[…] 9.4 (Winter 1974): 21–34</i><br> Foster points out that in 1842 an unpublished pamphlet was written called “ The Peace Maker” that expressed its support for polygamy. It is the first-known defense of polygamy before […]
[…] of American kinship organization upon which, he says, Mormon and Puri tan structures are also premised: “the order of nature (things as they exist in nature) and the order of law (human regulations and […]
Legend has it that in the year 988 A.D., Prince Vladimir, ruler of ancient Kievan Rus’, brought Christianity to the Slavs. The apparent catalyst for his own conversion was a plea from Emperor Basil […]
[…] me that the Book of Mormon teaches that persons who are merely effects of the natural causal order, or “acted upon,” are not free. In contrast, those persons who break free of the realm […]
[…] to an Israelite origin as posited by Mormon scripture, genetic data have confirmed already existing archaeological, cultural, linguistic, and biological data, pointing to migrations from Asia as ” the primary source of American Indian origins
[…] pope called cardinals, who have the exclusive right to elect the pope; bishops, who represent the highest order of ministry; priests, who are the local ministers of the church; and laity, or ordinary Catholics […]
[…] ancient Hebrew literary form. Since they were little known during Joseph Smith’s day, any extended chiasms in the Book of Mormon would be evidence of the book’s ancient Hebrew origins. John W. Welch has […]
[…] priest at Nauvoo, Illinois, wrote a long emotional letter on Christmas Day in 1844 which praised Mormonism, the martyred Mormon prophet Joseph Smith, Smith’s deceased brothers (Hyrum, Don Carlos, and Samuel), and current Mormon […]
[…] for things that need to be said.” – Carol Lynn Pearson https://www.dialoguejournal.com/wp-content/uploads/podcasts/CarolLynnPearson_snippet.mp3 I discovered that (Dialgoue) was the drink of water I needed after being in the desert for all these years.” – Devery […]
[…] “absolute beginning” or creation from “nothing,” but refers to the “beginning” connected with our earth and the order of worlds with which it is connected. We can see in this assertion the recognition of […]