The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints

about Scientology, called Going Clear: Scientology and the Prison of Belief. In the documentary it talks about how L. Ron Hubbard lied about his “injuries” from World War 2, and other accounts in his life. It also went on and had past members of the church talk about the bad parts of it. All I will say is there are always two sides to everything, and we must respect each side. Overall, with Scientology I ended up learning more about the religion, but found myself having more questions at the end…

Dividing the churches into “wards,” each community has a home church where they attend services. Members can attend services at other wards, but only in the home ward are members allowed to serve, teach, and work. The church services opened in a typical manner with a hymn and an opening prayer. Then the bishop stood up to talk about church business. Because there was not anything pertinent at that time, there was another hymn sung. The singing is done while sitting down, though. The next…

“What is the the duty of a latter day saint? To do all good he can upon the earth.” Brigham Young did just that. Also known as the “American Moses” he helped save the Mormon religion and restore the gospel. Brigham Young was born from his father, John Young and mother, Abigail Young on June 1, 1801 in Whitingham, Vermont. He was baptised into the Mormon church in the spring of 1832 after a young missionary gave a humble testimony and that’s how it all started. He soon became a part of the…

Mormons, we are shown the lives of six devoted members of the Church of Jesus Christ of Latter Day Saints. During the movie the viewers are exposed to the day-to-day life of these individuals and how they balance family church and other activities. The first of the six is Mormon Bishop Jermaine Sullivan. Sullivan is a father, academic counselor, and a Bishop of the Atlanta Georgia branch of the Church of Jesus Christ of Latter Day Saints. We caught a glimpse into Bishop Jermaine Sullivan’s life…

population of 300,000 members? Mormonism! Mormonism, or the Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-Day Saints, was created by Joseph Smith in the early 1800s. The members, or Mormons, believe the same doctrines as Christianity, but they do not call themselves Catholic or Protestant (http://www.mormonnewsroom.org). Through his creation of the Mormon Church, Joseph Smith started a religion that clarified the axioms of the Christian faith by basing the Church solely on those principles. In the…

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makes this clear from Romans 1:18-3:20, thus explaining “why extraordinary righteousness is needed: neither Jews nor Gentiles measure up to God’s demand of ordinary righteousness.” Then, Paul introduces the gospel of Jesus Christ and the sufficiency of faith in the atoning work of Christ on the cross. Furthermore, Paul explains in Galatians and Ephesians that one cannot attain salvation by any works of their own, whether by fulfilling the Law of the Old Testament or by meriting any favor from…

The Church is sometimes referred to as the Bride of Christ in the Bible because in a sense, Jesus could be referred to as the Bridegroom of the Church. Of course, Jesus is not actually married to the Church, but saying so is just a form of symbolism. Jesus’ love for the Church can somewhat be compared to a husband’s love for his wife. As it is said in Ephesians 5:24-27, a wife must be subordinate to her husband like how the Church is subordinate to Jesus Christ. This makes sense because the…

Male priesthood is the key to the power and influence of the church, as to where women are key to its organization. Women are the most active and visible participants and truest believer, nonetheless men are in charge of the ward to the family; denying women entry into the priesthood, thus not allowing control of their organization, told to be counselors, a secondary role to their husbands who are the head and providers of the family. Pressed to conform their motherly roles which is the most…

Due to their differing beliefs about the origins of God, there are often conflicts with those already established in the Christian church. According to the Church of Jesus Christ of the Latter Day Saints, God, the Father, “used to be a man on another planet and that he became a God by following the laws and ordinances of that God on that planet, and came to this world” (Slick). God, the Father, had a tangible body…