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The Mormon Reformation was a period of renewed emphasis on spirituality within the Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints (LDS Church), and a centrally-directed movement, which called for a spiritual reawakening among church members.
The church regards parts of the Apocrypha, [12] the writings of some Protestant Reformers and non-Christian religious leaders, and the non-religious writings of some philosophers to be inspired, though not canonical. [13] The church's most distinctive scripture, the Book of Mormon, was published by founder Joseph Smith in 1830.
Discerning the Differences between Mormonism and Christianity. Minneapolis, Minn.: Bethany House. ISBN 9780764220470. [29] ——— (1998). Mary—Another Redeemer?. Minneapolis, Minn.: Bethany House. ISBN 9780764221026. [30] ——— (2000). The Potter's Freedom: A Defense of the Reformation and a Rebuttal of Norman Geisler's Chosen But Free ...
The Book of Mormon was much more ambitious than being just a purported history of Native Americans. Mormons quickly adopted the book as a work of scripture of similar importance to the Bible. The book's title page described it as an attempt to show Native Americans "what great things the Lord has done for their fathers", and to convince "Jew ...
Richard Abanes attributes an "increasing lack of delineation between (Mormonism and mainstream Christianity)" to three primary causes: the willingness of some Mormon leaders to be less than candid about more controversial aspects of LDS history and theology, a trend among some Mormon scholars to make LDS belief sound more mainstream, and
But the group is soon caught up in the middle of an undeclared war between Indigenous nations, the U.S. government, pioneers heading west and the newly powerful Mormon church, its Nauvoo militia ...
The Protestant Reformation began with the posting of Martin Luther's Ninety-Five Theses in Saxony on October 31, 1517, written as a set of grievances to reform the pre-Reformation Western Church. Luther's writings , combined with the work of Swiss theologian Huldrych Zwingli and French theologian and politician John Calvin sought to reform ...
Hulu's "The Secret Lives of Mormon Wives" follows a group of eight Mormon mothers and TikTok creators. Hulu renewed the series for 20 additional episodes. Here's everything we know about the cast ...