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• Question: Did Joseph Smith derive his religious ideas in part from a mysticism called Kabbalah
  ...ding of the kabbalistic and hermetic traditions and his view of Latter-day Saint theology, but that, upon closer inspection, turn out to be only vaguely sim ...than Brooke, Owens also ignores obvious biblical antecedents to Latter-day Saint thought in favor of alleged hermetic or alchemical antecedents. Owens infor
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• Times and Seasons/2/5
  ...ince, more perhaps, than to any of his predecessors, that the Cathedral of Saint Paul was indebted for its permanent establishment and pre-eminence. In 1086 ...the world excepting the Vatian [Vatican ?] Temple at Rome dedicated to St. Peter.
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• Mormonism and the nature of God/Deification of man
  |L4=Question: Was the Latter-day Saint concept of deification derived from Greek philosophy? {{:Question: Was the Latter-day Saint concept of deification derived from Greek philosophy?}}
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• Primary sources/Evolution/RoS 53
  ...terpreted as thousand-year periods following such statements as occur in 2 Peter 3:8: "One day is with the Lord as a thousand years, and a thousand years as ...e antiquity of the earth was no problem for two of our greatest Latter-day Saint leaders and scientists, John A. Widtsoe and James E. Talmage. However, ther
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• Question: What do we know about the chronology of the Book of Mormon translation and publication?
  ...d O. Cowan, "The Hill Called Cumorah," in ''Regional Studies in Latter-day Saint History'' (Provo: Brigham Young University Department of Church History and ...secution, David Whitmer moved Oliver and Joseph to his parents' homestead (Peter Whitmer, Sr.) in Fayette. <ref>David Whitmer interview with a reporter of t
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• Evidences that support the Book of Abraham
  ...distinction between "human sacrifice" and "capital punishment." Latter-day Saint scholars have responded that they were one and the same.</ref> |publication=Interpreter: A Journal of Latter-day Saint Faith and Scholarship
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• Criticism of Mormonism/Video/Search for the Truth DVD/Intro
  ...ed, in the LDS view it would be more accurate to compare Joseph Smith with Peter, Abraham, Moses, or any other biblical prophet. To state otherwise is a fal Latter-day Saint Christians will agree with other Christians that the divine nature of Chris
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• Criticism of Mormonism/Video/Search for the Truth DVD/Eternal Life
  Once again, a Latter-day Saint can only give a hearty "Amen!" By now, it should be no surprise that the Bo Peter did ''not'' reply: "simply have faith in Jesus, and don't worry about any o
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• Criticism of Mormonism/Video/Search for the Truth DVD/Witnessing to Mormons
  ...ay Saints do not choose between the two, any more than they choose between Peter and Paul, or Matthew and Mark. Mr. Howard's misrepresentation of the early Christian and Latter-day Saint doctrine of theosis makes it clear that he does not understand it.
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• Criticism of Mormonism/Video/Search for the Truth DVD/Summary
  ...ith their disappointing behavior as they revile and demean what Latter-day Saint Christians hold dear and sacred. Perhaps we should be asking ''how'' the vi ...f this video's contributors have been arrested.) Does this mean that John, Peter, Paul, and Jesus are to be condemned? Did they "deserve" what happened to t
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• Criticism of Mormonism/Video/Search for the Truth DVD/Reader Comments
  ...s. And on the matter of geography and archeology, as a faithful latter-day Saint I don't have a problem with admitting the fact that we really don't know wh ...b||Philippians|1|7}}; {{b||Philippians|1|17}}; {{b|2|Timothy|4|16}}; {{b|1|Peter|3|15}}). Apologetics is the branch of theology concerned with the defense o
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• Theosis Bibliography
  8. Aubineau, M., “Incorruptibilite et divinisation selon saint Irenee,” ''Recherches de science religieuse'' 44 (1956): 25-52. ...etousia Theou. Man’s participation in God’s Perfections according to Saint Gregory of Nyssa. ''Studia Anselmiana'', volume 55 (Rome 1966).
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• MormonFAQ/Myths and Questions
  ...th, but are distorted so as to be virtually unrecognizable to a Latter-day Saint. Not true. Joseph Smith is, to Mormons, no different than Peter, Paul, Moses, or any of the other biblical prophets. He was an imperfect, f
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• Times and Seasons/2/10
  ...ight be brought, that, they must be at hand in the heart and mind of every saint. But to the gospel, and then to the gathering. ...tion could any man lay than that which is laid, which is Christ Jesus, and Peter says that there is no other name given under heaven among men, by which the
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• Times and Seasons/1/5
  ...Messiah was crucified, a Stephen stoned, a James slain, a Paul beheaded, a Peter crucified, a John banished, a Rogers, burned, a Columbus neglected, ridicul ...ffer, to live, or to die with the saints their brethren. There is scarce a saint here who would stay another month if they had means to go west. It is the b
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• Criticism of Mormonism/Video/Search for the Truth DVD/What is Hell
  ...is based on many passages of both O.T. and N.T. ({{b||Psalms|82|6}}; {{b|2|Peter|1|4}}), and it is essentially the teaching both of St. Paul, though he tend Most interesting is that McElveen rejects the Latter-day Saint doctrine of eternal marriage and eternal families, and yet claims here that
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• Times and Seasons/1/4
  ...alem, heard that Samaria had received the word of God, they sent unto them Peter and John; who, when they were come down, prayed for them, that they might r ...e other evil practices, which are calculated to retard the progress of the saint, in his spiritual walk, we feel it our duty to give them a brief notice at
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• Criticism of Mormonism/Books/One Nation Under Gods/Chapter 5
  *The text mentions the ""Holiness to the Lord,"" the ""Saint Peter Bind Them,"" and the ""Jehovah, Jehovah, Jehovah"" parchments without showi
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• Criticism of Mormonism/Books/One Nation Under Gods/Chapter 17
  ...379 601n22(PB) - Did President Hinckley actually "confess" that Latter-day Saint do not believe in the same 'Jesus' in which non-LDS Christians believe? ...an gospel is the death, burial, and resurrection of Jesus...The Latter-day Saint gospel...'evolution of man until he shall become a god'"
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• Criticism of Mormonism/Books/One Nation Under Gods/Chapter 16
  ...any years been synonymous terms to persons well acquainted with Latter-day Saint beliefs" ...ould you not be indignant and try to rise above me, as did Oliver Cowdery, Peter Whitmer, and many others, who said I was a fallen Prophet, and they were ca
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• Criticism of Mormonism/Books/The Kingdom of the Cults (Revised)/Index
  ...net or surplus income and still be a temple worthy and faithful Latter-day Saint?}} *Emma Smith, ''The Saint's Herald'', 310.
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• Question: Do the Latter-day Saint "Three Degrees of Glory" have a basis in the Bible?
  |L=Question: Do the Latter-day Saint "Three Degrees of Glory" have a basis in the Bible? |H=Question: Do the Latter-day Saint "Three Degrees of Glory" have a basis in the Bible?
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• Criticism of Mormonism/Books/An Insider's View of Mormon Origins/Chapter 1
  |L8=Response to claim: 9 - Peter Ingersoll reported that he heard Joseph acknowledge to Isaac Hale that he w ==Response to claim: 9 - Peter Ingersoll reported that he heard Joseph acknowledge to Isaac Hale that he w
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• Criticism of Mormonism/Books/Blood of the Prophets: Brigham Young and the Massacre at Mountain Meadows/Omissions/Total submission to Brigham Young
  Young actually removed Col. Peter Conover from command in central Utah because Conover refused to follow the * I do not wish any Latter–day Saint in this world, nor in heaven, to be satisfied with anything I do, unless th
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• Criticism of Mormonism/Books/The Changing World of Mormonism/Chapter 5
  |L9=Response to claim: 103 - Latter-day Saint author Richard Anderson was "forced to acknowledge that Martin Harris' life ==Response to claim: 103 - Latter-day Saint author Richard Anderson was "forced to acknowledge that Martin Harris' life
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• Journal of Discourses/1/5
  ...tise that religion that was taught by Jesus and his Apostles, I would be a Saint." I said it many times before I ever heard of "Mormonism," and sought for t On the day of Pentecost, when Peter proclaimed the Gospel, about 3000 souls were added to the Church that day.
