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| Â | Priesthood Organization |
 | | "Each week the two presiding quorums of The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints meet jointly as the Council of the First Presidency and the Quorum of the Twelve Apostles. | | | Through the opportunities of this priesthood, men and women in partnership with God can conduct the work of the family and the Church." Encyclopedia of Mormonism | | | "The First Presidency is the governing body of and highest ranking quorum in The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints. |
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http://www.lightplanet.com/mormons/basic/organization/priesthood/index.htm
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| Â | Mormon Books and Leaders |
| | Mormon Doctrine - written by Mormon Apostle and apologist Bruce McConkie, and published in 1966; this is the standard LDS guide to church doctrine, found in nearly every active Mormon household. | | | Book of Mormon: Mormons claim their book to be a record written on golden plates by prophets of a race who lived in the Americas for about 1,000 years. | | | His book 'Mormon Doctrine' can be found in almost every Mormon household and is the standard reference used by Mormons to talk about church doctrine. |
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http://wri.leaderu.com/mormonism/mormon-books.html
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| Â | Encyclopedia: Quorum of the Twelve |
| | In Mormonism, the Quorum of the Twelve Apostles (also known as the Quorum of the Twelve, the Council of Twelve, or the Twelve) is one of the governing bodies of the church hierarchy in many Latter Day Saint denominations, members of which are considered to be Apostle s. | | | When the President of the Church dies, the most senior member of the Quorum is ordained as the President and Prophet of the Church. | | | The Quorum was originally designated to be a body of "traveling councilors" equal in authority to the First Presidency as well as to the Seventy, the standing High Council of Zion and the High Councils of the various Stake s of Zion ( Doctrine & Covenants 107:25-27, 36-37). |
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http://www.nationmaster.com/encyclopedia/Quorum-of-the-Twelve
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| Â | What is Mormonism - The Origin of the Book of Mormon - Mormon Theology |
| | Additionally, all Mormons agree that the Book of Mormon is the foundation of their religion and that if the Book of Mormon weren't true, there could be no Mormon religion. | | | All Mormons agree that without the Book of Mormon, there is no basis for the Mormon religion. | | | Mormons today believe God the Father is married and past leaders have taught both God the Father and Jesus Christ are polygamists. |
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http://www.whatismormonism.com/
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| Â | The Watchman Expositor: Residual Racism in Modern Mormonism |
| | Mormon leaders, on the other hand, make the claim to be speaking for God. | | | Mormons today, if they acknowledge the doctrine was ever taught, like to dismiss it as a quirky opinion of Brigham Young, and not the doctrine of the Church. | | | Both Mormons and critics of Mormonism were surprised to read in the May 18, 1998 Los Angeles Times that Mormon Church leaders were seriously considering public repudiation of long standing Mormon doctrine on the spiritual inferiority of blacks of African descent. |
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http://www.watchman.org/lds/residualracism.htm
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| Â | Did Jesus Establish Baptism for the Dead? |
| | The silence of the Book of Mormon on baptism for the dead is an important fact, for it means that a single verse in the Bible — 1 Corinthians 15:29 — constitutes its sole mention in ancient Christian Scripture. | | | The view that deceased human beings can hear and receive the gospel of Jesus Christ in the spirit world, and through proxy baptism performed for them on earth, attain eternal life in the presence of God, is one of the distinctive doctrines of Mormonism that separates it from historic, Biblical Christianity. | | | According to these Book of Mormon passages, those who die in ignorance of gospel do not need baptism, and further, since it is a covenant for mortality, it could have no relevance to those in the spirit world. |
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http://www.irr.org/mit/baptdead.html
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| Â | Utah History Encyclopedia |
| | Mormonism came forth at a time when numerous "restorationists" were seeking to reestablish the original gospel of Christ, when "seekers" were moving from church to church in their quest, and in a religious atmosphere charged with millennialism and Christian perfectionism. | | | So, too, does the Quorum of the Twelve, and the First Presidency and the Twelve are sustained by Church members as "prophets, seers, and revelators." Mormons also hold that the canon of scripture was not complete with the New Testament. | | | Rather, the "standard works" (books officially accepted as scripture) consist of the Bible, the Book of Mormon, the Doctrine and Covenants (a compilation of major revelations and instructions given through Joseph Smith, with a few additions since then), and the Pearl of Great Price (certain translations and writings of Joseph Smith). |
