[…] institutional revelation. The RLDS Church takes quite seriously the notion of “theocratic democracy” and regards its biennial world conference as the prime instrument through which ordinary members actively participate in the “prophetic mission” of […]
[…] obtaining an audience for his services. He used sophisticated, at least for his time and church organization, newspaper advertising, handbills, door-to-door invitations, and even sandwich boards worn by willing supporters to promote his preaching […]
[…] made up into a roll ten or fifteen feet long. There are a few experts in the world who operate, not in terms of the written text, as I do, but in terms of […]
[…] two reasons for this phenomenon: a larger than average proportion of citizens very recently from the Old World, where they were in the habit of visiting galleries, and the fact that these citizens were […]
[…] pure biblical Christianity. Moreover, the Mormon conception of apostasy and restoration postulates that God would prepare the world for his Prophet’s revelations by fostering comparable attitudes and beliefs. L.D.S. historians have long argued that […]
[…] were slight, others were radical. However, 199 verses are word for word the same as the Old English version. We there- fore freely admit that Joseph Smith may have used the King James version […]
[…] intellectual life. He regularly employs Arabic, Hebrew, Greek, Latin, German, French, Russian, Babylonian, Egyptian, Coptic and even English in his research. He has published five books and two pamphlets. The pamphlet, No Ma’am, That’s […]
[…] dogmatism (especially religious dogmatism) grow in the land. And here is Paul, whobrought Christianity to the Western world, speaking the same words. “Prove all things”: consider all things; look at all possibilities; examine your […]
[…] and sat in the Mustang to wait for him after he got home from work at Carson’s Market, where he was a bagger. Like Roger and Steve, Greg had earned his Eagle Scout badge […]
[…] their bed. Undressing, Maggie remembered, filling in once for Nick’s secretary. He had sent her to the news stand for a Journal and when she returned with a Ladies’ Home Journal everyone had laughed […]