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Latter-day Saints believe that the Church’s scripturally-based teachings change lives by motivating people to become more like the Savior. President Boyd K. Packer (1924-2015) of the Quorum of the Twelve Apostles taught, “True doctrine, understood, changes attitudes and behavior.”. With this understanding in mind, the following series of ...
- Jesus Christ
Jesus Christ is central to The Church of Jesus Christ of...
- Jesus Christ
Since its humble founding in 1830 with a mere six people in a log cabin in upstate New York, the Church has continued to grow in membership and influence. Values. The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints is a restoration of New Testament Christianity as taught by Jesus and His apostles. It is not Protestant, evangelical, Catholic or ...
May 13, 2019 · Unlike many other religions, the history of both the Jewish people and those of the Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints is filled with bloodshed, discrimination, and martyrs. Few others understand the visceral hatred that can be, and often is, sent in our directions, whether it be online or in person.
- Bethany Mandel
- Raphael Jospe
- Background
- Chosenness and Its Implications
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My topic, “Jews and Mormons: Similarities and Diferences,” is not an obvious choice for an Israeli visiting America. Jews are overwhelmingly ignorant of and indiferent to Mormonism, even Jews who know something about other Christian religions or Islam. Indeed, a friend of mine, who is a highly respected Israeli scholar and who fre quently lectures ...
This is not the place to explore in detail the concept of chosenness, which was the subject of my paper in our Jewish Mormon volume.15 Here I wish only to call attention to how the concept brings out simi larities and diferences between Jews and Mormons. Chosenness can be understood as externally or internally directed; it can be based on truth cla...
- Raphael Jospe
- 2005
churchofjesuschrist.org. The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints, informally known as the LDS Church or Mormon Church, is the largest Latter Day Saint denomination. Founded by Joseph Smith during the Second Great Awakening, the church is headquartered in Salt Lake City, Utah, and has established congregations and built temples worldwide.
Oct 2, 2009 · The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints is certainly Christian to the extent that Christ is at the centre of its beliefs. ... This shows that the Roman Catholic Church regards Mormonism as ...
suggesting how Jews can profit by adopting some aspects of Latter-day practice and adapting them for their own use. In “Ancient Foundations of a Modern Religion: Latter-day Saints and the Hebrew Bible,” BYU professor Shon D. Hopkin continues along these same lines, by affirming that Latter-day Saints also have much to learn from Jews.
