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The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints teaches that Peter was the first leader of the early Christian church after the death and resurrection of Jesus Christ. While the Church accepts apostolic succession from Peter, it rejects papal successors as illegitimate.
Other scriptural examples include Abel ("the first martyr"), [2] John the Baptist, James, the brother of John, Stephen whose stoning is recorded in the Book of Acts, Abinadi, [3] women and children of Ammonihah, [4] etc. [5] Latter Day Saints also acknowledge as "Early-day Saint" martyrs those early Christians who were killed for their faith ...
Peter Kerr was born c. 1775, to an enslaved woman named Kino, who was of Mandinka heritage. [1] He and his mother lived in western Pennsylvania, where they were enslaved to a man named John Kerr Jr. Following Kerr's death, Peter was willed to his son, who moved to Ohio, a free state, in 1813.
In 1981, the church published a new LDS edition of the Standard Works that changed a passage in The Book of Mormon that Lamanites (considered by many Latter-day Saints to be Native Americans) will "become white and delightsome" after accepting the gospel of Jesus Christ. Instead of continuing the original reference to skin color, the new ...
At the death of a church president, the First Presidency automatically dissolves. At this point, the presidency's counselors, if they had been drawn from the Quorum of the Twelve Apostles, return to their place of seniority within the Twelve, and the church enters an apostolic interregnum wherein the Quorum of the Twelve serves as the governing ...
Toward the end of the 1st century, the martyrdom of both Peter and Paul is reported by Clement of Rome in 1 Clement. [26] The martyrdom of Peter is also alluded to in various writings written between 70 and 130 AD, including in John 21:19; 1 Peter 5:1; and 2 Peter 1:12–15. [27] The martyrdom of Paul is also alluded to in 2 Timothy 4:6–7. [28]
In the aftermath of Donald Trump’s attempted assassination, LinkedIn’s co-founder Reid Hoffman has been forced to clarify himself over comments he made wishing that the former president was an ...
Saint Peter's status as a major martyr is not only because he was the "first vicar of Christ", but also because he was, like Christ, crucified. Although his final request is not mentioned in the canonical New Testament, it was popularly believed (due to the apocryphal text known as the Acts of Peter ) that he demanded: "Crucify me head ...