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" LDS Church apostle Gordon B. Hinckley noted that the " more good " translation is incorrect but added that " Mormon means ' more good '" is a positive motto for members of the LDS Church.
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LDS and Church
* 1844 – The Quorum of the Twelve Apostles, headed by Brigham Young, is reaffirmed as the leading body of The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints ( LDS Church ).
Members of The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints ( Mormon or LDS Church ) who hold the Melchizedek priesthood may use consecrated oil in performing the ordinance of blessing of the " sick or afflicted ", though oil is not required if it is unavailable.
At the intersection of Columbus Avenue and West 65th Street, Broadway passes by the Juilliard School and Lincoln Center, both well-known performing arts landmarks, as well as a temple of The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints ( the Mormon or LDS Church ), known as the Manhattan New York Temple.
He was the President of The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints ( LDS Church ) from 1847 until his death in 1877, he founded Salt Lake City, and he served as the first governor of the Utah Territory, United States.
The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints ( the LDS Church or, colloquially, the Mormon Church ) is a Christian primitivist church that considers itself to be a restoration of the church founded by Jesus Christ.
This vision would come to be regarded by the LDS Church as the most important event in human history after the resurrection of Jesus.
Brigham Young led the LDS Church from 1844 until his death in 1877.
The standard works of The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints ( LDS Church ) are the four books that currently constitute its open scriptural canon, due to the LDS belief in continuous revelation.
The standard works are printed and distributed by the LDS Church in a single binding called a quadruple combination and as a set of two books, with the Bible in one binding, and the other three books in a second binding called a triple combination.
" There are six recorded instances of this happening in the LDS Church:
When a doctrine undergoes this procedure, the LDS Church treats it as the word of God, and it is used as a standard to compare other doctrines.
The manuscripts of the Joseph Smith Translation of the Bible state that " the Song of Solomon is not inspired scripture ," and therefore it is not included in LDS canon and rarely studied by members of the LDS Church.
Although the Apocrypha was part of the 1611 edition of the KJV, the LDS Church does not currently use the Apocrypha as part of its canon.
However, with the exceptions of Smith's translation of portions of the book of Book of Genesis ( renamed Selections from the Book of Moses ) and the translation of Matthew ( called Joseph Smith – Matthew ), no portions of the Joseph Smith Translation have been officially canonized by the LDS Church.
In the LDS Church's Sunday School and Church Educational System classes, the standard works are studied and taught in a four-year rotation:
LDS and apostle
Bruce R. McConkie, who was later ordained an apostle of the LDS Church, originally wrote his opinion that the Catholic Church was the great and abominable church, but very few in the LDS Church share his view today.
It was named for an early LDS apostle, Charles C. Rich.
The Proclamation was especially authoritative because it was issued in the name of the three members of the First Presidency and the twelve members of the Quorum of the Twelve Apostles, each of the fifteen signatories being considered by the LDS Church an apostle as well as a " prophet, seer, and revelator.
Mantua was settled in the mid-19th Century when future LDS President and then apostle and head church authority in Box Elder County Lorenzo Snow sent settlers to the valley to grow flax.
* Neil L. Andersen – LDS Church apostle ( born in Logan ; raised in Pocatello, Idaho )
* Quentin L. Cook – LDS Church apostle
* L. Tom Perry – LDS Church apostle, graduate of the Jon M. Huntsman School of Business at Utah State University.
John Taylor, an LDS apostle, purchased and expanded the mill in 1858.
After some discussion by the leadership of the Church, LDS apostle Orson Hyde went to the Ohio legislature to request a bank charter while Oliver Cowdery went to Philadelphia and acquired plates to print notes for the proposed Kirtland Safety Society bank.
In 1960, LDS Church apostle Spencer W. Kimball suggested that the skin of Latter-day Saint Native Americans was gradually turning lighter:
Currently, he is the fifth most senior apostle among the ranks of the LDS Church.
On April 7, 1984, during the Saturday morning session of the annual worldwide General Conference of the LDS Church, Oaks was sustained an apostle and a member of the Quorum of the Twelve Apostles.
Smoot was a prominent leader of The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints ( LDS Church ), serving as an apostle in the Quorum of the Twelve Apostles.
