[…] pay for his sins. Numerous commentators have agreed that the firing squad exists in Utah law in order to effectuate blood atonement. To quote B.H. Roberts: Latter-day Saints believe that where secular government prescribes […]
[…] Book of Doctrine and Coven ants: Carefully Selected From the Revelations of God, and Given in the Order of Their Dates. Independence, Missouri: Herald Publishing House, 1978. Economics Hill, Marvin S., C. Keith Rooker, […]
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[…] that disrupted the whole course of life in the Church and even the nation. When the United Order was dissolved in 1834 it was through no pressure from outside, but because of greed and […]
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Both of the above statements are clearly affirmations of faith, strong declarations of belief in the Restoration movement, each evolving out of presuppositions about the fundamental truth of the message delivered. Each statement, though […]
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[…] “sent greeting; not by commandment, or constraint, but by revelation and the word of wisdom, showing forth the order and will of God in the temporal salvation of all saints. . . . Given for […]