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• Journal of Discourses/1/22
  ...lder, a High Priest, an Apostle; neither would it prove that he was even a Saint: something else is wanted to prove it. Why I mention this, is because of th If you ask me what will prove a man or woman to be a Saint, I will answer the question. "If you love me," says Jesus, "you will keep m
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• Journal of Discourses/1/28
  ...nd unto Peter, the head of the Apostles, Jesus said, speaking of the death Peter should die—"When thou shall be old, thou shalt stretch forth thy hands, a ...ostles preached. I say, if we had a dispensation precisely like that which Peter and the rest of the former-day Apostles had, that is just as far as we coul
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• Journal of Discourses/1/35
  ...and still lives upon the earth, teaches that it is the privilege of every Saint so to live and walk before their God, as to enjoy the light of the spirit o ...way the Bible, they will publish abroad that you have become a "Latter-day Saint," "a Mormon," and consequently have denied the Bible you formerly believed,
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• Journal of Discourses/1/43
  ...Saints; which name is almost or quite as ancient, as any writings extant. Saint was spoken of by Enoch long before the flood. The same term was applied to ...pecially, are too well read in its contents to suppose, for a moment, that Peter or the rest of the Apostles would condemn a man because he believed in the
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• Journal of Discourses/1/44
  ...committing one single evil in all the acts of my life. Let each Latter-day Saint examine himself, and inquire, "Am I one of those persons who will do right This will equally apply to every Latter-day Saint. Salvation is an individual operation. I am the only person that can possib
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• Journal of Discourses/1/52
  ...e enemy. It is a risky position to stand in, to say the least of it, for a Saint of God to say he can serve himself, or the enemy, or anything else in this
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• Journal of Discourses/2/22
  ...o go?" This he said to the Twelve. Many of the disciples forsook him. Even Peter, the chief Apostle, turned away from him when he was in the greatest troubl ...the eyes of the world; but they all say, if they had lived in the days of Peter, Moses, or Jesus, they would not have done as the people in those days did
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• Journal of Discourses/2/38
  ...have heard over and over again. Every one who professes to be a Latter-day Saint, and will acknowledge the truth of this Gospel according to the historical ...er men is just as true, and will be valid just as much as the testimony of Peter, James, and John, for they speak the truth as it is in Jesus Christ.
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• Journal of Discourses/2/45
  ...many other great cities, and you will find Saint John's Church, and Saint Peter's, and the Church of Jesus, and many houses which profess to be houses of t
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• Journal of Discourses/2/49
  ...he could have adduced was, that about the year 1160, in Lyons, a man named Peter Waldo, hired a catholic priest to translate the gospels of Matthew, Mark, L ...this unto thee, but my Father who is in heaven; I say unto thee, Thou art Peter, and upon this rock will I build my church, and the gates of hell shall not
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• Journal of Discourses/3/15
  Brethren and sisters, I intend to be a Saint in heart and life; but if I conducted myself as many do, with the knowledge ...a thousand times, "if we could but live to see a man of God like Paul, or Peter, James, John, Timothy, or Jesus Christ, and hear their instructions we woul
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• Journal of Discourses/3/19
  If any one asks how I came to be a Latter-day Saint, or what some people would call a "Mormon," a follower of Joseph Smith, the ...to the rest of his immediate followers. "They will lay their hands on you, Peter, on you, James, and on you, John, and also upon others, and they will perse
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• Journal of Discourses/3/20
  The Apostle Peter spoke these words, a man inspired of God, who spoke thus to instruct the un If we have counted on you as a Saint, as a substantial material, when we come to look for you, we do not find yo
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• Journal of Discourses/3/24
  ...ived all power in heaven and on the earth, gave a mission to his Apostles, Peter and others, to go into all the world, preach the Gospel to every creature, ...do to get rid of their sins, and become acceptable in the sight of heaven, Peter told them to repent and be baptized, every one of them, in the name of Jesu
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• Journal of Discourses/3/31
  ...communicate your conduct to the Father, or to the Son, or to Joseph, or to Peter, or {{page break|229|top}} to some one who holds the keys in connection wit ...ay Saint, that we may all be one with Joseph, as is Joseph with Peter, and Peter with Jesus, and Jesus with his Father. This is the connection that we hold
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• Mormonism and Wikipedia/First Vision/Recorded accounts of the vision
  The importance of the First Vision within the [[Latter Day Saint movement]] evolved over time. There is little evidence that Smith discussed ...ints)|Church of Christ]], the first [[Latter Day Saint movement|Latter Day Saint]] church. In the ''Articles and Covenants of the Church of Christ,'' Smith
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• Mormonism and Wikipedia/Joseph Smith, Jr./1827 to 1830
  ...New York]] where they continued to work at the home of Cowdery's friend [[Peter Whitmer]]. When the translation spoke of an institutional church and a requ
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• Mormonism and Wikipedia/Joseph Smith, Jr./Legacy
  ...nd apostle of at least the stature of [[Moses]], [[Elijah]], [[Saint Peter|Peter]] and [[Paul the Apostle|Paul]]. During his lifetime, Smith's role in the Latter Day Saint religion was comparable to that of [[Muhammad]] in early [[Islam]].
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• Journal of Discourses/4/50
  ...will do what we ought to do. If we fill out tickets so as to pass Joseph, Peter, Jesus, the Prophets, Abraham and the Patriarchs, our tickets will take us ...quietly; and when the devil comes along and says, "You are not a very good Saint, you might enjoy greater blessings and more of the power of God, and have t
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• Journal of Discourses/4/67
  ...th your nonsense. Brother Brigham, our leader, and myself, with every true Saint of God, have got on a car that moves swiftly along, and will never stop to ...be one with him as he is one with Joseph, and as Joseph is one with Peter, Peter with Jesus, and Jesus with his Father.
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• Journal of Discourses/5/20
  ...or in Brigham, and then Brigham abides in Joseph, and Joseph in Peter, and Peter in Jesus, and then Jesus in the Father, don't you see we are one? And then ...s of the element that that came through Joseph, and Joseph from Peter, and Peter from Jesus, and Jesus from the Father, and then it extends through all the
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• Journal of Discourses/5/22
  ...nd baptism for the remission of sins, precisely as preached by the Apostle Peter and by our Lord and Saviour Jesus Christ. These doctrines I was pleased to ...earned that, curious as it may appear, whenever a man becomes a Latter-day Saint, the Devil wants to kill him.
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• Journal of Discourses/5/32
  ...that he was a brother to the Prophet Joseph. This was the first Latter-day Saint that I had ever seen. ...earth, as the head of the Latter-day Saints under Jesus Christ, and under Peter, James, and John. He will hold the keys to {{page break|196|top}} judge the
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• Journal of Discourses/5/33
  ...and also by brother Brigham; for it is true: and I presume there was not a Saint in the congregation but what realized the truth of their sayings. ...her Brigham; for I will tell you: They are Moses and Aaron, Elijah, Jesus, Peter, James, and John, brother Joseph, Michael the Archangel, and the hosts of t
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• Journal of Discourses/5/61
  ...gone forth that we should not leave Chicago; so, on the Sabbath, I went to Saint Mary's Cathedral for the purpose of hearing a Catholic discourse. ...ipper a disposition to emulate the virtuous deeds and good actions of that saint. Hence, said the orator, a portrait of the Virgin Mary, placed in a proper
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• Journal of Discourses/6/12
  ...being provided for, if I only so conduct myself as to merit the title of a Saint. As to the way and the means how it is to be accomplished, that is none of ...ark place, until the day dawn and the day-star arise in your hearts." (2nd Peter, chap. i. 19.)
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• Journal of Discourses/6/16
  ...that woman who is not glad is {{page break|103|top}} not blest—is not a Saint. Those who do not rejoice at this time are not living their religion. You probably recollect what Jesus said to his disciples when Peter took up the sword and cut off the fellow's ear: he designed to cut off his
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• Journal of Discourses/6/19
  ...that it might bring forth good fruit. Brother Joseph was that man. Moroni, Peter, James, and John, and the angels of God came and placed their power upon hi ...ile so sweetly. Do you not know that the Devil can smile just as well as a Saint? You cannot know persons only as they are proved.