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http://www.media.utah.edu/UHE/c/CHURCHJESUSLATTER.html
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| Â | deseretnews.com Big New York firm to publish LDS text |
| | The Book of Mormon is considered the foundational religious text and scripture for 12 million Latter-day Saints who regard it as a companion volume to the Bible. | | | She said this new publication effort means the Book of Mormon is becoming more universal, like the Bible. | | | Elder Henry B. Eyring, a member of the Quorum of Twelve who also serves on its Scripture Committee, said the church is not asking members to buy the new edition for themselves. |
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http://deseretnews.com/dn/view/0,1249,595075750,00.html
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| Â | Binghams of Bingham - Lewis Ancestry |
| | At that time, he and Emma were apparently the only Mormons in the community, which from 1885 to 1890 was the scene of much anti-Mormon persecution, largely on account of the efforts of Judge Fred T. Dubois (a dogged prosecutor of polygamists). | | | Meanwhile, he was ordained a High Priest and set apart to preside as Bishop over the Fourth Ward in Nauvoo, under the hands of Jospeh and Hyrum Smith, and office he held until 1846, when mobs once again drove the Mormons from their homes. | | | By 1890, however, there was a sufficient number of Latter-day Saints in Blackfoot to warrant the organization of a branch church, with Elisha Erastus serving as presiding elder [See “The Mormons in Wyoming and Idaho,” Heart Throbs of the West, Vol. |
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| Â | Quorum of the Twelve Apostles |
| | The designation Quorum of the Twelve is the scriptural title and the formal name used by the First Presidency in presenting the Twelve to Church members for their sustaining vote. | | | After Church members sustain the newly called person, the First Presidency and Quorum of the Twelve ordain him to the office of apostle and give him all the keys of the holy apostleship. | | | The designation Council of the Twelve is used commonly in Church publications and in communicating with persons of other faiths. |
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http://www.lightplanet.com/mormons/basic/organization/priesthood/quorum_12.htm
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| Â | Davidic Servant, Index of Studies |
| | See why even the more enlightened Mormons are not looking for this new ministry among them and are thus gearing up to reject that ministry as it comes in their midst. | | | The Davidic Servant is to Mormonism what Jesus Christ was to Judaism. | | | About : "No other nation so wicked that they would crucify their God" paralleled to the Mormons today. |
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http://www.greaterthings.com/Davidic_Servant/
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| Â | A Celestial approach... |
| | Moreover, the latter-day scriptures used by members of The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints—the Book of Mormon, which bears the modern subtitle "Another Testament of Jesus Christ," the Doctrine and Covenants, and the Pearl of Great Price—contain numerous prophetic utterances about the Messiah that in general are clearer than those in the Bible. | | | We believe the Bible to be the word of God as far as it is translated correctly; we also believe the Book of Mormon to be the word of God. | | | Latter-day Saints "affirm that there is an actual Messiah, that he will come at some future time to the earth, and that only through his coming and the events associated therewith will a millennial age of peace, harmony, and joy begin." Encyclopedia of Mormonism |
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http://tokpela.tripod.com
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| Â | Online Encyclopedia - articles about mormonism |
| | Christianity, Church of Christ (Mormonism), Gospel, Latter-day Saint, Latter Day Saint, Latter Day Saint movement, Mormon, Mormonism, Religion, Restorationism, Saint, | | | Adam-God theory, Creator god, Elohim, Exaltation, God, God and gender, God the Father, Godhead, Godhead (Mormonism), Heavenly Mother, Henotheism, Holy Spirit, Jesus Christ, Jesus Christ as the Messiah, Nontrinitarian, Omnipotence, Trinity, Theosis, | | | Anointing of the Sick, Baptism, Baptism for the dead, Endowment (Mormonism), Eternal Marriage, Marriage, Infant baptism, Ordinance (Mormonism), Patriarchal blessing, Prayer circle, Sacrament (Mormonism), Sealing (Mormonism), Second Anointing, Temple, Temple (Mormonism), Temples of the Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints, Temple garment, Washing and anointing |
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http://www.yourencyclopedia.net/Articles_about_Mormonism
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| Â | The Changing World of Mormonism, Chapter 10, Changing The Anti-Black Doctrine, by Jerald and Sandra Tanner, Reason!, ... |
| | Mormon leaders taught that it was Ham's descendants who were "cursed as to the priesthood" after the flood. | | | Mormon apologist Armand L. Mauss wrote: "My plea, then to the civil rights organizations and to all the critics of the Mormon Church is: get off our backs! | | | Mormon defender John J. Stewart said that "there are at least two points of doctrine and history of this Church about which many LDS themselves--to say nothing of many non-Mormons--feel ill at ease or critical. |
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http://www.xmission.com/~country/chngwrld/chap10.htm
