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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
- For a detailed response, see: 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: The "Mormon" vs. the "Christian" Jesus
Claim
- The "Traditional Christian Christ" is "Only God."
- The "Mormon Christ" is "One of Many Gods."
Response- In LDS theology, the Father, Son, and Holy Ghost are one God. That oneness is understood differently than the creeds.
- For a detailed response, see: Polytheism
- For a detailed response, see: 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- Much of this is false. Jesus was not created in LDS theology. Jesus is also the Creator in LDS theology: "he shall be called Jesus Christ, the Son of God, the Father of heaven and earth, the Creator of all things from the beginning; and his mother shall be called Mary" (Mosiah 3꞉8). Latter-day Saints, like the early Christians, reject the creedal doctrine of creatio ex nihilo (creation out of nothing).
- For a detailed response, see: Creation out of nothing (creatio ex nihilo)
- For a detailed response, see: Jesus as spirit brother of Lucifer
- For a detailed response, see: 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- There is no LDS doctrine on the method of Jesus' conception, save to say He is literally God's son.
- In LDS doctrine, "the virgin [Mary]...is the mother of the Son of God, after the manner of the flesh....she was carried away in the Spirit; and after she had been carried away in the Spirit for the space of a time" she bore Jesus, the Son of God (see 1 Nephi 11꞉18-19).
- For a detailed response, see: Jesus_Christ/Conception and Conception of Jesus Christ
- For a detailed response, see: 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: 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- This is false. Latter-day Saints believe that Jesus' atoning sacrifice began in the Garden of Gethsemane, and was completed by his death on the cross. Furthermore, Jesus' entire perfect life formed part of his offering and mission in our behalf.
- For a detailed response, see: Jesus Christ/Atonement/The garden and the cross and The Garden and the Cross
- For a detailed response, see: 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: 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: The "Mormon" vs. the "Christian" Jesus