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The LDS Church's 1981 edition also contains two " Official Declarations " at the book's conclusion, the first renouncing polygamy in 1890, and the second in 1978 announcing the opening of priesthood ordination to all worthy male members including previously restricted members of African descent.
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LDS and Church's
Under the LDS Church's doctrine of continuing revelation, Latter-day Saints believe literally in the principle of revelation from God to his children.
In the LDS Church's Sunday School and Church Educational System classes, the standard works are studied and taught in a four-year rotation:
The LDS Church's version of the Doctrine and Covenants is officially described by the church as " containing revelations given to Joseph Smith, the Prophet, with some additions by his successors in the Presidency of the Church.
The 138 Sections in LDS Church's Doctrine and Covenants break down as follows:
Probably due to the LDS Church's change in attitude to polygamy in 1890, these sections were not included in future English editions of the Doctrine and Covenants.
Sections 137 and 138 were added to the LDS Church's 1981 edition of the Doctrine and Covenants, which is the edition currently in use by the church.
The word Eucharist may refer not only to the rite but also to the consecrated bread ( leavened or unleavened ) and wine ( or unfermented grape juice in some Protestant denominations, water in the LDS Church's sacrament ), used in the rite.
" Despite the LDS Church's position, the term Mormon is widely used by journalists and non-journalists to refer to adherents of Mormon fundamentalism.
While the term " Mormon Church " has long been attached to the church as a nickname, it is an unauthorized title, and the Church's style guide says, " Please avoid the use of ' Mormon Church ', ' LDS Church ' or the ' Church of the Latter-day Saints.
In some countries, Mormon and some phrases including the term are registered trademarks owned by Intellectual Reserve, Inc. ( a holding company for the LDS Church's intellectual property ).
The church also may excommunicate or discipline those within the church who openly oppose the LDS Church's top leadership, which is viewed as a sign of apostasy.
Some felt that the dismissals were a result of the LDS Church's influence on the university, while others felt that they reflected a more general pattern of repressing religious and political expression that might be deemed offensive.
# Prairie du Chien, Wisconsin, is about 200 miles northwest of Nauvoo, Illinois and sixty mies south of the Black River, which led to the LDS Church's 1840s lumber mills on the Mississippi river.
Over time, many of those who rejected the LDS Church's relinquishment of plural marriage formed small, close-knit communities in areas of the Rocky Mountains.
On the other hand, some believers in the Book of Mormon, such as Marvin Perkins, see these changes as better conforming the chapter headers and footnotes to the meaning of the text in light of the LDS Church's 1978 Revelation on Priesthood.
It was not published in the LDS Church's 1902 History of the Church because of then-Church President Joseph F. Smith's discomfort with some ideas in the sermon popularized by the editor of the project, B. H. Roberts of the First Council of the Seventy.
Although the discourse is considered by Mormons to be one of the most important given by Smith on the nature of God and exaltation, it is not part of the LDS Church's canonized scriptures.
The central component of the scheme was the LDS Church's purchase of the Eagle Emporium, a conglomerate of mercantile companies owned by William Jennings.
Bronze statue on the LDS Church | LDS Church's Temple Square ( Salt Lake City, Utah, USA ) depicting Peter, James, son of Zebedee | James, and John the Apostle | John conferring the Melchizedek priesthood ( Latter Day Saints ) | Melchizedek priesthood in A. D. 1829 to Joseph Smith and Oliver Cowdery
In the 21st century, the vision features prominently in the LDS Church's program of proselytism.
He also worked with Gordon B. Hinckley, the LDS Church's representative on publications, with whom he later served in the First Presidency.
It is also asserted that the LDS leaders don't claim infallibility and that the Church's efforts to obtain and archive historically significant material extends to works even by anti-Mormon authors.
The next day a New York Times headline read, " Mormon Document Raises Doubts on Succession of Church's Leaders ," and the LDS Church was forced to confirm the discovery and publicly present the document to the RLDS Church.
LDS and 1981
The 1981 LDS edition replaced these with the real names, relegating the code names to footnotes.
Other LDS chapels were constructed in 1926 and in 1981.
Many of his observations were included as improvements in the 1981 LDS edition of the Book of Mormon.