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• Journal of Discourses/7/13
  ...to restore these keys, and authority, and power to act in the Apostleship. Peter, James, and John, therefore, restored to the earth the same authority and p ...Apostle, who was sent forth by the commandment of the Father to our world. Peter says that after he was crucified and put to death in the flesh, he went to
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• Journal of Discourses/7/31
  ...y the whole of this congregation. Now, the question is, What is it to be a Saint? And how far am I, and how far are you fulfilling the obligations that devo ...kers of righteousness. You may go back to the Apostolic dispensation. Take Peter, James, and John, and inquire who interfered with them before they became C
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• Journal of Discourses/7/36
  ...d our God, and his Son Jesus Christ; and the moment that the Almighty sent Peter, James, and John, and ordained Joseph Smith an Apostle, the seed of that Pr ...ful; I feel well; I enjoy the good Spirit continually, and wish that every Saint enjoyed the same blessings to the same extent that I do. Who ever saw any o
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• Journal of Discourses/7/50
  ...opposing feeling to these noble qualities and truths in the character of a Saint is subdued, the Spirit of the Lord becomes the prevailing influence, and we ...ifestations of power that occurred in the days of the disciples of Christ. Peter, after he had baptized the eunuch, was caught up by the Spirit and carried
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• Journal of Discourses/8/30
  ...man's mandate? The Lord has not called him; Jesus has not appeared to him; Peter, James, and John have not met with him and conferred upon him the keys of t ...n followed us here, believing that they yet have power to destroy the last Saint? Would you like to empty these vials upon the heads of the nations, and tak
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• Journal of Discourses/8/69
  Peter, James, John, Philip, Bartholomew, and the Apostles generally warned that p ...rth. There was always a war between light and darkness, God and the Devil, Saint and sinner, correct principles and false doctrines. We ourselves have a war
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• Journal of Discourses/8/86
  ...grace." Others, "A Saint to day, a sinner to-morrow, and next day again a Saint," &c., &c. "The kingdom of God on the earth?" "Has not this kingdom been es ...ve in Joseph Smith, and you are not fit to live on the earth." "You, John, Peter, and Paul, ought to be killed, because you believe in Jesus Christ." How do
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• Journal of Discourses/9/39
  ...ived all power in heaven and on the earth, gave a mission to his Apostles, Peter and others, to go into all the world, preach the Gospel to every creature, ...do to get rid of their sins and become acceptable in the sight of Heaven, Peter told them to repent and be baptized every one of them in the name of Jesus
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• Journal of Discourses/10/16
  ...that expects to be exalted to thrones and dominions must be just as good a Saint when he is surrounded with wealth, with the comforts and blessings of life
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• Journal of Discourses/10/56
  ...efrain from them.{{page break|296|top}} It is the business of a Latter-day Saint, in passing through the street, if he sees a fence pole down, to put it up; ...day, every hour of the day, every minute of the day; and every Latter-day Saint is entitled to the Spirit of God, to the power of the Holy Ghost, to lead h
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• Journal of Discourses/26/12
  ...nd act differently from what you do. Who held the keys of that Priesthood? Peter, James and John, who were three presiding Apostles. Did they confer this Pr ...a peculiar form of expression in the German language. The term Latter-day Saint in the German is: Der Heiligen der Letzten tage, which being interpreted is
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• Journal of Discourses/26/24
  ...What said the Apostles? Why, when asked the question, "What shall we do?" Peter replied, "Repent, and be baptized every one of you in the name of Jesus Chr ...tion of the rising of the Savior from the tomb, and we are further told by Peter that as the ark saved {{page break|236|top}} Noah, so also doth "baptism no
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• Journal of Discourses/26/33
  ...n of the testimony that rewards, in time and eternity, enabled the Apostle Peter to meet undismayed the death of crucifixion. It caused the disciples of Jes ...ees and hypocrites love each other. The distinguishing characteristic of a Saint is that he can do more. And his ability to do more comes of the knowledge t
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• Journal of Discourses/26/40
  |<=[[../39|No Prominent Latter-day Saint Who Lives His Religion Need Expect Justice in the Courts, etc.]] ...thood committed to Joseph Smith, through the ministration of the Apostles, Peter, James and John. And furthermore, that this solemn and most important fact
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• Journal of Discourses/21/11
  ...oly Ghost, and as Moses and Elias came to Christ in the Mount, so also did Peter, James and John ordain Joseph Smith to the Melchisedek priesthood. The auth ...irit of light which guides us unto all truth. It is the privilege of every Saint to have this light fork themselves, the light of God, the light of truth, "
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• Journal of Discourses/12/63
  ...our Lord and Savior Jesus Christ, is a suitable time for every Latter-day Saint to make the inquiry, why are we Latter-day Saints; and for making an examin ...ng the sects, the Baptists will say, "We have." Where did you get it? "One Peter Waldo, a merchant, translated the four gospels and he established {{page br
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• Journal of Discourses/11/17
  ...gs and to ask you to refrain from them. It is the business of a Latter-day Saint, in passing through the street, if he sees a fence pole down, to put it up; ...day, every hour of the day, every minute of the day; and every Latter-day Saint is entitled to the Spirit of God, to the power of the Holy Ghost, to lead h
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• Journal of Discourses/11/42
  ...and also to the froward—to the righteous and to the unrighteous—to the Saint and the sinner. ...he word the disciples of the Lord Jesus. What is necessary to constitute a Saint, or a disciple of Jesus? It is simply this: a strict obedience to all the r
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• Journal of Discourses/12/21
  ...the mountains. I have sent, time and time again, to inquire if there was a Saint in Nauvoo who wished to be gathered to these mountains. If there are any, l
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• Journal of Discourses/12/26
  ...e love and light of the Lord, which is, as it were a compass to direct the Saint to the haven of safety, and it will not vary, for its directions are sure. ...d of God, and carry with us true credentials, not the credentials of Paul, Peter, or any of the old Apostles and servants of God, who used them a thousand y
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• Journal of Discourses/12/43
  ...true that the spirits of all people will return to God who gave them, both Saint and sinner, but as to their staying there and becoming permanent settlers i ...ich is the spirit of prophecy. Flesh and blood did not reveal that fact to Peter, but the Father who is in heaven. By this power do we known that Christ liv
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• Journal of Discourses/12/52
  ...into the presence of her statue to offer their vows previous to marriage. Saint John Lateran also contained, it is said, the font in which Constantine was ...ible corruption in this Latin Church, and they were not satisfied. In 1160 Peter of Waldam, a town of France, obtained the translation of the four gospels i
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• Journal of Discourses/12/58
  ...by with all my heart, and I presume that every honest, upright Latter-day Saint desires the same. ...be empannelled it will be composed of our bitter enemies. If a Latter-day Saint has to be tried before the courts, it will be before those who are ready to
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• Journal of Discourses/12/59
  ...who has been authorized to teach, guide and direct the Saints. Did Jesus, Peter, James, John or Joseph Smith ever teach a false or incorrect doctrine? Not ...rofessedly Latter-day Saints; practically, we are only so in part. To be a Saint is to be as Jesus was; to be assimilated to the spirit. and character which
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• Journal of Discourses/12/60
  ...us, that is calculated in its very nature to inspire the heart of the true Saint with joy. There is no other religion extant among men, calculated to impart What satisfaction is this to me or to any real true-hearted Saint of God? If I were very hungry, having fasted a long time, and my appetite c
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  ...rts of the people, who cried out, "Men and brethren what shall we do?" And Peter said unto them, "Repent and be baptized every one of you in the name of Jes ...[l]dom; we should not obey blindly, as instruments or tools. No Latter-day Saint acts in this manner; no man or woman who has embraced the Gospel has ever a
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  |<=[[../65|The Sacrament—A Saint of God—The Eternity of Our Religion—Matrimony]] Who were sent from heaven for this purpose? Peter, James and John, some of the principal of Christ's ancient apostles; men wh
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  ...se He would have it take in relation to the keys that had been bestowed by Peter, James and John upon Joseph; and that we may not be deceived He gives this ...sthood and who claimed the authority which was exercised in olden times by Peter, James and John, and the rest of the servants of God; but you would have he
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  |>=[[../13|Latter-day Saint Families—Preaching the Gospel—Building up the Kingdom]] ...mposed of six members—namely, Joseph Smith, Oliver Cowdery, Hyrum Smith, Peter Whitmer, jun., Samuel H. Smith and David Whitmer.
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  ...as worth to be found in the State if it was known that he was a Latter-day Saint; and especially was this the case with the Twelve. When the time came for t ...vail and gave to Joseph Smith the records of the Book of Mormon, and until Peter, James and John sealed upon him the keys of the holy Priesthood, who can cl
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  ...omplete joy and satisfaction which the Spirit of God affords to the humble Saint? No. The possession of everything that we can desire—that our eyes could ...inister that ordinance. And we read further in relation to this case, that Peter "commanded them to be baptized in the name of the Lord." Did any others rec
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  ...denses. This idea naturally sets us to inquire who the Waldenses were. One Peter Waldo, we are told by Buck, was a merchant who used a certain portion of hi ...rdinances pertaining to the dead which God has commanded. Every Latter-day Saint, man or woman, young or old, should feel alive and awake to this great duty
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  ...es me many reflections; and I presume it is the case with every Latter-day Saint present. In the first place I will ask the question, "What position did Bro ...men holding the keys of the kingdom of God in the days of Jesus—namely, Peter, James and John.
