The 13th article of faith reads: "13 We believe in being honest, true, chaste, benevolent, virtuous, and in doing good to all men; indeed, we may say that we follow the admonition of Paul—We believe all things, we hope all things, we have endured many things, and hope... ...
In the general disorder and darkness that prevailed from the death of Joseph Smith, here and there appeared a gleam of light and hope, -- a manifestation of the Spirit that all was not lost, but that "truth should yet prevail." Many ran "to and fro" in the character of prophets, lea...
And fortunately, the LDS church no longer teaches the majority of what I’ve just listed (though it can be found in past manuals). Despite this statement going against past statements made by leaders of the church in official publications, the leadership now states: “individuals do not choose...
...President Snow added that the Bishops should not be hard upon the members of their Wards if they did not have faith enough to pay tithing; also that they should use wisdom in refusing recommends to the Temple in case of those who were not tithepayers. ... Brother Grant also brought...
A railpost marker at the southeast end of the pond marks the spot where one of the parties camped in 1850. The creek was dammed to power the grist mill and nearby operations, forming a roughly 30 acre pond. The Millpond became a place for gathering, fishing, and performing LDS baptisms...
of all the books and expositions of Mormonism that I have read professing to give the history of Joseph Smith, or the origin of Mormonism, but what has penned infamous and glaring falsehoods as by personal knowledge I know. For this reason I ask the reader to divest himself of prejudice...
The Mormon religion is predicated on what are said to be historical events such as the First Vision of Joseph Smith and the historicity of the Book of Mormon, which describes a detailed pre-Columbian history of North America. President Joseph Fielding Smith, the tenth LDS prophet, declared ...
"Evidence was brought forward by the opponents of Smith to show that with certain interpolations bearing on religious matters, the so-called Book of Mormon was really borrowed or stolen nearly verbatim from a manuscript romance written by a quondam clergyman named Solomon Spaulding, who died in ...
In doing so, it became apparent to me that Mormon women found that the intensity of female homosociality[1] available in Mormon structures created a vital space in which they could explore passionate, romantic relationships with each other. At the same time I have uncovered some of the ...
Wherefore it is an abridgment of the Record of the People of Nephi; and also of the Lamanites; written to the Lamanites, which are a remnant of the House of Israel and also to Jew and Gentile; written by way of commandment, and also by the spirit of Prophecy and of Revelation. Writ...