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- ...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 infor19 KB (2,997 words) - 21:55, 27 April 2024
- ...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.68 KB (11,468 words) - 15:51, 13 April 2024
- |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?}}15 KB (2,682 words) - 00:45, 27 April 2024
- ...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, ther16 KB (2,942 words) - 15:09, 13 April 2024
- ...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 t9 KB (1,264 words) - 21:33, 9 May 2024
- ...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 Scholarship208 KB (32,568 words) - 14:22, 13 April 2024
- ...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 Chris8 KB (1,361 words) - 14:19, 13 April 2024
- 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 o44 KB (7,529 words) - 14:19, 13 April 2024
- ...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.29 KB (4,776 words) - 14:20, 13 April 2024
- ...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 t26 KB (4,387 words) - 14:19, 13 April 2024
- ...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 o34 KB (5,824 words) - 22:40, 9 May 2024
- 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).30 KB (3,506 words) - 15:50, 13 April 2024
- ...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, f21 KB (3,648 words) - 15:00, 13 April 2024
- ...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 the69 KB (12,223 words) - 15:50, 13 April 2024
- ...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 b73 KB (12,947 words) - 15:50, 13 April 2024
- ...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 that27 KB (4,758 words) - 14:19, 13 April 2024
- ...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 at65 KB (11,746 words) - 15:50, 13 April 2024
- *The text mentions the ""Holiness to the Lord,"" the ""Saint Peter Bind Them,"" and the ""Jehovah, Jehovah, Jehovah"" parchments without showi16 KB (2,387 words) - 14:15, 13 April 2024
- ...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'"22 KB (3,213 words) - 14:15, 13 April 2024
- ...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 ca28 KB (4,263 words) - 14:15, 13 April 2024
- ...net or surplus income and still be a temple worthy and faithful Latter-day Saint?}} *Emma Smith, ''The Saint's Herald'', 310.118 KB (18,356 words) - 13:33, 13 April 2024
- |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?45 KB (7,411 words) - 15:12, 28 April 2024
- |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 w24 KB (3,653 words) - 14:11, 13 April 2024
- 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 th9 KB (1,641 words) - 17:25, 30 April 2024
- |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' life33 KB (5,227 words) - 13:33, 13 April 2024
- ...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.12 KB (2,336 words) - 14:33, 13 April 2024
- ...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 m23 KB (4,433 words) - 14:32, 13 April 2024
- ...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 coul45 KB (8,398 words) - 14:32, 13 April 2024
- ...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,44 KB (8,351 words) - 14:32, 13 April 2024
- ...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 the42 KB (7,756 words) - 14:32, 13 April 2024
- ...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 possib26 KB (4,837 words) - 14:32, 13 April 2024
- ...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 this25 KB (4,871 words) - 14:33, 13 April 2024
- ...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 did24 KB (4,759 words) - 14:43, 13 April 2024
- ...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.7 KB (1,293 words) - 14:43, 13 April 2024
- ...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 t50 KB (9,359 words) - 14:43, 13 April 2024
- ...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 not39 KB (7,221 words) - 14:43, 13 April 2024
- 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 woul33 KB (6,284 words) - 14:49, 13 April 2024
- 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 perse43 KB (8,126 words) - 14:49, 13 April 2024
- 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 yo46 KB (8,886 words) - 14:49, 13 April 2024
- ...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 Jesu49 KB (9,394 words) - 14:49, 13 April 2024
- ...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 hold19 KB (3,667 words) - 14:49, 13 April 2024
- 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,'' Smith53 KB (7,977 words) - 13:34, 13 April 2024
- ...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 requ40 KB (5,633 words) - 13:34, 13 April 2024
- ...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]].28 KB (3,717 words) - 13:35, 13 April 2024
- ...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 t30 KB (5,768 words) - 14:51, 13 April 2024
- ...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.19 KB (3,744 words) - 14:51, 13 April 2024
- ...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 the32 KB (6,373 words) - 14:51, 13 April 2024
- ...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.38 KB (7,244 words) - 14:51, 13 April 2024
- ...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 the31 KB (5,734 words) - 14:52, 13 April 2024
- ...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 t13 KB (2,434 words) - 14:52, 13 April 2024