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  ...nor, and called the churches of the Savior, or of St. Matthew, John, Paul, Peter, Bartholomew and so on, that they could gain admittance? Let reason, guided ...Holy Ghost as well as we." Cornelius, if he had rejected the testimony of Peter, would have been led to reject the Holy Ghost, which had fallen upon him, a
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  ...settlements, we wish to say a few words. My remarks will be for all, both Saint and sinner; those who are Saints, those who wish to be, and those who wish ...ou all, even to the children, have read the story a great many times, when Peter was accused of being one of his disciples {{page break|149|top}} by a damse
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  ...les to which I have referred, that does not harmonize with the Scriptures? Peter, who preached the first sermon of which we have any account after the resur ...and inquire of it? It claims to have uninterrupted Apostolic descent from Peter, down through the ages until we reach our own day. Say the Episcopalians, L
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  ...hom, but a few hours before, he had expressed such strong attachment. When Peter went out, the cock crew, and then he remembered the words of Jesus, and he ...xpected to speak in so large a house in their lives; but when a Latter-day Saint Elder has called upon them and asked for the privilege of preaching, their
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  ...lness of Christ?" A system of things was had in those days through which a Saint could come up and be a perfect man in the Lord Jesus,—a system by which S ...ey the Gospel, we should receive the gift of the Holy Ghost; they said, as Peter said on the day of Pentecost, Repent and be baptized, every one of you, for
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• Journal of Discourses/15/2
  ...ars, a very few more than that, and some less; but where is the Latter-day Saint or any other person who has ever seen this church or kingdom go backward? N ...g enough to have these individuals administer unto him—John the Baptist, Peter, James and John the Apostles, Elisha and Elijah, who held the keys of turni
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  ...pe that the Gospel has implanted in the bosom of every faithful Latter-day Saint, which blooms with immortality and eternal life; and sometimes, when expose ...which they possessed. For instance old Moses and Elias, you know, came to Peter, James, John and Jesus while they were on the mount. They did not think the
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  ...fying to the fulfillment of that which God predicted in the Revelations of Saint John—the restoration of the Gospel. But says John the Revelator, "when it ...o declare glad tidings. When he entered the prison of those antediluvians, Peter says he preached the Gospel. "For, for this cause was the Gospel preached t
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  ...ody had lain in the tomb, he had not yet ascended to his Father." Said I, "Peter tells us that during this time, he had been to preach to the spirits in pri ...ent him; if we reject Brigham Young as an Apostle, we might as well reject Peter, James and John and the other Apostles who lived in ancient days; and that,
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  ...ere is the difference between the two classes of murderers; the Latter-day Saint would never be forgiven, but he would become a son of perdition. ...e any hope for them? Could they have their sins forgiven in this life? No, Peter, after first telling them that they had shed the blood of the Just One in t
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  ...of God to carry the Gospel to them; and he was sent of God just as much as Peter was ever authorized to go and tell Cornelius, just exactly. And this is onl ...usiness is to look after their own individual interests. Why, a Latter-day Saint has no individual interest separate and apart from the kingdom of God, any
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  ...ant to get it. And here comes along a man who professes to be a Latter-day Saint, and the first you know he is using the name of the Deity in vain, and it i ...dence than this—this is the experience and testimony of every Latter-day Saint who has lived his or her religion since obeying the Gospel. Their testimony
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  ...of Rome. They built a church on that place and it contains a statue of St. Peter, the toes of one of the feet have been worn off, we were told, by kissing, ...at he lived by the seaside. They showed us the flat roof on which they say Peter was sleeping. In one end of the house—the end towards Mecca—there was a
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  ...timony, not one. We find it recorded in the Acts of the Apostles that when Peter and John healed the lame man who sat at the beautiful gate of the Temple, t ...s contained in the Book of Mormon, delivered before there was a Latter-day Saint Church in existence, which has been remarkably fulfilled, was that the serv
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  ...to administer in this ordinance until Peter, James and John, two of whom—Peter and James—were also martyred for the testimony of Jesus and the word of G ...the hearts of the children to the fathers; he received under the hands of Peter, James and John, the Apostleship, and everything belonging thereto; he rece
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  ...ion and of living uprightly before him; for all men, both Jew and Gentile, Saint and sinner, will be judged according to the deeds done in the body, and for ...d up to do. He received the keys of the Priesthood from under the hands of Peter, James and John, and those pertaining to the gathering of scattered Israel,
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  ...d First Presidency. This also corresponds with the language of the Apostle Peter, in his exhortation contained in his first general epistle: "The Elders who ...privileges of all alike, religious or irreligious, believer or unbeliever, saint or sinner; for religion with all its accompaniments and everything pertaini
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  ...d energy and determination to accomplish our object, There was the Apostle Peter, for instance, a man valiant for the truth, and a man who walked before God ...reason why he should not succeed in doing so the third day. If the Apostle Peter had become discouraged at his manifest failure to maintain the position tha
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  ...of time and space," where we are to look forward to a heavenly place, the Saint's secure abode. There is something very {{page break|222|top}} pleasing abo ...and others lay hands upon men for the reception of the Holy Ghost? because Peter, James and John, who held the keys of the priesthood and of this Gospel in
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  ...arts into a union. This should be encouraging to each and every Latter-day Saint, and should teach us that the Lord is merciful to us, that he still remembe ...ts. This is the answer given, for himself and herself, by every Latter-day Saint, "We believe, most firmly, that the Gospel has been revealed in these last
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  ...self amongst us, and the devil for us all. Eternal life is worth more to a Saint of God than all things else put together, in fact it is the greatest gift G ...all the way through his life. Is it any worse for you, or me, or any other Saint of God, to suffer persecution, affliction, poverty or trials than for our g
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  ...kingdom which shall stand for ever, there is not an Apostle or Latter-day Saint on the face of the earth but would have to seal his testimony with his bloo ...and John, who were Prophets, and were crucified and put to death, at least Peter and James were, they came and ordained Joseph Smith to the Apostleship; and
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  ...od. That is our universal belief; it is the faith of every good Latter-day Saint. None of us, previous to the Lord manifesting his will, knew anything about ...riesthood in former days, and they were sent to administer to Jesus and to Peter, James and John on the mount.
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  ...ation of the book, and also previous to the organization of the Latter-day Saint Church. The book was printed early in 1830, with their testimony. Thus you ...d blood have not revealed this unto thee, but my Father who is in heaven." Peter knew, just as well as he knew that he had a being, that Jesus was the son o
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  ...ely as John the Baptist stood, had not the Lord sent his other messengers, Peter, James and John, to ordain Joseph to the Melchisedek Priesthood. Then, afte ...ow to endure. I say, if you want to enjoy exquisitely, become a Latter-day Saint, and then live the doctrine of Jesus Christ. The man or woman who will do t
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  ...ny among the Latter-day Saints who are a good deal like those spoken of by Peter, "they are not afraid to speak evil of dignities. Whereas angels, which are ...ration, and then they ought to treat us in the same manner. Saith Jesus to Peter, on a certain occasion, "Simon, son of Jonas, lovest thou me? He saith unto
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  ...h part, as I do a smooth, slick hypocrite who professes to be a Latter-day Saint. The former cannot sow the seeds of infidelity and unbelief in the hearts o ...nciples of truth, has so much of the Gospel, and so far he is a Latter-day Saint, whether he knows it or not. Our Father, the great God, is the author of th
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• Journal of Discourses/22/10
  ...ft which made Peter a veritable Apostle—that is, the gift of revelation. Peter received communication from on high; so did his brethren of the Apostleship ...ness to me of the truth of this work, and I rejoice that I am a Latter-day Saint.
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  ...Now, here is one principle that I wish to impress upon the minds of every Saint of God who dwells upon the earth—and I want our reporters to write it dow ...f heaven had ordained these things; he had ordained men under the hands of Peter, James and John, who held the keys of the kingdom of God in the eternal wor
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  ...lity. He was the first fruit of the resurrection. There was no prophet, no saint or {{page break|126|top}} sinner, from the days of Father Adam to the days ...ll we do to be saved" was the cry of the people who heard the preaching of Peter on the day of Pentecost, and the same may be said to be applicable to all m
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  ...aints of the Most High God. We really make very great pretensions. To be a Saint signifies to be holy, to be pure, to be upright, to be virtuous. {{page bre ...eople do not generally get drunk as early as that. What did this all mean? Peter said unto them: "This is that which was spoken of by the Prophet Joel, and
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  ...Preserver, an insult to God. It seems to me impossible for any Latter-day Saint, in the face of all the Lord has done for this people, to doubt for a momen ...mon Magus desired to purchase the power to cast out devils with money, but Peter said unto him, "Thy money perish with thee." These blessings, powers and pr
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  It is the duty, therefore, of every Latter-day Saint to seek for the spirit of truth, and to desire with full purposes of heart, ...shed and prospered in this land for many years, but the Lord declared that Peter, James and John, and the Twelve that walked with Him at Jerusalem, held the
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  ...g words, having men's persons in admiration because of advantage." So also Peter speaks of such characters, "But these as natural brute beasts made to be ta
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  ...ember of this Church, that I have felt that any man was qualified to teach saint or sinner, Jew or Gentile, the inhabitants of the earth abroad or at home, ...inances of the Gospel until he received the Apostleship under the hands of Peter, James and John. These men appeared to him. They laid their hands upon his
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  ...my brother sin against me, and I forgive him? Till seven times?" enquired Peter of the Savior. "Jesus saith unto him, I say not unto thee, until seven time
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  |<=[[../35|A Few Questions Every Latter-Day Saint Can Answer for Himself, etc.]] ...and that righteousness certainly brings reward. Therefore, if a Latter-day Saint is called upon to perform anything in connection with this which he feels i
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  ...e not left to imagine what shall be the result. The mind of the Latter-day Saint is not left a prey to apprehensions and fears; for God, by His word, has re ...had held the keys of the Apostleship in the flesh on the earth—that is, Peter, James and John. They administered unto him at the same time that they admi
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  ...faith, would be an anomaly—in fact such an one could not be a Latter-day Saint; for it requires faith in the God of Israel to stand the tests that they ar ...testimony of Peter, as recorded in the 3rd Chapter of the first epistle of Peter, it was preaching to the spirits in prison; and Isaiah tells us that it was
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  ...rtion of the record that he had translated; but there was not a Latter-day Saint upon the face of the whole earth that we know anything about, or that he kn ...he church had been organized some months, Oliver Cowdery, Parley P. Pratt, Peter Whitmer, and Ziba Petersen were appointed by the prophet of God to visit th
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  ...ng the organization of the Church are such that if I were not a Latter-day Saint, and were to read them and know as I do know concerning the man through who ...t they might repent of their sins, though in the spirit, and be judged, as Peter says, according to men in the flesh. God has revealed this doctrine to the
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• Criticism of Mormonism/Books/Mormonism 101/Chapter 6
  ...se for a complete apostasy appeals to a single verse in Matthew: "Thou art Peter, and upon this rock I will build my church, and the gates of hell shall not ...hat this would take place in the latter times. Peter told his readers in 2 Peter 2:1-3 that many would follow the pernicious ways of false prophets, but now
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• Criticism of Mormonism/Books/Mormonism 101/Chapter 10
  ...opposite: they are totally equivocal. And for good reason: the Latter-day Saint leaders, including the two they cite, do not in any way restrict the atonin ...ense for deification against those who state that the singularity of {{b|2|Peter|1|4}} as a scriptural basis for deification is not acceptable.</ref> Is it
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• Criticism of Mormonism/Books/Mormonism 101/Chapter 12
  ...Himself went to minister to the souls in Hell (sheol), as referred to in 1 Peter 3:18-19 and 4:6, one can see that any serious attempt by a reviewer to take ...ave created a truly repulsive and offensive characterization of Latter-day Saint beliefs which is hardly worthy of response, with sources being Orson Pratt'
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• Criticism of Mormonism/Books/Mormonism 101/Chapter 17
  ...abhorrence of polygamy comes from Greece and Rome. As orthodox a figure as Saint Augustine knew that the prohibition of plural marriage in the church of his ...Adam. A large majority of the whole have stood by me. Neither Paul, John, Peter, nor Jesus ever did it. I boast that no man ever did such a work as I.
