[…] was prepared by Clawson in 1923, two years after his appointment as president of the Twelve, in order to provide a full and accurate history of his reorganization of the church’s financial system. Clawson […]
[…] A series of questions began to occur to me: If I hate my mother, can I love the Heavenly Mother? If I hate my mother, can I love myself? If I hate God, can […]
Dialogue 32.1 (Spring 1999): 119–135 Norman discusses instances where the racist teachings that justified the priesthood restrictions before 1978 continue to be taught.
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[…] its provenance in the vocabulary of Joseph Smith; but it translates a fatherly concern of the highest order. The heart is at stake here, the seat of thought, desire, and volition in Biblical usage; […]
[…] on the Mount, Jesus made an even more demanding proclamation of what God asks of us in order to be his children and follow his example, “Ye have heard that it hath been said, […]
[…] key source of tension between Mormons on the one hand and mainstream Christians on the other. In order to understand this, it is perhaps best to examine first the ways in which the original […]
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[…] salvation, and a separate instance of the same kind of ordinance must be performed for you in order for you to be saved. Ordinances are not thought to be sufficient for salvation, however. Catholicism, […]
[…] and others which he abridged and provided with introductions. These were printed in very inexpensive editions in order to facilitate the widest possible distribution. Wesley encouraged his circuit riders to carry a stock of […]