" The non-canonical introduction to the 1981 LDS Church edition of the Book of Mormon stated, " the Lamanites are the principal ancestors of the American Indians.
The non-canonical 1981 footnote text of the Book of Mormon closely linked the concept of " skin of blackness " with that of " scales of darkness falling from their eyes ", suggesting that the LDS Church has interpreted both cases as being examples of figurative language.
However, all future LDS Church printings of the Book of Mormon until 1981 continued from the second edition, saying the Lamanites would become " a white and delightsome people ".
In 1981, Hofmann arrived at the headquarters of the LDS Church with a document which supposedly provided evidence that Joseph Smith, Jr., the Mormon prophet, had designated his son Joseph Smith III, rather than Brigham Young, as his successor.
In February 1981, Hofmann tried to sell the letter to the chief archivist of the LDS Church.
By 1949, the practice had been comparatively " practically discontinued " by the LDS Church, though in 1981 it continued " to be performed -- albeit on a small scale ".
In a 1981 speech to educators in the LDS Church Educational System, he cautioned, " There is a temptation for the writer or teacher of Church history to want to tell everything, whether it is worthy or faith promoting or not.
Neal Ash Maxwell ( July 6, 1926 – July 21, 2004 ) was an apostle and a member of the Quorum of the Twelve Apostles of The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints ( LDS Church ) from 1981 until his death.
Goldstein's wife had joined the LDS Church in 1981.
* Joseph Smith — History-complete text used by the LDS Church ; includes footnotes added by church in 1981
" Smith also reported seeing Adam, Abraham, and three family members who had previously died ; this experience of Smith was canonized by the LDS Church as revelation and published as such for the first time in 1981.
In 1981, the official magazine of the LDS Church ran an article stating that the plates were a hoax.
LDS and edition
English-speaking Latter-day Saints typically own and study the LDS Church-published edition of the King James Version of the Bible, which includes LDS-oriented chapter headings, footnotes referencing books in the Standard Works, and select passages from the Joseph Smith Translation of the Bible.
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.
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Controversy has existed between the two largest denominations of the Latter Day Saint movement over some sections added to the 1876 LDS edition, attributed to founder Smith.
In 1876, a new LDS Church edition renumbered most of the sections in a roughly chronological order instead of the earlier topical order, and included 26 revelations not included in previous editions, now numbered as Sections 2, 13, 77, 85, 87, 108 – 111, 113 – 118, 120 – 123, 125, 126, 129 – 132, and 136.
It was superseded by section 132 of the modern LDS edition, which contains a revelation received by Joseph Smith on eternal marriage and teaches the doctrine of plural marriage.
* References to Moroni < sup > 2 </ sup > in the index to the LDS edition of the Book of Mormon.
* William W. Phelps ( 1792 – 1892 ), best known for his legacy of LDS hymns, many of which appear in the current edition of the LDS Hymnal.
At that time BYU Professor Ellis Rasmussen and his associates were asked by the LDS Church to begin preparation for a new edition of the Holy Scriptures.
On page 72 of the 1998 edition of the Church Handbook of Instructions, the LDS Church created a new policy that a woman may also be sealed to more than one man.
" The wording was changed in the 2006 Doubleday edition and subsequent editions published by the LDS Church, stating only that the Lamanites " are among the ancestors of the American Indians.
The 1985 English-language edition of the LDS Church hymnal includes two hymns written by Taylor, " Go Ye Messengers of Glory " (# 262 ) and " Go, Ye Messengers of Heaven " (# 327 ).
He was chair of the Scripture Publication Committee in the 1970s that oversaw publication of the LDS Church edition of the King James Bible and revised editions of LDS Church scriptures containing footnotes and guides.
Appraised by the LDS church for $ 25, 000, it was purchased on October 13 in exchange for several artifacts the church owned in duplicate, including a $ 5 gold Mormon coin, Deseret banknotes, and a first edition of the Book of Mormon.
( Doctrine and Covenants 20: 58, LDS edition ) The term administer has since been interpreted as reading the sacrament prayer, which deacons and teachers still do not have the authority to do.
Because LDS scholars had not yet had an opportunity to compare the corrected edition of the 1944 CoC edition of the Bible version to the original manuscripts, its initial acceptance by LDS Church members was limited.
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