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• Criticism of Mormonism/Books/Mormonism 101/Chapter 18
  ...eople trust Peter and the apostles? Should they have trusted them? What if Peter was wrong? These are the questions the authors would have us ask. ...of such authority" (of Peter and the apostles), "even to trust these men" (Peter and the apostles) "to lead them to eternal life?" Apparently so ( if one be
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• Criticism of Mormonism/Books/Mormonism 101/Introduction
  ...is the pure, unadulterated Christianity authored by Christ and accepted by Peter, James and John and all the ancient saints.<ref>Bill McKeever and Eric John ...Discourses, reported by G.D. Watt 3 July 1859, Vol. 7 (London: Latter-Day Saint's Book Depot, 1860), 4-5.</ref>
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• Question: What did the Jews and early Christians really believe with regard to a three-part heaven?
  ...s,' he wrote, 'I would enquire as to their discourse, what Andrew, or what Peter said, or what Philip, or what Thomas or James or what John or what Matthew ...mstrong refers to the Lurian Kabbalah tradition of the 16th century mystic Saint Teresa of Avila:
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• Question: What is the Mormon concept of Hell?
  ...itics of Mormonism make some or all of the following attacks on Latter-day Saint doctrine regarding "hell"=== Latter-day Saint doctrine and scripture does use the term "hell" in a few different senses.
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• Question: How do Mormons view the extent of the atonement of Jesus Christ?
  ===Latter-day Saint believe that the atonement is applicable to all who have ever lived on the Some Christians seem to object that Latter-day Saint concept that the atonement is applicable to all who have ever lived. They w
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• Question: Why does God act so violently in scripture and especially the Old Testament?
  ...eng Abraham 3:18]). This part is called our ''intelligence'' in Latter-day Saint scripture. This intelligence is a self-conscious, spiritual, material entit ...there is a part of our experience that required getting a body. Latter-day Saint scripture portrays the body as a coveted thing&mdash;crucial to our learnin
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• Mormonism and Wikipedia/Three Witnesses/The Three Witnesses
  ...s beaming with glory." One of the three announced that he was the Apostle Peter and named the others as the Apostles James and John. ...John. The person in the center addressing Joseph and me, said "My name is Peter and (pointing to the others) these are James and John. We have come here ac
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• Times and Seasons/2/2
  ...ly Spirit. ark says that he that believeth and is baptized shall be saved. Peter says that he shall receive the gift of the Holy Spirit. Matthew says that t ...ge, have been 13 years a Methodist, heard the first sermon by a Latter Day Saint in February, 1840, by Elder H. C. Kimball, and believed the gospel as soon
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• Criticism of Mormonism/Books/Becoming Gods/Chapter 1
  *The endnote mentions the ""Holiness to the Lord,"" the ""Saint Peter Bind Them,"" and the ""Jehovah, Jehovah, Jehovah"" parchments without showi
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• Criticism of Mormonism/Books/Becoming Gods/Chapter 10
  {{propaganda|Early Latter-day Saint leaders clearly considered themselves Christians, but condemned the hypocri ...aganda|This is simply propaganda on the part of the author. Any Latter-day Saint would not recognize this statement as being anything close to reality.
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• Countercult ministries/Watchman Fellowship/Section 10
  #Luke 24:27; Acts 17:11; Rom. 15:4; 2 Tim. 3:16-17; 2 Peter 1:3 *The author claims that the Book of Mormon (Latter-day Saint scripture) ''cannot'' be proven by any test of its own devising.
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• Book of Mormon/Translation/Method/1846-1900
  ...Interviews'', 233-34. Elizabeth Whitmer, born in 1815, was the daughter of Peter Whitmer Sr. and Mary Whitmer (and the sister of David Whitmer). She was fou ===Eri B. Mullin (non-eyewitness), ''Saint's Herald''===
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• Messenger and Advocate/1/2
  ...it of inspiration, and who, that believes in the Lord Jesus, dare deny it? Peter says, in his second epistle 2:1, that if the false teachers among the Genti .... ''Then'', there will be a river of pure water to gladden the soul of the saint. ''Then'', every man will speak in the name of God. ''Then'', the righteous
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• Messenger and Advocate/1/3
  ...Spirit. Mark says, that he that believeth and is baptized shall be saved. Peter says that he shall receive the gift of the Holy Spirit. Matthew says that t If it was a source of joy to Peter and the other apostles, on the day of pentecost, to be favored with a corre
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• Messenger and Advocate/1/4
  ...tion, deception, and enthusiasm, and teach and defend a something that the saint has nothing to do with, and a work which never was predicted by it. Others ...he feelings which existed in the minds of the people, in the days of Paul, Peter, John, and James, in relation to the gospel which they preached, and such a
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• Messenger and Advocate/1/5
  ...eter to arise and address them, and explain this marvelous phenomena. "But Peter, standing up with the eleven, lifted up his voice, and said unto them, Ye m ...d enquired of Peter and the rest of the apostles what they should do—and Peter made the following answer, "Repent and be baptized every one of you in the
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• Messenger and Advocate/1/6
  ...enerally the case, that when the light of heaven happifies the soul of the saint, the darkness of hell mystifies the mind of the wicked?—Was or was it not ...ure in ''all'' the world who believes and is baptized, shall be saved. And Peter says, that the promise is to you, and to your children, and to ''all'' that
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• Messenger and Advocate/1/8
  ...t look like having a form of godliness but denying the power thereof? (1st Peter 3-4) Does it not look like having a form of godliness but denying the power ...nd possessing that which had been previously enjoyed. And when the apostle Peter says that the heavens must receive the Savior until the times of the restit
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  ...le day of the Lord, to turn the hearts of the fathers to the children, &c. Peter, James and John saw Elias, along with Moses, in the mount. ''Dear Brethren:''—It is a duty which every saint ought to render to his brethren freely—to always love them, and ever succ
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  ...s, thro' the Holy Ghost, unto the apostles whom he had chosen, that is, to Peter, James and John, they forming the first presidency of the church of Christ, ...ne as Cain wished. Query, then, would he have {{page break|152|top}}been a saint, since we learn that Cain was of the devil?
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• Messenger and Advocate/1/11
  ...ver have been said by the prophet Joel and confirmed and re-promulgated by Peter, that in the last days God would pour out his spirit on all flesh, and sons ...e example, let us remark, that few men have left a better specimen for the saint to follow, as a sample of daily worship. It is simple; it is easy; it is ho
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• Messenger and Advocate/2/1
  ...the Missouri, to be ''nationalized and civilized''; and feeling, as every saint must, a deep interest in their salvation, I rejoice to see the great work p ...re before him, what Enoch saw we can see;—what Moses did we can do; what Peter had we can have; what the saints endured we can endure; and what the righte
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  ...ey say yea Lord, for these things are so plain and so glorious, that every Saint in the last days must respond with a hearty amen to them. ...it will be his privilege to sit down in the kingdom of God, in peace, with Peter and the rest of the apostles, who has not obeyed the gospel, and kept the f
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  ...ause who in all the world has said so much about the gospel as preached by Peter on the day of pentecost as Mr. Scott? not one man in this generation: the s ...ne's opinion is founded on mistake, he is in good company, for the apostle Peter's was so before; for Mr. Stone founds his belief on the apostle's declarati
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• Messenger and Advocate/2/6
  ...low them that believe, that is the power of God shall rest upon them. When Peter proclaimed the gospel on the day of pentecost; after he told the Jews that :He bids the saint be glad,<br>
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• Messenger and Advocate/2/7
  ...senger of heaven.—"Send men to Joppa and call for Simon whose surname is Peter, he lodgeth with one Simon, a tanner, whose house is by the sea-side; he sh ...saved without complying with the requisitions of the gospel as preached by Peter, then the Lord required something unnecessary. And again if Cornelius could
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• Messenger and Advocate/2/8
  ...f all things is at hand, be ye therefore sober and watch unto prayer." 1st Peter'', 4:7. In meditating upon these things the mind of the latter day saint struggles with the powers of darkness like Jacob with the angel, until he p
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• Messenger and Advocate/2/11
  John Thornton, Esq. Peter Rogers, Esq. Andrew Robertson, Esq. James T. V. Thompson, Esq. Col. Wm. T. ...r, Littleberry Sublet, John Baxter, Jas. M. Hughes, W. J. Moss, John Bird, Peter Rogers, W. T. Wood and J. T. V. Thompson, who shall meet on tomorrow at the
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• Messenger and Advocate/2/12
  ...d knowledge which is the imperious duty and inestimable privilege of every saint of the Most High, to obtain. Therefore, let us not deceive ourselves nor de | Comment on 1st Peter 4:7
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• Messenger and Advocate/3/2
  ...with us as to the means by which it was to be accomplished. For instance, Peter the hermit thought that the only way by which this day was to be ushered in ...be; but they disagree as to the means by which it is to be brought about. Peter the hermit thought that it was to be introduced by raising armies, and taki
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• Messenger and Advocate/3/3
  The apostle Peter calls this dispensation by another name, in the 3rd chapter of the Acts of ...churl bountiful, for liberality and enterprise must be the motto of every saint, or so gigantic a work will never be accomplished.
