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- ...omises made by prophets such as Brigham Young that black members would one day receive priesthood and temple blessings"= ...ion. It also extended the blessings of the temple to all worthy Latter-day Saints, men and women. The First Presidency statement regarding the revelation was30 KB (4,879 words) - 21:04, 27 May 2024
- Latter-day Saints do not choose between the two, any more than they choose between Peter and ...a self-serving interpretation of what makes a prophet, and the Latter-day Saints have a different interpretation.29 KB (4,776 words) - 14:20, 13 April 2024
- ...istian cult; nothing must challenge the video's version of what Latter-day Saints "really" believe. ...not discuss these issues with Latter-day Saints, lest they learn that the Saints believe a great many of the same things as they do about Christ. (See discu14 KB (2,363 words) - 14:19, 13 April 2024
- ...advances is from God or not; and so that, if necessary, we could go to the stake, and have no doubts on the subject. ''I told the people in Nauvoo . . . that if they were not Saints at that critical juncture, they ought to repent of their sins, and get the12 KB (2,160 words) - 15:43, 13 April 2024
- ...was great political, legal, and even military pressure brought against the Saints because of plural marriage. The members endured great privations for their ...ontracts or treaties with the surrounding nations. Many Jews in Jeremiah's day likely saw that instruction as further reason to rebel against their vassal26 KB (4,229 words) - 02:14, 19 May 2024
- ==The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints (LDS)== Note the lower case on the word "day" and the use of hyphenation. Also, since the starting "The" is part of the3 KB (505 words) - 15:00, 13 April 2024
- Like all religions, the Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints has terms or expressions which may not be familiar to outsiders. Some of t ;Aaronic Priesthood:This is one of the two Latter-Day Saints priesthoods. It is made up of three offices Deacon, Teacher and Priest each27 KB (4,268 words) - 15:00, 13 April 2024
- ...tion for service seems contradictory to strongly held values of the Latter-day Saint community. However, it should be noted that priestcraft as it has bee ...mal training in theology or Church administration. This includes bishops, stake presidents, Area Seventies, Relief Society presidents, priests, teachers, d23 KB (3,695 words) - 21:11, 7 May 2024
- ...ere are some things we do not know, and we rely on faith that God will one day give us the answers to the questions of our mortal existence. The sub-artic ...-day Saint prophet, instead of assumptions of infallibility foisted on the Saints by their critics.28 KB (4,657 words) - 20:03, 27 May 2024
- ==Question: Was Zarahemla located near present-day Nauvoo?== ...Zarahemla in such works as {{Book:Cannon Cowan Garr:Encyclopedia of Latter-day Saint History|author=Richard E. Bennett|article=Montrose, Iowa}} or {{BYUS|8 KB (1,321 words) - 21:57, 1 May 2024
- ..." to which he responded, "those judgments are left up to local bishops and stake presidents and the particular circumstances involved." <ref>Carrie A. Moor2 KB (297 words) - 15:30, 13 April 2024
- It is not clear that the early Saints contemplated any exceptions to this command in their own case, until ''afte ...s,<ref>Joseph Smith, ''History of the Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-Day Saints'', ed. Brigham H. Roberts, 7 vols. (Salt Lake City, Utah: Deseret Book Comp23 KB (3,617 words) - 20:28, 17 May 2024
- ...doing as a missionary, this ‘abridgement’ does little but distort the day’s activity.”<ref>{{BYUS|author=James B. Allen|article=[https://byustudi ...Plural marriage simply isn't a normal topic of discussion among Latter-day Saints. It is difficult to understand why those attending modern "LDS gatherings"15 KB (2,186 words) - 14:14, 13 April 2024
- ...an episode of the series "Big Love" which dramatized a portion of a Latter-day Saint temple ceremony. The producers of the series insisted that the inclus ...reaches a size or prominence sufficient to attract notice. Yet Latter-day Saints – sometimes known as Mormons - still wonder whether and how they should r22 KB (3,737 words) - 22:05, 9 May 2024
- ...itmer said that God told him to separate himself from among the Latter Day Saints |L9=Response to claim: 103 - Latter-day Saint author Richard Anderson was "forced to acknowledge that Martin Harris33 KB (5,227 words) - 13:33, 13 April 2024
- ...f as "a man of like passions with yourselves." <ref>William Clayton to the Saints at Manchester, 10 Dec. 1840, Clayton Papers; cited in {{TrialsOfDiscipleshi ...the United States....Still, the Mormon prophet was realistic enough not to stake the entire future of the Kingdom of God on this plan.11 KB (1,771 words) - 13:33, 13 April 2024
- ...he withdrew from the Church after holding positions in England as bishop, stake president and area executive secretary. He now serves as managing editor of17 KB (2,551 words) - 14:20, 13 April 2024
- ...h Smith the Prophet, has presented himself as the leader of the Latter-day Saints. I will take this for my text. In the first place I will say to the saints that I know more about Joseph Smith, the prophet of the last days, and his11 KB (2,054 words) - 15:08, 13 April 2024
- ...d I will tell you wherein. Let a Bishop, a High Priest, a President of any Stake or Quorum, any who are Elders in Israel, or any individual Saint from the f ...serve me, I expect to improve the time. I love to preach at home with the Saints. I love to meet with them, and look upon their happy countenances, lit up w27 KB (5,178 words) - 14:33, 13 April 2024
- ...of the High Priests Quorum, and the Presidency and the High Council of the Stake had laid the Stone, April 6, 1853. ...and sisters of this Church, that I am permitted to live to see the present day, and to stand upon this rock, which is the North-west Corner Stone of a Tem4 KB (843 words) - 14:43, 13 April 2024