ing to Baptist logic) Moses forbid them to add to, or take from. Deut, iv. 2. But even this was not enough; but new revelations were served up almost da ...ancient Jews God said, "My ways are equal, your ways are unequal." On this declaration we have been led lately to reflect, when looking over the country and seein75 KB (13,395 words) - 15:51, 13 April 2024
- |L=Times and Seasons/6/2 |H=Times and Seasons: Volume 6, Number 279 KB (14,374 words) - 15:53, 13 April 2024
- ...ion, in regard to this singular sect of pretended christians, and a solemn declaration of our unalterable determination to amend it. ...in every case strictly comply with the terms of the second article of this declaration, and upon failure, prompt and efficient measures will be taken to close the78 KB (13,760 words) - 15:53, 13 April 2024
- ...mob. [See their resolutions as published in the Western Monitor, number 1, 2, 3, 4, and 5.] In estimating the damages which have resulted from the begin ...an interrogatory put by Rev. Jesse Hartwell of Alabama, made the following declaration:80 KB (14,317 words) - 15:53, 13 April 2024
- Joseph Coe " 2 Orson Hyde " 8 ...till more plain, and gave his decision, which was, that the charges in the declaration had been fairly sustained by good witnesses; also, that Elder Hodges ought81 KB (14,390 words) - 15:53, 13 April 2024
- The choir sung and the meeting was dismissed, until 2 o'clock P. M. At 2 o'clock, President B. Young came to the stand, and dismissed the meeting un79 KB (14,553 words) - 15:53, 13 April 2024
- ...in which I now stand tot he parties, is plain and straight forward. By an official interposition, I might embarrass my course, and urge a measure for the purp ...se of these difficulties, and were I assured I would not have to act in my official capacity in the affair, I would visit the parties in person and exert mysel80 KB (13,958 words) - 15:53, 13 April 2024
- ...e doctrine of the Latter Day Saints in Boston; the closing of Elder Adam's official labors in the east; preparations making for his immediate departure for the The choir sung a hymn, and elder O. Hyde prayed, and Twelve minutes before 2 o'clock P. M., conference adjourned for one hour.80 KB (14,469 words) - 15:52, 13 April 2024
- |L2=Response to claim: "2. If Gods are individuals who have passed through an earth life to attain Go |L14=Response to claim: "14. Journal of Discourses Vol. 2, page 210 says Jesus was being married to Mary and Martha in Cana. Why then43 KB (7,072 words) - 14:00, 13 April 2024
- |<=[[../Chapter 2|Chapter 2 - The Translation (Book of Mormon)]] ....edu/content/volume-1-chapter-2 ''History of the Church'', Vol. 1, Chapter 2, p. 13.])23 KB (3,867 words) - 14:19, 13 April 2024
- * There are no "unofficial" apologists—the idea that there are "official" or "unofficial" apologists comes from Church critics. (FAIR's apologists, {{Heading2|2. Joseph's five brothers (and probably the rest of the household) that were45 KB (7,307 words) - 14:20, 13 April 2024
- .... He was an Apostle for some 17 years of the priesthood ban. If any Church official would be qualified to answer this question it would be GBH. To not give a c |claim=2 Nephi 30: 642 KB (7,082 words) - 14:20, 13 April 2024
- | next = [[../2|Number 2]] ...board, they hoisted sail and landed us on North Fox Island, Vinalhaven, at 2 o'clock Sunday morning, August 20th. It was with peculiar feelings and sens70 KB (12,933 words) - 14:48, 21 November 2012
- ...pt that preserved on the ark. (Gen. 6; 7; 8; 9; Moses 7:38-45; 8; Ether 13.2.) "Noah was born to save seed of everything, when the earth was washed of i ...elding, Jr., Doctrines of Salvation (Salt Lake City: BookCraft, 1955), Vol.2, p.32070 KB (11,848 words) - 14:20, 13 April 2024
- *From the Doctrine and Covenants, Official Declaration 2 Official Declaration 213 KB (2,112 words) - 14:20, 13 April 2024
- ...none that come unto him, black and white, bond and free, male and female" (2 Nephi 26:33) refer to race?]] ...78 (it is discussed in Latter-day Saint scriptures in Official Declaration 2).27 KB (4,239 words) - 14:21, 13 April 2024
- |L1=Response to claim: 2013 Official Declaration 2 Header Update Dishonesty ...debunks FAIR and ironically contradicts its own 2013 Official Declaration 2 header with the release of its December 6, 2013 essay on Race and the Pries44 KB (6,907 words) - 14:21, 13 April 2024
