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| | Dallin H. Oaks - definition of Dallin H. Oaks in Encyclopedia |
 | | At 72, Elder Oaks would be retired from most forms of organized activity, but the LDS Church being organized the way it is, if he survives, his time of greatest prominence lies years in the future. | | | In 2002 he was sent to personally preside over the Church in the Philippines, normally the task of a member of the Quorums of the Seventy, a lower-ranking quorum of Church General Authority. | | | Since the senior living Apostle becomes President of the Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints, this has led to speculation that Elder Oaks may one day lead the Church, but at present this would be far in the future. |
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| | Meridian Magazine: A Brief History of the Limited Geographic View of the Book of Mormon |
| | Here I was introduced to the idea that the Book of Mormon is not a history of all of the people who have lived on the continents of North and South America in all ages of the earth. | | | In an address to FARMS supporters on 29 October 1993, Elder Dallin H. Oaks of the Council of the Twelve Apostles noted that his acceptance of the Mesoamerican view “goes back over forty years to the first class I took on the Book of Mormon at Brigham Young University... | | | [37] Dallin H. Oaks, “The Historicity of the Book of Mormon.” In Paul Y. Hoskisson, ed., Historicity and the Latter-day Saint Scriptures (Provo: Brigham Young University religious Studies Center, 2001), 238-239. |
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http://www.ldsmag.com/ancients/050727geographic.html
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| | Encyclopedia of Mormonism - Open Encyclopedia |
| | This view has credence because LDS Church-owned BYU was contractual author of the work. | | | Content in the Encyclopedia is thought to express a faith-promoting view of the church. | | | Most of the articles are written by Ph.Ds in their respective fields. |
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http://open-encyclopedia.com/Encyclopedia_of_Mormonism
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| | Mormon Classics - E-Text Index page |
| | Oaks, Dallin H. "Historicity of the Book of Mormon" [off-site full text] | | | Roberts, Brigham H. (1888: Nov) "A New Witness for God, VIII" [off-site link] | | | Norris, Benjamin F. (1834 Jan) letter telling about D. Hurlbut [off site full text] |
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http://sidneyrigdon.com/Classics1.htm
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| | Did Jesus Establish Baptism for the Dead? |
| | The 1977 edition of the Topical Guide to the Scriptures does not list Doctrine and Covenants 138:33 under its entry for “baptism for the dead,” though the practice is explicitly mentioned there: “These were taught faith in God, repentance from sin, and vicarious baptism for the remission of sins. | | | Elders Neal A. Maxwell and Dallin H. Oaks of the Quorum of the Twelve “worked closely with” the committee that prepared it, according to an article in the Ensign (March 1992, p. |
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