[…] with the multitude—but that is not the issue. A scholar, who is careful to “study, ponder, and search out all available facts,” is expected to know more than the multitude. When a prevalent assumption—which […]
Although the fundamentals of Mormon thought were quite firmly established in the Church’s first generation, it was the second generation which pulled the philosophical and theological strands together. It was the intellectual leaders of this…
[…] death. Upon entering mortality, the spirit-man “mounts” this as yet undisciplined animal for the purpose of “ breaking it” to his own will and making it his servant. To the extent that he is […]
I think that at some far-distant point in time the history of Mormon poetry may well have to be said to have begun with Clinton F. Larson and this first collection of his verse, The…
[…] the natural sciences, can and ought to be made the subjects of rational scrutiny and empirical re search lest, through carelessness or deception, we arrive at false conclusions productive of harmful results. And, in […]
The ordinance of baptism was known and practiced in all ages that knew the Gospel of Jesus Christ, both before and after His lifetime on earth. We find accounts of baptisms in the Pearl of…
[…] is thus forced to assume many things about his subject (for example, the intellectual climate of her English home), such assumptions not necessarily being bald fiction but of so general a nature that Mary […]
Dr. Alma P. Burton, currently Assistant Administrator of Seminaries and Institutes for the L.D.S. Department of Education, first published his guide in 1952 to satisfy a long-felt want of many people who desired to trace…
[…] I think they are founded in a sincere interest in doing what God wants us to do—a search to know God in the way we are commanded to know Him. Our faith is forged […]
Unless you consult particulars, you cannot see. William Blake The average L.D.S. Church member finds many societal forces buffered or muted for him by the Church. Among other factors, our focus on the eternal nature of…