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• Messenger and Advocate/3/6
  ...judgment and fiery indignation, which shall devour the adversary." If the saint, or the minister of Jesus Christ differ in opinion from his fellow clay, he ...ding to men in the flesh, but live according to God in the spirit.'' FIRST PETER, 4th: 6th.
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• Messenger and Advocate/3/7
  ...ive, speaks of the blessings of a kingdom that have never been realized by saint or sinner in any kingdom, therefore the predictions remain to be fulfiled [ ...ire against the day of judgement [judgment] and perdition of ungodly men." Peter. "And I saw as it were a sea of glass mingled with fire, and them that had
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• Messenger and Advocate/3/9
  ...hat were not apostles, and yet the apostles were elders. Those elders that Peter exhorts I conceive are such as are mentioned, Acts 14:22, whom they ordaine ...ved the ministration of angels, the gift of prophesy, &c., &c. Hence Paul, Peter, James, Jude, John, &c. all prophesied, and could look thro' the dark vista
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• Messenger and Advocate/3/11
  ...much infamy, as they exercised cruelty upon their persons: and the name of Peter Waldo, would have been associated with every thing that was base and abomin by the saint of God as a kind friend come to allay his anxieties, and to open a new fiel
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• Messenger and Advocate/3/12
  ...timony, that which no saint will feel to gainsay, but rejoice to obey. The saint of God will rejoice in all that the Lord does, and in doing all that the Lo ...rassments of the stake of Kirtland; but also their own interest; for every saint has an equal interest
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• The Evening and The Morning Star/1/1
  ...that the religion of Jesus Christ, has always been persecuted. But when a saint lives to God, persecution or applause is all one: the soul is above them. ...g blazes, viz: in the martyrdom of the two great apostles, Peter and Paul; Peter was crucified with his head downwards, which manner of death himself made c
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• The Evening and The Morning Star/1/5
  ...e that have the most fatal influences. Although ye have denied Christ with Peter, betrayed him with Judas, persecuted him with Saul; yet the blood of a God- ...saved. We are the children of God, and let us not put off his law. When a saint works on the Sabbath, the world can reply: So do we. When the saints travel
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• The Evening and The Morning Star/1/6
  ...the prophecies, and giving the Psalms a glory and sweetness, touching the saint's heart with thoughts that whisper like the still small voice to Elijah, an ...is people and say unto them, like unto mine apostle of old, whose name was Peter: Believe on the name of the Lord Jesus, who was on the earth and is to come
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• The Evening and The Morning Star/1/8
  PETER WHITMER, JR., HYRUM SMITH, Every man ought to know his duty to God and man; especially the saint that has the benefit of revelation to guide him: he ought to know his duty,
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• The Evening and The Morning Star/1/9
  Peter, possessing the keys of the mysteries of the kingdom, wrote to them that ha ...h thousands to second them, that every man has his price:-but beloved, the saint has not; he is above bribery, and come life or come death, it is all the sa
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• The Evening and The Morning Star/1/12
  ...: Whatsoever things were written aforetime, were written for our learning. Peter, in his second epistle, says, that the Lord turned the cities of Sodom & Go ...words of Moses concerning the coming of Christ, were literally fulfilled. Peter says further, that it shall come to pass, that every soul which will not he
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• The Evening and The Morning Star/2/13
  Now if the church of Christ had no other prophecy than that of Moses, and Peter's words added to it, the disciples would be bound to believe that Jesus Chr ...e midst of thee, of thy brethren, like unto me; unto him ye shall hearken. Peter said, that Christ should come again, for said he, the heavens must receive
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• The Evening and The Morning Star/2/15
  ...W. Phelps, Wm. E. McLellin, Edward Partridge, Lyman Wight, Simeon Carter, Peter and John Whitmer, and Harvey Whitlock, shall remove with their families out ...day of the Lord, spoken of by the prophet Joel, and quoted by the apostle Peter, [Acts II.] And I will show wonders in the heavens above, and signs in the
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• The Evening and The Morning Star/2/18
  ...e are fast approaching, has no end. And why should we seek to cling to the saint, when he is called to leave us only for a moment, and when a little space w ...red martyrdom in it and the Pope, (their holy father, the successor of St. Peter, and the vicar of Jesus Christ, as they call him,) now resides in the same;
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• The Evening and The Morning Star/2/20
  Peter, in his second epistle, first chapter 16 verse says, to the saints of his d ...like the mist, and pass like the smoke before the whirlwind, and leave the saint in a cloudless atmosphere, undisturbed, to contemplate the scenes of eterni
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• The Evening and The Morning Star/2/21
  For instance, Peter, in the 3 chapter of the Acts of the apostles, from the 19 to the 25 verse, ...d in the remnant whom the Lord shall call." This same passage is quoted by Peter in the Acts of the apostles, 5 chapter, from the 14 to the 22 verse, with a
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• The Evening and The Morning Star/2/22
  ...religion, he is, notwithstanding all this, like a natural brute beast, if Peter's testimony is to be credited. But let us enquire [inquire] a little, what These sayings of Peter, when properly considered, taken in connection
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• The Evening and The Morning Star/2/23
  ...that bought them, and bring upon their own heads swift destruction. Second Peter, second chapter, and second verse. ...sed with ALL spiritual blessings, if so, they also came behind in no gift. Peter, in his 2nd epistle, 1st chapter, 2nd and 3rd verses, says, "Grace and peac
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• The Evening and The Morning Star/2/24
  ...g, nor Noah, nor Abraham, nor Moses, nor Samuel, nor the prophets; nor had Peter, or Paul, or any of the apostles, or any other creature; neither had they a ...e and beauty-enlightening the mind and increasing the understanding of the saint; and warning all to be on their watch for the great events which are to rus
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• Times and Seasons/4/21
  ...t; therefore they are not binding upon us.' You are under a mistake. After Peter had told them what to do, he says in the following verse, 'For the promise ...not upon the authority of the Bible.-We find further instructions in first Peter, V: 14; 'Is any sick among you? let him call for the elders of the church,
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• Times and Seasons/3/15
  ...ter, &c; and if in our city a Methodist, Presbyterian, Baptist, Latter Day Saint, or Gov. Duncan was found transgressing these laws, they would be judged by Question.-And that Peter who hold the keys of the kingdom of heaven, commanded those who enquired [i
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• Times and Seasons/3/23
  ...a sinner still, though flattered and deluded with the epithet "Latter-day Saint." The Baptists regard such mummery with as much disgust as all Christians d ...a precedent, Matthew, xvi: 18,19. "And I say also unto thee, that thou art Peter: and upon this rock I will build my church; and the gates of hell shall not
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• Times and Seasons/6/3
  Peter Whitmer is called and chosen, and it is appointed unto him to receive his e ...t. Singing and prayer. The president then delivered a discourse from first Peter, twentieth verse, setting forth the evil that was brought into the world by
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• Times and Seasons/6/7
  ...sual,) and under the firm of F. G. Williams & Co., entitled the Latter day Saint's Messenger and Advocate. The probability is, that the Star will be forward ...opening of spring to commence business on a larger scale, thinking as did Peter of old, "I go a fishing." I had got an idea similar to that which the ancie
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• Times and Seasons/6/10
  ...d Joses were the brothers of Jesus, and John was his beloved disciple, yet Peter held the keys and presided over all the church. Br. William was in the Quor ...the dead in days and ages passed and gone, it gives an honorable person, a saint, or a feeling man, horrible sensations to read such inhumanity as is expres
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• Times and Seasons/6/13
  ...estimony of Jesus is the spirit of prophecy, and it was by revelation that Peter knew that Jesus was the Christ, and as God was about to gather Israel back ...of blood" So it seems that the immortal Thomas Jefferson was so much of a Saint or Mormon, that God knew he was a wise man, and raised him up on purpose to
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• Times and Seasons/6/17
  ...s it indeed true, that man's worst enemies are those of his own household.-Saint Louis Evening Gazette. PETER M'CUE.
