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I came across this version of the last Article of Faith as cited in John W. Gunnison's ''The Mormons:'' | I came across this version of the last Article of Faith as cited in John W. Gunnison's ''The Mormons:'' | ||
:"We believe in being honest, true, chaste, temperate, benevolent, virtuous, and upright, and in doing good to all men; indeed, we may say that we follow the admonition of Paul, we 'believe all things,' we 'hope all things,' and hope to be able to 'endure all things.' Everything lovely, virtuous, praiseworthy, and of good report, we seek after, looking forward 'to the recompense of reward.' But an idle or lazy person cannot be a Christian, neither have salvation. He is a drone, and destined to be stung to death and tumbled out of the hive" (John W. Gunnison, ''The Mormons or Latter-day Saints in the Valley of the Great Salt Lake'' [Philadelphia: J. B. Lippincott and Co., 1860], 40). | :"We believe in being honest, true, chaste, temperate, benevolent, virtuous, and upright, and in doing good to all men; indeed, we may say that we follow the admonition of Paul, we 'believe all things,' we 'hope all things,' and hope to be able to 'endure all things.' Everything lovely, virtuous, praiseworthy, and of good report, we seek after, looking forward 'to the recompense of reward.' But an idle or lazy person cannot be a Christian, neither have salvation. He is a drone, and destined to be stung to death and tumbled out of the hive" (John W. Gunnison, ''The Mormons or Latter-day Saints in the Valley of the Great Salt Lake'' [Philadelphia: J. B. Lippincott and Co., 1860], 40). | ||
Can you identify the source of this unusual version of the 13th Article of Faith? How do you account for the changes? | Can you identify the source of this unusual version of the 13th Article of Faith? How do you account for the changes? | ||
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The source of this version of the 13th Article of Faith - as noted on page 38 of Gunnison's book - is Elder Orson Hyde's newspaper called the ''Frontier Guardian''. | The source of this version of the 13th Article of Faith - as noted on page 38 of Gunnison's book - is Elder Orson Hyde's newspaper called the ''Frontier Guardian''. | ||
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:Even after the Wentworth Letter was published in March 1842, many other lists of LDS beliefs continued to appear for the next generation. In April 1849, James H. Flanigan included a list of fourteen statements in a pamphlet published in England, and this list was quoted and sometimes modified in various publications throughout the nineteenth century. For example, it was quoted in Charles MacKay's popular book ''The Mormons; or the Latter-day Saints'' (London, 1851, pp. 46–47). This list follows the Wentworth Letter almost verbatim, adding such points as "the Lord's supper" to Article 4; including "wisdom, charity, [and] brotherly love" among the gifts of the spirit in Article 7; and inserting a fourteenth article regarding the literal resurrection of the body. Other lists (usually composed by missionaries) were published in various parts of the world throughout this era.{{ref|eom1}} | :Even after the Wentworth Letter was published in March 1842, many other lists of LDS beliefs continued to appear for the next generation. In April 1849, James H. Flanigan included a list of fourteen statements in a pamphlet published in England, and this list was quoted and sometimes modified in various publications throughout the nineteenth century. For example, it was quoted in Charles MacKay's popular book ''The Mormons; or the Latter-day Saints'' (London, 1851, pp. 46–47). This list follows the Wentworth Letter almost verbatim, adding such points as "the Lord's supper" to Article 4; including "wisdom, charity, [and] brotherly love" among the gifts of the spirit in Article 7; and inserting a fourteenth article regarding the literal resurrection of the body. Other lists (usually composed by missionaries) were published in various parts of the world throughout this era.{{ref|eom1}} | ||
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#{{note|eom1}}{{EoM|author=David J. Whittaker|article=Articles of Faith|vol=1|start=68|end=69}} | #{{note|eom1}}{{EoM|author=David J. Whittaker|article=Articles of Faith|vol=1|start=68|end=69}} | ||
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*Matthew B. Brown, "Accusations Against the Articles of Faith," FAIR Brochure, 2004. {{pdflink|url=http://www.fairlds.org/FAIR_Brochures/Articles_of_Faith.pdf}} | *Matthew B. Brown, "Accusations Against the Articles of Faith," FAIR Brochure, 2004. {{pdflink|url=http://www.fairlds.org/FAIR_Brochures/Articles_of_Faith.pdf}} | ||
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*{{Ensign|author=John W. Welch and David J. Whittaker|article='We Believe....': Development of the Articles of Faith|date=September 1979|start=51|end=55}}{{link|url=http://library.lds.org/nxt/gateway.dll/Magazines/Ensign/1979.htm/ensign%20september%201979%20.htm/we%20believe.%20%20development%20of%20the%20articles%20of%20faith%20.htm}} | *{{Ensign|author=John W. Welch and David J. Whittaker|article='We Believe....': Development of the Articles of Faith|date=September 1979|start=51|end=55}}{{link|url=http://library.lds.org/nxt/gateway.dll/Magazines/Ensign/1979.htm/ensign%20september%201979%20.htm/we%20believe.%20%20development%20of%20the%20articles%20of%20faith%20.htm}} | ||
*{{EoM|author=David J. Whittaker|article=Articles of Faith|vol=1|start=68|end=69}} | *{{EoM|author=David J. Whittaker|article=Articles of Faith|vol=1|start=68|end=69}} | ||
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[[fr:Differing versions of the Articles of Faith]] | [[fr:Differing versions of the Articles of Faith]] |
This page is based on an answer to a question submitted to the FAIR web site, or a frequently asked question.
==== I came across this version of the last Article of Faith as cited in John W. Gunnison's The Mormons:
Can you identify the source of this unusual version of the 13th Article of Faith? How do you account for the changes?
The source of this version of the 13th Article of Faith - as noted on page 38 of Gunnison's book - is Elder Orson Hyde's newspaper called the Frontier Guardian.
There were many versions of "articles of faith" prepared by various early Latter-day Saints to support their missionary efforts. Most of them had essential items in common (belief in God the Father, Jesus Christ, and the Holy Ghost; the necessity of faith, repentance, baptism, and the gift of the Holy Ghost; etc.), but there were various differences among them.
The following is an excerpt from the Encyclopedia of Mormonism:
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