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In 1958, McConkie, then a member of the First Council of the Seventy of the LDS Church, published a book entitled Mormon Doctrine: A Compendium of the Gospel, which he described as "the first major attempt to digest, explain, and analyze all of the important doctrines of the kingdom" and "the first extensive compendium of the whole gospel—the first attempt to publish an encyclopedic ...
In general, the Gospel Doctrine curriculum follows a four-year cycle: Year 1 (most recently, 2022): Old Testament (and the Book of Moses and Book of Abraham from the Pearl of Great Price) Year 2 (most recently, 2019): New Testament; Year 3 (most recently, 2020): Book of Mormon; Year 4 (most recently, 2021): Doctrine and Covenants and church history
According to Latter Day Saint doctrine, to exercise priesthood authority, a person must (1) be called by God, (2) be ordained or endowed with priesthood authority, and (3) receive the necessary priesthood keys, either through ordination to an office of the priesthood or through delegation or setting apart by someone who does hold the appropriate keys.
Critics argue that because Mormonism is not based on an authoritative systematic theology, [112] and much of Mormon scripture was written when Mormonism was "essentially trinitarian", Mormon leaders and apologists have been able to deny that at least some of 20th-century orthodox Mormonism represents official Mormon doctrine. [113] It is also ...
The LDS Church teaches that this is the only gospel ever taught by Jesus, and that it is imparted in the Bible, Doctrine and Covenants, and most plainly in the Book of Mormon. (See also 2 Nephi 25:24–30; Articles of Faith 1:1–4.)
Gospel Principles is designed to be both a personal study guide and as a teacher's manual. [2] The book is divided into 47 chapters. Each chapter sets out a basic doctrine or teaching of the LDS Church in simple language.
The first is often understood to state the doctrine of the Godhead. The second specifically rejects the teaching of original sin . The third states belief in the atonement of Christ taking effect for potentially all individuals (as opposed to double predestination ) conditional on following the laws and ordinances of the Gospel (as opposed to ...
The modern LDS Church does not use the cross or crucifix as a symbol of faith. Mormons generally view such symbols as emphasizing the death of Jesus rather than his life and resurrection. [43] The early LDS Church was more accepting of the symbol of the cross, but after the turn of the 20th century, an aversion to it developed in Mormon culture ...