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• Times and Seasons/6/21
  ...e the martyrdom of the prophets. It must be a source of rejoicing to every saint of God, to behold the determined spirit of perseverance and union of the th ...t came to our Savior, to administer unto him when he was on the mount with Peter, James and John? We read that Moses and Elias was seen with him.-What were
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• Times and Seasons/6/22
  Peter Whitmer Jun., Simeon Carter, Newel Knight, Parley P. Pratt, Christian Whitm ...ella Jones; James Light and family; Mary Hamond; Earl Marshall and family; Peter Pool and family; James Smith and family; Joseph France and family; John J.
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• Times and Seasons/4/4
  ...t such a prophet to be possessed with the key of knowledge or endowed like Peter with the stone of revelation. If the many hundred religious sects of this a ...se it is written not with ink, but the spirit of the living God. What were Peter, Elijah, or Moses, but earthen vessels by whom God communicated his own kno
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• Times and Seasons/4/12
  Sidney S. Rigdon was born in Saint Clair township, Alleghany [Allegheny] county, State of Pennsylvania, on the There was in Saint Pierre but one cry of desolution [desolation]. Terror and consternation wer
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• Times and Seasons/4/22
  ...usalem heard that Samaria had received the word of God, they sent unto him Peter and John: who, when they were come down, prayed for them that they might re This is a work that ought to be in the hands of every Latter Day Saint; corroborating, as it does the history of the Book of Mormon. There is no s
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• Times and Seasons/5/2
  ...is people and say unto them, like unto mine apostle of old, whose name was Peter: Believe on the name of the Lord Jesus, who was on the earth, and is to com ...o decay. But they live in our tenderest regards. In the affection of every saint while the world shall survive, they shall have an imperishable mansion; an
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• Times and Seasons/5/6
  ...t rest upon a few, but proportionately upon all. Where is the true hearted saint that does not with joy and delight, contemplate the endowment of the servan The foundation of the Church of Rome is equally attributed to Peter and Paul, the one as apostle of the circumcision preached to the Jews; the
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• Mormonism and Wikipedia/First Vision/Interpretations and responses to the vision
  ...g [[Latter Day Saint movement|contemporary denominations of the Latter Day Saint movement]], the First Vision is typically viewed as a significant (often th The importance of the First Vision within the [[Latter Day Saint movement]] evolved over time. Early adherents were unaware of the details o
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• Answers to Questions All Mormons Should Ask Themselves/Questions 29-58
  ...ed these results in the Church's official magazine. No informed Latter-day Saint believes that the papyri in the Church's possession contain the text of the ...ead as evidence of a future resurrection and judgment. Most non-Latter-day Saint scholars have failed to note the importance of this passage. Some pass it o
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• Criticism of Mormonism/Websites/MormonThink/Tithing
  ...fficult to determine how a Catholic position could confound the Latter-day Saint view of tithing. The Catholic Church does not claim any jurisdiction over ...lysis in 2012 estimated the Church receives about $7 billion annually.<ref>Peter Henderson, [https://www.nbcnews.com/news/investigations/mormon-church-earns
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• Criticism of Mormonism/Websites/MormonThink/Translation of the Book of Mormon/Sources and links
  ...s brother-in-law, was published in an 1879 article in the RLDS publication Saint's Herald. *{{SourceQuotePhrase|Warrant issued upon written complaint upon oath of Peter G. Bridgeman}}
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• Criticism of Mormonism/Websites/MormonThink/Translation of the Book of Mormon/Source quotes without commentary
  ...h's brother-in-law, published in an 1879 article in the RLDS publication ''Saint's Herald'' #Oliver Cowdery, ''Latter Day Saint's Messenger and Advocate, Vol. 1 No. 1
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• Introduction, Title Page, Witnesses' Testimonies; Historical Studies of its Coming Forth; and Miscellaneous Items of Interest
  ...Cradle of Mormonism" [http://rsc.byu.edu/archived/volume-12-number-3-2011/peter-whitmer-log-home-cradle-mormonism (Religious Educator)] ...://rsc.byu.edu/archived/sperry-symposium-classics-old-testament/latter-day-saint-reading-isaiah-example-isaiah-6 (Religious Educator)]
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• FAIR Study Aids/Book of Mormon Resources by chapter and verse/Introduction, Title Page, Witnesses' Testimonies; Historical Studies of its Coming Forth; and Miscellaneous Items of Interest
  ...Cradle of Mormonism" [http://rsc.byu.edu/archived/volume-12-number-3-2011/peter-whitmer-log-home-cradle-mormonism (Religious Educator)] ...://rsc.byu.edu/archived/sperry-symposium-classics-old-testament/latter-day-saint-reading-isaiah-example-isaiah-6 (Religious Educator)]
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• Elder's Journal/1/2
  ...published in the Oct. No. yet, we think it will be a sweet morsel to every Saint, and will serve as a stimulative to the ministers of our God, that their ex ...member of the body or church of christ, is a priest of the most high God. Peter. 2:5. He also says they were for the edifying of the body of Christ, as to
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• Elder's Journal/1/4
  ...as long as ye do well, and are not afraid with any amazement." &mdash; 1st Peter, 3rd 6th. The Saint's sincere delight.
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• Primary sources/David Whitmer/An Address to All Believers in Christ
  ...broken, and be snared, and be taken." '' (Isaiah viii:l4-l5.) (See also 1 Peter ii:7-8, 1 Cor. i:23, Rom. ix: 32-33.) The Jews did not expect the Christ to PETER WHITMER, JR., HYRUM SMITH,
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• Criticism of Mormonism/Websites/MormonThink/Conflicts with Science/Source quotes without commentary
  |quote=There was the great Flood, when waters covered the earth and when, as Peter says, only 'eight souls were saved' *1 Peter 3:20-21:
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• Detailed response to CES Letter, Witnesses
  ...Hiram Page, David Whitmer, John Whitmer, Christian Whitmer, Jacob Whitmer, Peter Whitmer Jr., Hyrum Smith, Samuel Smith, and Joseph Smith Sr. – who all sh {{propaganda|Every Latter-day Saint knows that all three of the Three Witnesses left the Church due to disagree
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• Question: How can one best read and understand the scriptures?
  ...ture is essential to the continued health and vitality of every Latter-day Saint's faith for a number of reasons. ...study/scriptures/bofm/2-ne/25?lang=eng 2 Nephi 25:1]</ref> The author of 2 Peter tells us that This suggests that we, too, should understand scripture in it
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• Criticism of Mormonism/Books/Mormonism Unmasked/Chapter 9
  #1 Peter 2:5-9 ...when they were come in, they went up into an upper room, where abode both Peter, and James, and John, and Andrew, Philip, and Thomas, Bartholomew, and Matt
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• Criticism of Mormonism/Websites/MormonThink/Media efforts by MormonThink managing editor Tom Phillips/Responses to claims made in Thomas S. Monson summons
  ...course of his ministry he was visited by John the Baptist, Moses, Elijah, Peter, James, and John, that the Restoration of all things might be accomplished. For the Latter-day Saint perspective on age of the Earth, see:
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• Question: What is the best way to understand servitude in the Old and New Testaments?
  Latter-day Saint Old Testament scholars Richard Neitzel Holzapfel, Dana M. Pike, and David R How should we explain this moving forward? Latter-day Saint Bible scholar Ben Spackman notes:
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• Modern prophets and prophecy
  |L4=Question: Are Latter-day Saint prophets not really "prophets" because they don't foretell unknown events? |L11=Henry B. Eyring (1996): "I know as surely as did the Apostles Peter, James, and John that Jesus is the Christ, our risen Lord"
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• Criticism of Mormonism/Books/Passing the Heavenly Gift/Claims about priesthood ordination
  ...,” declares ''PTHG'', “it can do nothing for the individual Latter-day Saint. We must all find salvation for ourselves” (305). Yet, in contrast, D&C 1 ...gel told…Cornelius that he must send for Peter to learn how to be saved: Peter could baptize, and angels could not, so long as there were legal officers i
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• Criticism of Mormonism/Books/Passing the Heavenly Gift/Introduction
  {{Epigraph|“…the Latter-day Saint church was predicted to fail, and in all likelihood has failed to secure th ...adin, "On Legal Scholarship," The Yale Law Journal (May 1937), as cited by Peter Olausson, factoids, http://www.faktoider.nu/openmind_eng.html</ref>
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• Criticism of Mormonism/Online documents/Letter to a CES Director/Citation abuse
  |L2="it would likewise be arrogant of a Latter-day Saint to deny their spiritual experiences and testimonies of the truthfulness of ...eard prior to 1834 about a priesthood restoration from John the Baptist or Peter, James, and John. Although the priesthood is now taught to have been resto
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• Question: Is there any reference to God the Father being present in Joseph Smith's 1832 account?
  :*'''Matthew, Mark, Luke, 1 Peter - between 8 March 1831 and 24 March 1832''' Latter-day Saint apologist and theologian Robert S. Boylan has responded by showing how Psal
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• Times and Seasons/2/6
  ...heat. And for your fervant [fervent] instruction read the 3d chap. of 2nd Peter, and the 19th and 20th chap. of Revelations; and you will there see what is
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• Joseph Smith's marriage to Helen Mar Kimball
  ...ish Journal of Preventive and Social Medicine'' 20 (1966): 9&ndash;14; and Peter Laslett, ''Family life and Illicit Love in Earlier Generations'' (New York: ...t of blessings. I could truly say it had done the most towards making me a Saint and a free woman, in every sense of the word; and I knew many others who co
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• Question: Did Joseph Smith identify any elements of Facsimile 2 that are in agreement with what Egyptologists say they represent?