- :::— Official Declaration, 12 December 1889, signed by the First Presidency (Wilford Woodruff, George ...f the reform period resulted from motives not related to blood atonement, (2) that in spite of extreme statements by some of its leaders the church did12 KB (1,943 words) - 14:24, 13 April 2024
- ...Doctrine and Covenants. Whenever you see these Quorums unanimous in their declaration, you may set it down as true. Let the Elders get together, being faithful a ...ortunity for the uppermost presiding quorum of the Church to make a formal declaration with regard to Adam–God ideas. But they chose not to. This course of acti15 KB (2,558 words) - 14:24, 13 April 2024
- |<=[[../Chapter 2|Chapter 2: The Marketing of an Image]] |L23=Response to claim: 36 - The 1835 Doctrine and Covenants included a declaration that “one man should have one wife”44 KB (6,668 words) - 14:14, 13 April 2024
- ...Center, Church History Museum, Temple Square, Missionary publications, and official publications" ...debunks FAIR and ironically contradicts its own 2013 Official Declaration 2 header with the release of its December 6, 2013 essay on Race and the Pries14 KB (2,124 words) - 14:19, 13 April 2024
- |L1=2013 Official Declaration 2 Header Update Dishonesty |L1="Among the first sources I looked to for answers were official Church sources such as Mormon.org and LDS.org. I couldn’t find them."15 KB (2,337 words) - 14:19, 13 April 2024
- ==Question: Is the document "The Family: A Proclamation to the World" official doctrine?== ===Church leaders have repeatedly taught that the ''Proclamation'' is official doctrine===27 KB (4,272 words) - 15:25, 13 April 2024
- ...f the remarks in question. Andrew Jenson is quoting - at length - from the official 1838 Church history account of the First Vision (first published in 1842). ...''Joseph Smiths Levnetslob'' (Salt Lake City: Deseret News Office, 1879), 2-4.</ref>6 KB (1,029 words) - 15:37, 13 April 2024
- ...oseph Smith—History 1:10 and 1:18–19]," ''Religious Educator'' 14, no. 2 (2013): 97–105 (97–98).</ref></blockquote> ...Joseph Smith's First Vision]," ''Journal of Mormon History'' Vol. 37, No. 2 (Spring 2011): 88–114.</ref> In the case of Joseph Smith, he receives24 KB (4,043 words) - 15:14, 13 April 2024
- ...rence to Negroes remains as it has always stood. It is not a matter of the declaration of a policy but of direct commandment from the Lord, on which is founded th ...d become most crystallized in Latter-day Saint consciousness. Two previous official communications to Dr. Lowry Nelson (in which it was stated that "From the d11 KB (1,680 words) - 15:31, 13 April 2024
- ...mons don't officially believe that Jesus was married. In fact, there is no official Church doctrine on this issue. Individual members are free to believe as th ...er-day Saints because some Latter-day Saints believe something that is not official LDS doctrine?8 KB (1,276 words) - 15:18, 13 April 2024
- ...iation had been forced. This action has been approved and confirmed by the official vote of the Church in conference assembled. [see Appendix 23. 4] (424) The official act terminating the practice of plural marriage among the Latter-day Saints522 KB (89,565 words) - 14:45, 24 September 2023
- ...statements do not represent the official doctrine of the Church. The key, official doctrine of the Church is that Jesus is literally the son of God (i.e., thi ...of God, not the son of Joseph or even the son of the Holy Ghost. (see {{s|2|Ne|25|12}} and {{s||D&C|93|11}}) As Ezra Taft Benson stated,11 KB (1,740 words) - 15:18, 13 April 2024
- ...iages were solemnized after Wilford Woodruff's Manifesto of 1890 (Official Declaration 1)=== ...uthor=George Q. Cannon|article=Enduring to the End|date=5 October 1890|vol=2|start=115|end=116}}</ref>15 KB (2,511 words) - 15:39, 13 April 2024
- ==Question: What is official or core Mormon doctrine?== ...rchofjesuschrist.org/study/scriptures/dc-testament/dc/26.2?lang=eng D&C 26:2]; [https://www.churchofjesuschrist.org/study/scriptures/dc-testament/dc/28.8 KB (1,369 words) - 15:34, 13 April 2024
- ..., and submitted to the general body of the Church for ratification (D&C 26:2; 28:13). These scriptures are to be accepted as scripture only when the Spi ...Doctrine and Covenants. Whenever you see these Quorums unanimous in their declaration, you may set it down as true. Let the Elders get together, being faithful a9 KB (1,653 words) - 15:22, 13 April 2024
