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Latter-day Saints maintain that other religions — Christian or otherwise — have a portion of the truth, though mingled with inaccuracies due to misinterpretations of some doctrines, such as the nature of the Godhead, how Adam and Eve's choice in the Garden of Eden and their fall advanced the Plan of salvation, the need for modern divine revelation through living prophets and apostles, and the universal divine potential of mankind.
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* 1893 – Salt Lake Temple of The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints is dedicated by Wilford Woodruff.
Joseph F. Smith of The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints presents an elaborate vision of the Afterlife.
"--- what Jesus ’ immortal spirit did after His death and before His Resurrection is a mystery to all but the Latter-day Saints ---" ( Elder Spencer J. Condie, Liahona ,-Church magazine – July, 2003 ) "--- unto the wicked he did not go, and among the ungodly and the unrepentant-- his voice was not raised.
* 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 ).
* 1932 – Dallin H. Oaks, American attorney, jurist, author, and religious leader, apostle of The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints
* 1927 – Thomas S. Monson, American religious leader and author, 16th President of The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints
* 1852 – At a general conference of the The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints, Brigham Young explains the Adam – God doctrine, an important part of the theology of Mormon fundamentalism.
Members of The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints ( sometimes referred to as Mormons ) claim apostolic succession through the process of restoration.
Some Latter-day Saints ( LDS or Mormons ) believe it to be the language of God.
Some Latter-day Saints believe that the Adamic language is the " pure language " spoken of by Zephaniah and that it will be restored as the universal language of humankind at the end of the world.
Other words thought by some Latter-day Saints to derive from the Adamic language include deseret (" honey bee ", see Ether 2: 3 and Ahman (" God ").
Members of the Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints often, but not exclusively consider anointing to be an ordinance.
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.
* 1899 – Ezra Taft Benson, American missionary and politician, 13th President of The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints ( d. 1994 )
* Aba Nigeria Temple, of The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints in Aba, Abia, Nigeria
In The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints, the Bishop is the leader of a local congregation, called a ward.
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.
Other groups originating in this time period include the Christadelphians and The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints, the largest denomination of the Latter Day Saint movement with over 14 million members.
The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints ( also called Mormons ) neither promotes nor opposes capital punishment, although the church's founder, Joseph Smith, Jr., supported it.
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.
Adherents, referred to as Latter-day Saints or, more informally, Mormons, view faith in Jesus Christ and his atonement as the central tenet of their religion.
Under the doctrine of continuing revelation, Latter-day Saints believe that Jesus Christ, under the direction of Heavenly Father, leads the church by revealing His will to its president, whom adherents regard as a modern-day " prophet, seer, and revelator ".
The history of the The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints is typically divided into three broad time periods: ( 1 ) the early history during the lifetime of Joseph Smith, Jr. which is in common with all Latter Day Saint movement churches, ( 2 ) a " pioneer era " under the leadership of Brigham Young and his 19th century successors, and ( 3 ) a modern era beginning around the turn of the 20th century as Utah achieved statehood.
The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints traces its current dispensation beginnings to Joseph Smith, Jr. on April 6, 1830 in Western New York.
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Latter-day Saints maintain that other religions have a portion of the truth, mingled with inaccuracies.
In The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints, the Priesthood Correlation Program ( also called the Correlation Program or simply Correlation ) is a program designed to provide a systematic approach to maintain consistency in its ordinances, doctrines, organizations, meetings, materials, and other programs and activities.
* New Order Mormons-A website for members of The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints who no longer believe some ( or many ) of the doctrines of the LDS church, but who want to maintain membership for cultural and social reasons.
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Latter-day interest in Elizabethan singing dates well back into the nineteenth century in England, much ahead of similar revivals in other countries.
Some other early Latter-day Saint leaders, including Brigham Young, Orson Pratt and Elizabeth Ann Whitney claimed to have received several words in the Adamic language in revelations.
Latter-day Saint bishops do not wear any special clothing or insignia the way clergy in many other churches do, but are expected to dress and groom themselves neatly and conservatively per their local culture, especially when performing official duties.
Divine revelation for the direction of the entire church comes from God to the President of the Church, who is viewed by Latter-day Saints as a prophet in the same sense as Noah, Abraham, Moses, Peter, and other biblical leaders.
Latter-day Saints in other non-English speaking areas may use other versions of the Bible.
However, in recent times, leaders of the church have emphasized that Latter-day Saints should not restrict their study of the standard works to the particular book being currently studied in Sunday School or other religious courses.
Ecumenical councils are not recognised by nontrinitarian churches such as The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints ( and other denominations within Mormonism ), Jehovah's Witnesses, and Unitarians.
In The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints ( LDS church ), the " Holy Sacrament of the Lord's Supper ", more simply referred to as the Sacrament, is administered every Sunday ( except General Conference or other special Sunday meeting ) in each LDS Ward or branch worldwide at the beginning of Sacrament meeting.
The practice of glossolalia by the Latter-day Saints seems to have been much more restrained than in many other contemporary movements.
Today a vast majority of Mormons are members of The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints ( LDS Church ) while a minority are members of other churches.
: Members of The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints, formally known as Latter-day Saints, constitute over 99 % of Mormons .< ref > The LDS Church claims a membership of over 14 million (), while members of other Brigham Young – lineage sects number in the tens of thousands.
Members of The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints ( colloquially called Mormons ) generally view Moses in the same way that other Christians do.
The term was initially considered pejorative, but is no longer considered so by Mormons ( although other terms such as Latter-day Saint, or LDS, are generally preferred ).
" To Latter-day Saints, " the Bible and the Book of Mormon complement each other, both providing a witness that Jesus Christ is the Son of God and the Redeemer of the world.
After Smith's death, the doctrine of pre-mortal existence was elaborated by some other Latter Day Saint leaders, primarily within The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints and its breakoffs.
The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints spend one evening per week called Family Home Evening ( FHE ) or Family Night usually Monday, that families are encouraged to spend together in study, prayer and other family activities.
" The term " latter-day saints " refers to the fact that members of Christ's church were originally called " saints " and that The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints is Christ's restored church in these, what LDS and other Christian denominations believe, are the last days prior to prophesied second coming of Jesus.
The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints remains a major sponsor of scouting in Utah, however churches of other faiths, and other non profit organizations are sponsors of Utah scouting programs.
The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints is the dominant religious denomination in Roosevelt, with three stakes centered in town ; but the community also includes Roman Catholic, Christian Assembly of God, Baptist, Jehovah's Witnesses, and other smaller denomination congregations.
In the fall of 1877, in response to the same call from The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints that brought settlers to the other creeks in Castle Valley, a small group from Fairview, Utah, under the leadership of Elias Cox, established a dugout colony on the banks of Huntington Creek and began digging irrigation canals.
At other times high alkali content made farming difficult, but there were enough Latter-day Saints to form a separate Granger Ward in 1884.
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