  ...ial cosmological significance. The opening words to the beloved Latter-day Saint hymn “If You Could Hie to Kolob” written by W. W. Phelps was, of course ...ng discoveries in Egyptology and Near Eastern archaeology, some Latter-day Saint scholars have sought to situate Kolob in the ancient world. Although there
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• Question: Did Oliver Cowdery ever deny his Book of Mormon witness because he thought that Joseph Smith was a fallen prophet?
  ...Brother Joseph, to receive the Lesser Priesthood—and in the presence of Peter, to receive the Greater, and looked down through time, and witnessed the ef ...r Cowdery then made no profession of being a “Mormon,” or a Latter-day Saint; but instead of being affected by it in this manner, he arose in the court,
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• Question: What are the details of Joseph Smith's 1826 "trial" for "glasslooking"?
  Marshall (1873): Peter G. Bridgman Tuttle (1883): Peter G. Bridgman
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• Question: How can Latter-day Saints reconcile having other people receive spiritual experiences that motivate them to believe in and become part of other religions?
  ...er-day Saint claim to knowledge unique? What is the basis for a Latter-day Saint in claiming that she "knows" that the [https://www.churchofjesuschrist.org/ ...this article can be viewed as a solution to that problem from a Latter-day Saint perspective.
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• Practice TOC page
  ...e Church'' as an unreliable source when it seems to support the Latter-day Saint position clutch it to their bosoms as an unparalleled historical treasure w ...keep a whole church together since the days of Adam... Neither Paul, John, Peter, nor Jesus ever did it. I boast that no man ever did such work as I. The fo
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• Question: What were the views of early Christians on the deification of man?
  Saint Irenaeus, who may justly be called the first Biblical theologian among the ...ll of you would be exalted as I am exalted. <ref>Jerome, ''The Homilies of Saint Jerome'', 106&ndash;107.</ref>
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• Plural marriage/Twentieth century LDS publications on plural marriage
  ...announce that desire, and every door is opened. The sealing power given to Peter and to Joseph Smith has the key to "bind on earth and it shall be bound in ...had gone forth, and hence that man had to endure the penalty of his crime. Peter, when referring to this subject on the day of Pentecost, as recorded in the
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• Question: Why do Mormons use water instead of wine for their sacrament services?
  The Latter-day Saint use of water in its sacramental services stems from scriptural authorizatio ...s/sbi/articles/Dialogue_V14N03_80.pdf off-site PDF]</ref> Local Latter-day Saint congregations followed suit soon after, a practice that remains to this day
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• Question: Is there a contradiction between the Old Testament concept of "cursing" enemies and Latter-day Saint scriptures stating that we should "bless" our enemies?
  ...tion between the Old Testament concept of "cursing" enemies and Latter-day Saint scriptures stating that we should "bless" our enemies?== ===Peter described a sinful group whom he declared to be "cursed"===
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• Question: Why does the JST translation of Genesis (the Pearl of Great Price's Book of Moses) contain New Testament language?
  ...Eastern Christian Manuscripts at the Hill Museum and Manuscript Library at Saint John’s University.<ref name="Calabro_An_early">{{Interpreter:Calabro:An E ||Matthew 3:17; 17:5; Mark 1:11; 9:7; Luke 3:22; 9:35; 2 Peter 1:17; the phrase "beloved son" appears elsewhere in the New Testament (Luke
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• Old Question: Are Latter-day Saints are not true Christians because they do not use the cross and believe that the atonement occurred in the Garden of Gethsemane?
  ...present some interesting problems. Other Christians reject the Latter-day Saint view of the importance of Gethsemane in part because it is only mentioned t ===Gethsemane as viewed by non-Latter-day Saint Christians===
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• Oliver Cowdery statements as one of Three Witnesses
  ...Brother Joseph, to receive the Lesser Priesthood—and in the presence of Peter, to receive the Greater, and looked down through time, and witnessed the ef ...upon his head, saying 'I know teh Gospel to be true and upon this head has Peter[,] James and John laid their hands and confer[r]ed the Holy Melchisedic Pri
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• Question: Is Heavenly Mother not talked about more because the prophets are sexist
  Learning more about her would certainly solidify and illuminate Latter-day Saint doctrines of marriage, sex, deification, and morality. Our lack of further ...We need to be ready to give "a reason for the hope that is in [us]" ({{s|1|Peter|3|15}}). This requires that we be sharp moral thinkers who may sometimes ne
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• Question: Does the fact that Jesus said, "upon this rock I will build my church; and the gates of hell shall not prevail against it" mean that universal apostasy was impossible?
  ...ristians argue that a universal apostasy is impossible, because Jesus told Peter, "upon this rock I will build my church; and the gates of hell shall not pr ...ilt, and the knowledge of Christ must come as it always has, as it came to Peter&mdash;by direct revelation from the Father. Christ's Church will then be bu
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• Temples in early Christianity
  {{Navigation:Latter-day Saint temples}} The phrase “Before the Lord” can be found in 2 Timothy 2:14 and 2 Peter 2:11.
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• Question: What are the "gates of hell" or "gates of Hades?"
  ...see it as a promise of triumph over evil."<ref>Michael M. Winter, ''Saint Peter and the Popes'' (Westport, Connecticut: Greenwood Press, 1960), 17.</ref> What did the "gates of Hades" do? Saint Athanasius (fourth century AD), the famous proponent of the Nicene Creed, g
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• Times and Seasons/2/13
  ...God; angels, and authorities, and powers being made subject unto him." 1, Peter III. 19-22 ...infer is still, preached to the dead-that is, to disembodied spirits. St. Peter has informed us why the gospel is preached to the dead; "that they might be
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• Times and Seasons/2/15
  Cold is the heart of that man, and unworthy the character of a saint of God, who does not feel his bosom heave at the recital of the cruelties p ...er, and my servant Lyman Wight, and my servant John Snider, and my servant Peter Hawes, organize themselves, and appoint one of them to be president over th
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• Times and Seasons/2/17
  ...ight on every mind, and arouse to energy and enterprize [enterprise] every saint of God whether residing in the immediate vicinity, or in more Elder Babbitt delivered a discourse on baptism for the dead, from 1 Peter 4:6, to a very large audience, setting forth that doctrine as compatible wi
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• Times and Seasons/2/18
  To see most people of our day, Because Peter cursed and swore? Because old Paul the Saints could kill? The Saint forsake his heavenly course,
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• Times and Seasons/2/19
  ...so, as lively stones, are built up a spiritual house, an holy priesthood."-Peter. ...ns, we are confident that she never was heard to complain. She was truly a saint.
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• Times and Seasons/2/21
  ...the Lord Jesus Christ, the Son of God chosen or elected by the Father, (1 Peter i. 20, who verily was fore-ordained before the foundation of the world, but ...of God the Father, through sanctification of the spirit unto obedience: [1 Peter ii, 9] for ye are a chosen generation, a royal priesthood, an holy nation,
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• Times and Seasons/3/1
  ...the Eunuch, (See Acts, viii. chap.) Ananias to Saul. (See Acts, xxii, 16) Peter to Cornelius and his household, (See Acts, x. chap.) Paul to the Jailor [Ja ...be organized with apostles, prophets &c. and guarantees to every faithful saint, the right of enjoying the spiritual blessings. Paul compares the church wi
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• Times and Seasons/3/2
  ...be fulfilled in their day. So, being corrected in this thing, the Apostle Peter afterwards informs us (Acts iii.) that the heavens must receive Jesus Chris ...age. I saw sister Blackurst on board the Lyons, I believe she was the only saint on board. Br. Stafford went about a week afterward. The same afternoon I re
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• Times and Seasons/3/4
  ...d friends that I embrace; but some near acquaintance-dear to my heart as a saint; but not endeared by so many kindred scenes of mutual joy and sorrow. Thus, Of those five men, Peter Whitmer is now in his grave, two are turned away from the fellowship of the
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• Times and Seasons/3/14
  ..., and what religion you profess?', The woman replied she was a "Latter Day Saint." "Oh delusion! delusion!!" he rejoined, and began to rail against the sain ...shall follow them that believe:"-They have fallen into the same error that Peter did when he said, "the promise is unto you, and to your children, and to al
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• Times and Seasons/3/18
  With what feelings of commingled pity and contempt does every Latter Day Saint, whose mind has thoroughly canvassed the principles of our faith, and in wh ...est] that thou might speedily come unto me in my kingdom. I say unto thee, Peter, this was a good desire, but my beloved has desired that he might do more,
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• Times and Seasons/3/20
  ...2d of September, 1838, and it was such a wonderful thing for a Latter Day Saint to die in England, that elder Richards was arraigned before the Mayor's cou Shortly after commencing to translate, I became acquainted with Mr. Peter Whitmer of Fayette, Seneca co. New York, and also with some of his family.
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• Times and Seasons/3/21
  ...and in this same month of June, by brother Hyrum Smith, David Whitmer, and Peter Whitmer, Jr. were baptized in Seneca lake the two former by myself; the lat PETER WHITMER, JR.
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