- ...ass the immortality and eternal life of man.” (Moses 1:39.) I renew that declaration today. <ref>Spencer W. Kimball, [https://www.lds.org/general-conference/198 ...hofjesuschrist.org/study/scriptures/dc-testament/dc/105.2?lang=eng D&C 105:2]). They started doing Baptism for the dead in the river in Nauvoo - until G12 KB (2,118 words) - 15:23, 13 April 2024
- ...ch ever found scientific evidence of that to be true?"|Response to claim: "2. Since the time when Brigham Young taught that both the moon and the sun we ...ung was a true prophet, how come one of your later prophets overturned his declaration which stated that the black man could never hold the priesthood in the LDS14 KB (2,324 words) - 14:10, 13 April 2024
- ...ge that the Manifesto ending the practice of polygamy, printed as Official Declaration 1 in the LDS scriptures, was not the product of revelation but rather of le ...found in one cell (meaning a cell of the penitentiary in Utah) 10 by 13 1/2 feet, without a floor, six women, three of whom had babies under six months10 KB (1,560 words) - 15:29, 13 April 2024
- [2 Peter iii. 10. ...4, or properly speaking, the "Tools" who endeavor to manage that paper for official dignity. I shall have to take up the subject by piece meal, and make such r76 KB (13,451 words) - 15:51, 13 April 2024
- A FAC-SIMILIE FROM THE BOOK OF ABRAHAM, NO. 2 [[File:Book of abraham facsimile 2 times and seasons.png|center|frame|500px]]77 KB (13,972 words) - 15:51, 13 April 2024
- ...should attend to the ordinance of Baptism in the river near his house, at 2 o'clock; and at the appointed hour the bank of the Mississippi was lined wi ...a ferment. The Music Hall was filled to overflowing, there being more than 2,000 people present. At the close some of the good christians (so called) be76 KB (13,590 words) - 15:51, 13 April 2024
- ...and documents already published:-And in the first place, in union with the Declaration of Independence, "we hold these truths to be self-evident, that all men are ...he before quoted edicts of blind infatuation, now assumed the character of official dignity and "authority," and after struggling some months, against such fea76 KB (13,652 words) - 15:51, 13 April 2024
- 2. The return to the Habeas Corpus is not certain and sufficient to warrant t ...regarded as acting by the authority of the United States. The power is not official in the Governor, but personal. It might have been granted to any one else b80 KB (14,166 words) - 15:52, 13 April 2024
- ...zed by calling Elder David Pettegrew to the chair, and Louis Muetze clerk.-Official members present: ...Alquina, Fayette co. Ia., consisting of 20 members, including 3 elders and 2 priests: all in good standing.76 KB (13,617 words) - 15:52, 13 April 2024
- ...If our space would admit, we should be glad to compare it with some of the official documents of the dignitaries of Missouri. We would indeed produce some prec ...ent]. We will conclude our reasoning on this point with a reference to the declaration of Jesus, recorded by John: "This is eternal life, that they may know Thee,81 KB (14,460 words) - 15:52, 13 April 2024
- ...t the extent of our capacities".<ref>{{JDfairwiki|author=Brigham Young|vol=2|disc=47|title=The Kingdom Of God|date=8 July 1855|start=314}}</ref></blockq ...re were probably a handful of new revelation concepts upon which the whole Declaration was based, and most of the words were elaborations.5 KB (874 words) - 15:19, 13 April 2024
- ...trument of Your Mind and the Foundation of Your Character]," CES Fireside (2 February 2003).</ref></blockquote> ...nd a woman, and to reject all efforts to give legal authorization or other official approval or support to marriages between persons of the same gender."<ref>"24 KB (3,625 words) - 15:27, 13 April 2024
- ...cer W. Kimball and the Revelation on Priesthood]," ''BYU Studies'' 47, no. 2 (Spring 2008): 21-22; Gregory Prince and Wm. Robert Wright, ''David O. McKa ...W. Kimball and the Revelation on the Priesthood]," ''BYU Studies'' 47, no. 2. (2008): 5–78.</ref></blockquote>8 KB (1,157 words) - 15:31, 13 April 2024
- :A, “No, I don’t, because I have just come back from an official five-month trip through Europe and the Near East, and there is no problem o :2. The purpose of His creation of this earth was to provide a habitation for40 KB (7,293 words) - 00:23, 14 May 2022