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View (previous 50 | next 50) (20 | 50 | 100 | 250 | 500)- Question: Does the Book of Abraham state that the sun gets its photons from Kolob? (transclusion) (← links)
- Question: What is the light which comes from the presence of God? (transclusion) (← links)
- Improvement Era (January 1968): "Often the funerary texts contained passages from the 'Book of the Dead,' a book that was to assist in the safe passage of the dead person into the spirit world" (transclusion) (← links)
- Question: What did the Church announce in 1968 when the Joseph Smith papyri fragments were discovered? (transclusion) (← links)
- Question: Was the Church forthright in identifying the rediscovered papyri prior to their examination by non-LDS Egyptologists? (transclusion) (← links)
- Question: How long did the Church know about the papyri before they published information about them? (transclusion) (← links)
- Question: Why does the Book of Abraham state that it was written by Abraham's "own hand upon papyrus" if the papyri date to after the Abrahamic period? (transclusion) (← links)
- Question: Is the phrase "by his own hand upon papyrus" an Egyptian title? (transclusion) (← links)
- Question: Is the phrase "by his own hand upon papyrus" a 19th century redaction? (transclusion) (← links)
- Gospel Topics: "The phrase can be understood to mean that Abraham is the author and not the literal copyist" (transclusion) (← links)
- Question: Did Joseph Smith believe that Abraham wrote the text on the papyrus himself? (transclusion) (← links)
- Question: Does the repudiation of a doctrine that was once taught by a prophet mean that that prophet is now considered a "heretic"? (transclusion) (← links)
- Question: If a doctrine is repudiated, does that mean that it was false when it was being taught? (transclusion) (← links)
- Neil L. Andersen: "The doctrine...is not hidden in an obscure paragraph of one talk...The leaders of the Church are honest but imperfect men" (transclusion) (← links)
- Parrish (1838): "I have set by his side and penned down the translation of the Egyptian Heiroglyphicks as he claimed to receive it by direct inspiration of Heaven" (transclusion) (← links)
- John Whitmer: "Joseph the Seer saw these Record(s) and by the revelation of Jesus Christ could translate these records" (transclusion) (← links)
- Woodruff (1842): "The Lord is Blessing Joseph with Power to reveal the mysteries of the kingdom of God; to translate through the urim & Thummim Ancient records & Hyeroglyphics as old as Abraham or Adam" (transclusion) (← links)
- David B. Haight: "I was there with the outpouring of the Spirit in that room so strong that none of us could speak afterwards" (transclusion) (← links)
- Marion G. Romney: "I have never told anybody some of the experiences I have had, not even my wife. I know that God lives. I not only know that he lives, but I know him" (transclusion) (← links)
- George F. Richards: "The Lord has given me dreams which to me are just as real and as much from God as was the dream of King Nebuchadnezzar" (transclusion) (← links)
- Oaks (2000): "it is usually inappropriate to recite miraculous circumstances to a general audience that includes people with very different levels of spiritual maturity" (transclusion) (← links)
- Oaks (1997): "rarely speak of them publicly because...because we understand that the channels of revelation will be closed if we show these things before the world" (transclusion) (← links)
- Heber C. Kimball (1865): "I know it by revelation by the Spirit of God, for in this way my Heavenly Father communes with me" (transclusion) (← links)
- Wilford Woodruff (1869): "We had the privilege of beholding the face of the prophet...and seeing the workings of the Spirit of God with him, and the revelations of Jesus Christ unto him and the fulfilment of those revelations" (transclusion) (← links)
- Orson Pratt (1878): "I have been blessed with some revelations and prophecies, and with dreams of things that have come to pass" (transclusion) (← links)
- Source:Orson Pratt:JD 7:309-310:to obtain those revelations and visions that belong to the High Priesthood and to the Apostleship (transclusion) (← links)
- Brigham Young (1859): "have I yet lived to the state of perfection that I can commune in person with the Father and the Son at my will and pleasure? No, though I hold myself in readiness that he can wield me at his will and pleasure" (transclusion) (← links)
- Question: Can non-Mormons feel a spiritual experience that cause them to devote themselves to service within another Church? (transclusion) (← links)
- George Q. Cannon (1896): "I know that God lives. I know that Jesus lives; for I have seen him" (transclusion) (← links)
- Orson F. Whitney (1926): "One night I dreamed … that I was in the Garden of Gethsemane, a witness of the Savior’s agony" (transclusion) (← links)
- Source:Snow:An Experience of My Father’s:Improvement Era:1933:It was right here that the Lord Jesus Christ appeared to me at the time of the death of President Woodruff (transclusion) (← links)
- Source:Harold B. Lee:the Lord appeared to him, very informal, the same as I was sitting talking to him (transclusion) (← links)
- James E. Faust (1995): "Jesus is our divine Savior, Redeemer, and the son of God the Father. I know of his reality by a sure perception so sacred I cannot give utterance to it" (transclusion) (← links)
- Henry B. Eyring (1996): "I know as surely as did the Apostles Peter, James, and John that Jesus is the Christ, our risen Lord" (transclusion) (← links)
- Boyd K. Packer (1980): "We do not talk of those sacred interviews that qualify the servants of the Lord to bear a special witness of Him, for we have been commanded not to do so" (transclusion) (← links)
- Harold B. Lee: "I have received a witness that I cannot or dare not deny. When I see Jesus, I cannot mistake His identity. I know that He lives!" (transclusion) (← links)
- Question: If every President of the Church is a prophet, seer, and revelator, why have so few revelations after Joseph Smith been added to the Doctrine and Covenants? (transclusion) (← links)
- Question: Why are revelations no longer published on an ongoing basis? (transclusion) (← links)
- Question: Are prophets simply "men of their time," without any special ability to guide the Church? (transclusion) (← links)
- Question: What if the "rod of nature" was indeed a physical object such as a divining rod? (transclusion) (← links)
- Question: How was the wording of the "rod of nature" revelation that became Doctrine and Covenants 8:6–8 altered over time? (transclusion) (← links)
- Question: Did Joseph Smith attempt to "cover up" Oliver Cowdery's work with a divining rod by changing the wording of the revelation that became Doctrine and Covenants 8:6–8? (transclusion) (← links)
- Revelations in Context on history.lds.org: "Cowdery was among those who believed in and used a divining rod" (transclusion) (← links)
- Dallin H. Oaks (1987): "It should be recognized that such tools as the Urim and Thummim, the Liahona, seerstones, and other articles have been used appropriately in biblical, Book of Mormon, and modern times" (transclusion) (← links)
- Gospel Topics: "the Bible mentions other physical instruments used to access God’s power: the rod of Aaron, a brass serpent, holy anointing oils, the Ark of the Covenant, and even dirt from the ground mixed with saliva" (transclusion) (← links)
- Question: What is the "White Horse Prophecy"? (transclusion) (← links)
- Question: Will the U.S. Constitution eventually "hang by a thread"? (transclusion) (← links)
- Question: Are the "Mormons" secretly planning to eventually take over the U.S. Government? (transclusion) (← links)
- Question: How have leaders of the Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints reacted to the stories of the White Horse prophecy? (transclusion) (← links)
- Question: What do critics of Mormonism say about the "White Horse Prophecy"? (transclusion) (← links)