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Section 3 |
Index of Claims in "Hinckley Claims LDS Worship Different Christ"
Claim
The authors use Gordon B. Hinckley's statement to "prove" that Latter-day Saints believe in "another Christ." President Hinckley stated that Latter-day Saints
do not believe in the traditional Christ. No, I don't. The traditional Christ of whom they speak is not the Christ of whom I speak. For the Christ of whom I speak has been revealed in this the Dispensation of the Fulness of Times.
do not believe in the traditional Christ. No, I don't. The traditional Christ of whom they speak is not the Christ of whom I speak. For the Christ of whom I speak has been revealed in this the Dispensation of the Fulness of Times.
Author's source(s)
- LDS Church News, June 20, 1998. off-site
Response
- For a detailed response, see: Gordon B. Hinckley states that Latter-day Saints don't believe in the "traditional" Christ and Jesus Christ/The "Mormon" vs. the "Christian" Jesus
Claim
- The "Traditional Christian Christ" is "Eternally God."
- The "Mormon Christ" was "not always God" and "became a God."
Response- For a detailed response, see: Jesus Christ/The "Mormon" vs. the "Christian" Jesus
Claim
- The "Traditional Christian Christ" is "Only God."
- The "Mormon Christ" is "One of Many Gods."
Response- For a detailed response, see: Jesus Christ/The "Mormon" vs. the "Christian" Jesus
Claim
- The "Traditional Christian Christ" is "Creator of All Things."
- The "Mormon Christ" "Was Created; Spirit Brother of Lucifer."
Response- For a detailed response, see: Jesus Christ/The "Mormon" vs. the "Christian" Jesus
Claim
- The "Traditional Christian Christ" is "Begotten Miraculously, of the Holy Spirit"
- The "Mormon Christ" is "Begotten Sexually, by God the Father"
Response- For a detailed response, see: Jesus Christ/The "Mormon" vs. the "Christian" Jesus
Claim
- The "Traditional Christian Christ" is "Not Married."
- The "Mormon Christ" is "Married with Children."
Response- For a detailed response, see: Jesus Christ/The "Mormon" vs. the "Christian" Jesus
Claim
- The "Traditional Christian Christ" is "Atoned for Sin by Death on the Cross"
- The "Mormon Christ" is "Atoned by Sweating Blood in Gethsemane."
Response- For a detailed response, see: Jesus Christ/The "Mormon" vs. the "Christian" Jesus
Claim
- The "Traditional Christian Christ" is "Justifies the Ungodly."
- The "Mormon Christ" "Requires Godliness before Justification."
Response- For a detailed response, see: Jesus Christ/The "Mormon" vs. the "Christian" Jesus
Claim
- The "Traditional Christian Christ" is "Offers Full Salvation Unconditionally."
- The "Mormon Christ" "Offers Full Salvation Only on Conditions."
Response- For a detailed response, see: Jesus Christ/The "Mormon" vs. the "Christian" Jesus