On April 8, 1900, Smoot was ordained as an apostle of the LDS Church and became a member of the church's Quorum of the Twelve Apostles.
He retired from active business and political pursuits to dedicate his remaining years as an apostle for the LDS Church.
As an apostle of the LDS Church, Monson worked in many capacities all around the world.
In an effort to clear his debts, he attempted to broker a sale of the " McLellin collection ”— a supposedly extensive group of documents written by William E. M ' Lellin, an early Mormon apostle who eventually broke with the LDS church.
The Bible Dictionary of the LDS Church defines apostle as meaning " one sent forth " and elaborates as follows:
A similar view was also expressed by LDS theologian and apostle James E. Talmage in 1912, who wrote:
The LDS Church apostle John A. Widtsoe downplayed the similarities, arguing that they " do not deal with the basic matters endowment but rather with the mechanism of the ritual.
Comparison of beliefs between the Temple Lot, Community of Christ and LDS churches, written by an apostle in the Temple Lot organization.
Among Woodruff's children was the LDS Church apostle Abraham O. Woodruff.
LDS and Gordon
* Marjorie Hinckley, late wife of former LDS Church President Gordon B. Hinckley, was born in Nephi.
She had occasionally teased LDS Church president, the late Gordon B. Hinckley, that his flock needs to inject some " pep " into their music.
He also worked with Gordon B. Hinckley, the LDS Church's representative on publications, with whom he later served in the First Presidency.
Monson became the 16th president of the LDS Church on February 3, 2008, succeeding Gordon B. Hinckley, who had died seven days earlier.
Gordon Bitner Hinckley ( June 23, 1910 – January 27, 2008 ) was a religious leader and author who served as the 15th President of The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints ( LDS Church ) from March 12, 1995 until his death.
Later that day Jacobs also met with Gordon Hinckley, who said ; " I don't really know if we LDS Church want it.
On February 2, 2008, the group picketed during the funeral of former LDS Church president Gordon B. Hinckley in Salt Lake City, Utah, displaying picket signs intended to criticize him for being a " lying false prophet " and " leading millions of people astray ".
However, deceased LDS Church President Gordon B. Hinckley opposed this practice, saying that Mormons should not pray to the Heavenly Mother, saying that Christ instructed his disciples to address the Heavenly Father in their prayers.
* A biography of three recent LDS church presidents: Ezra Taft Benson, Howard W. Hunter and Gordon B. Hinckley
LDS Church President Gordon B. Hinckley offered a declaration of belief wherein he reaffirmed the teachings of the LDS Church regarding the distinct individuality and perfect unity of the Father, the Son, and the Holy Ghost.
He became the oldest LDS Church President, and continued to hold that honor until Gordon B. Hinckley reached Smith's age in June 2006 ( Hinckley continued as President for another 19 months ).
In 1997, FARMS became part of Brigham Young University after it was invited by Gordon B. Hinckley, President of the LDS Church and chairman of the BYU Board of Trustees.
* Another LDS scholar, Gordon Thomasson has studied the speech as a celebration of the Feast of Tabernacles.
Located in the Chicago suburb of Glenview, the site of Chicago Illinois Temple was dedicated on August 13, 1983 by LDS President Gordon B. Hinckley.
Located in the town of Nauvoo, the temple's construction was announced on April 4, 1999, by LDS President Gordon B. Hinckley.
Richard Gordon Scott ( born November 7, 1928 ) is an American nuclear engineer and a member of the Quorum of the Twelve Apostles of The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints ( LDS Church ).
He was a half-first cousin of late Church President Gordon B. Hinckley ; the two cousins attended the same LDS Church congregation as children.
The designs were solicited by LDS Church architect Leland Gray in the early 1990s, apparently at Gordon B. Hinckley's request.
The Academy no longer is functioning and the building was torn down beginning in September 2007, due to then LDS Church President Gordon B. Hinckley not wanting any buildings to obstruct the view to and from the Nauvoo Temple.
In the October 1999 General Conference, LDS Church President Gordon B. Hinckley gave a talk honoring the Tabernacle and introducing the new LDS Conference Center.
Hinckley was the uncle of former LDS Church President Gordon B. Hinckley.
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