Go and ask any Christian, of any denomination if they believe in the Trinity. Honestly how can a person even have a chance to believe in the Trinity if no one else can explain it sufficiently. So what am I supposed to do? If He was a giant incomprehensible mystery, then how am I supposed to know how to become like him? But now I need to accept it to be labeled a Christian? He was horrified! An unknown God?! Is his trinity one? Similarly, the second chapter of Elder James E.
Furthermore, uniquely Mormon scriptural texts assert the unity of Father, Son, and Holy Ghost at least as strongly as the Bible does. An April revelation to Joseph Smith, for instance, affirms that they "are one God, infinite and eternal, without end" Doctrine and Covenants The Book of Mormon agrees, declaring with an interesting singular verb that "the Father, and … the Son, and … the Holy Ghost … is one God, without end" 2 Nephi ; compare 3 Nephi The impressive testimony of the Three Witnesses to the Book of Mormon, published in the book since , concludes by ascribing "honor … to the Father, and to the Son, and to the Holy Ghost, which is one God.
The question isn't really whether Mormons use the word "Trinity," nor whether they regard the Father, Son, and Holy Ghost as "one. The only real question is how they understand the divine unity. Mormonism rejects the traditional Trinity of the Nicene Creed, but sees the Father, Son, and Holy Ghost as perfectly unified in love and purpose. There is not a hair's breadth of difference between them on any matter, and certainly not with regard to their loving intention to save as many of the human family as are willing to be saved.
And this is true to the biblical data: It is precisely the same kind of unity that Jesus, in the famous "intercessory" or "high priestly" prayer recounted in John's gospel, sought for his disciples and their eventual converts—and precisely the same kind that he claimed for his Father and himself: He implored "that they all may be one; as thou, Father, art in me, and I in thee, that they also may be one in us … that they may be one, even as we are one: I in them, and thou in me" John Fortunately, there are contemporary Christian theologians, both Catholic and Protestant, who are attending more carefully to the biblical roots of Trinitarian doctrine and pruning away the dead branches of outdated Greek metaphysics that have long damaged its health.
In fact, this is His work — to bring to pass the immortality and eternal life of His sons and daughters. Every prayer in the home and every sermon in a chapel closes in the name of Jesus Christ. The emblems of the sacrament communion that are taken weekly in worship services are symbols of His atonement.
Latter-day Saints wholly accept the New Testament accounts of the birth, life and ministry, death and resurrection of Jesus Christ. As the only perfect man who ever lived, Jesus set the example in His life for all to follow. His sacrifice also allows all humankind to be resurrected into immortality. After the Book of Mormon was published, Mormonism began to spread and grow rapidly. Smith set up Mormon communities in Missouri , Ohio and Illinois. Smith was criticized and persecuted by many for teaching his new ideas.
In February , Smith and his brother were jailed on charges of treason. On June 27, , both Smith and his brother were murdered in jail by an anti-Mormon mob in Carthage, Illinois. After Smith died, the church divided. Young led a large group of persecuted Mormons from Illinois to search for religious freedom. During the s, Young organized the migration of about 16, Mormons from Illinois to Utah. Young was named the President of the Church and kept this title until his death in Scholars believe Young significantly influenced the religious and political landscape of the American West.
Despite moving to a relatively isolated region in Utah, tensions between Mormons and other Americans continued. In September of , a Mormon militia murdered about people who were part of a wagon train from Arkansas. This event became known as the Mountain Meadows Massacre.
The exact motive for the massacre is still debated today, and some records show that Mormon leaders attempted to cover up the attack. Scholars are also unsure who was directly responsible for the violence.
Some have blamed Brigham Young, while others say the local leaders in southern Utah were at fault. The text gives an account of ancient prophets who lived in the Americas. It covers events that occurred from about B. According to the book, some Jews came to America to avoid persecution in Jerusalem.
They divided into two groups who fought each other: the Nephites and the Lamanites. In A. According to the Book of Mormon, Jesus Christ appeared and preached to the Nephites in the Americas after his crucifixion.
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