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| Â | Excerpt for The Mormon Hierarchy (2) |
| | Otherwise faithful Mormons withered before an overwhelming tithing obligation. | | | Exempted from tithing himself, Page felt guilty about collecting tithing from others such as one Mormon who gave $4 which was "the tenth of all" the man and his impoverished family possessed. | | | Likewise, Mormonism's aims are not "temporal rather than spiritual," but its aims are temporal because they are spiritual. |
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http://www.signaturebooks.com/excerpts/hier2.htm
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| Â | Adherents.com |
| | & by the Mormon Church itself, there are presently, according to the authors, somewhere between 20,000 & 50,000 fundamentalist Mormons who live either in small clusters or in several larger communities that openly tolerate... | | | How strongly can you state that this is not what the Mormon Church represents for the past century? | | | The term 'fundamentalist Mormon,' which is one that seems to be promulgated in the media, is a term without meaning. |
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http://www.adherents.com/Na/Na_288.html
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| Â | Famous Mormon celebrities LDS |
| | Authored Mormon hymn books in Kirtland and Nauvoo, 1835 and 1841. | | | He was believed by all of the living Book of Mormon witnesses, except one who was no longer a member of the church. | | | Oliver Cowdery was the only living Book of Mormon witness who is not known for certain to have followed James Strang, but he was not affiliated with any Mormon group at that time. |
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| Â | Non-denominational Mormonism |
| | We sang a few hymns and spiritual songs and almost immediately we were worshipping the Lord in a way that was far deeper than I’d ever experienced in a Mormon meeting. | | | We took turns teaching and had some of the deepest Bible and Book of Mormon studies I’ve ever participated in. | | | For some refugees from Mormonism, this wouldn’t be important. |
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http://www.greaterthings.com/Thomase/nondenom_mormon.htm
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| Â | Reviews for The Mormon Hierarchy: Origins of Power |
| | The Mormon historian, D. Michael Quinn, best known for his influential book, Early Mormonism and the Magic World View (1987), here offers a detailed explanation of emerging Mormon institutional power from the publication of the Book of Mormon in 1830 to Joseph Smith's assassination in 1844 and Brigham Young's subsequent assumption of Mormon leadership. | | | Michael Quinn's The Mormon Hierarchy is intended to be a definitive history of the power structure of the Mormon church from 1830 through the mid-1840s. | | | Concludes that Brigham Young and the Quorum of the Twelve Apostles presided over the bureaucratization of Mormonism and in the process quietly revised the historical and doctrinal records in order to downplay the haphazard egalitarian spontaneity of early Mormonism. |
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http://www.signaturebooks.com/reviews/hier1.htm
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| Â | List of Titles by Author & Editor |
| | Address to All Believers in the Book of Mormon (An) | | | Use of the Bible in the Book of Mormon (The) | | | Triple Combination (Book of Mormon, Doctrine and Covenants, Pearl of Great Price) |
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http://www.utlm.org/booklist/orderauthortitle.htm
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| Â | Chapter 5--Bancroft's History of Utah 1540-1886 |
| | Soon afterward the Mormon militia returned from Daviess county to Far West, where they learned that a large force under Samuel Bogart, a methodist clergyman, was plundering and burning houses south of that point, in Ray county, and had taken three men prisoners, one only of whom was a Mormon. | | | Besides the Mormons living there, were a number of emigrants awaiting the cessation of hostilities before proceeding on their journey. | | | der Morm., 87; Marshall's Through Am., 215-16; Hyde's Mormonism, 104-5; Bennett's Mormonism Exposed, 263-72; Miller's First Families, 64-5; Hickman's Brigham's Destroying Angel ; Hall's Mormonism, 94-5; E. |
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| Â | MORMON ORIGINS - JOSEPH SMITH - EARLY LDS HISTORICAL DOCUMENTS - MORMONISM |
| | Soon after the majority of the Quorum of the Twelve Apostles arrived from the east to Nauvoo, a special conference was held regarding the church leadership. | | | It has been 152 years since the question of who was going to take the place of Joseph Smith as leader of the Mormons was raised. | | | These we feel confident were all present on that occasion, besides many others who were of the quorum of high Priests to which we ourselves belong. |
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http://www.xmission.com/~research/about/successi.htm
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| Â | Mormon Biographical Registers |
| | First saw Book of Mormon in spring of 1830. | | | During the Mormon exodus from Nauvoo he was appointed bishop of the 12th ward at Winter Quarters, Douglas County, Nebraska in 1846. | | | Member of Methodist church prior to conversion to Mormonism. |
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http://byustudies.byu.edu/index/MBRegisters.asp?alpha=Y
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