[…] it, and likewise his scrip: and he that hath no sword, let him sell his garment, and buy one.” The justified use of force is common in scripture, particularly in the Old Testament and […]
[…] Twelve substituted water for wine in the sacrament in their temple meetings, apparently beginning July 5, 190 6. After 1906, a strong prohibition movement developed in the United States, centered in Evangelical Protestant groups. […]
[…] and we’d ever so slowly saunter towards the river. We’d go into the pastry shop, and he’d buy us a mug of warm, frothy milk and an incredible Italian pastry. We’d smile at each […]
[…] is to Teach the Gospel; Not Financial Profit.” Spanish Fork Press. 18 May 1978. Roberts, Joe. “Mormons Buy Hugh Tract Here.” Kansas City Star. 13 December 1978. “Simmons Takes Over KSL-FM.” Deseret News. 26 […]
[…] coffin and white flowers and the clothes she wanted to be buried in. She had planned to buy a new temple dress but had not gotten around to it. After considering a few alternatives, […]
[…] So I packed the manuscript up and mailed it off to Salt Lake City, adding a c overing note which said, in effect, “Look, honey (I call everybody ‘honey’; it’s my Southern upbringing), I […]
[…] T. B. H. Stenhouse attributes to him “the first logical arguments in favour of Mormonism.” In 187 6, Edward Tullidge called Orson Pratt the “Paul of Mormonism,” for his contribution to Mormon theology. At […]
In a revelation received 4 February 18 31, Edward Partridge was called to be the first bishop in the newly formed Church of Jesus Christ. Before that time, the Church’s structure consisted of elders, […]
[…] is the representative man of Mormonism’s role in American social history. It is valid to deplore debates over the golden tablets, rampant (on both sides) since Alexander Campbell’s cutting Delusions and Henry Caswall’s patronizing […]
[…] that “he makes them equal in power, and in might, and in dominion.” —Joseph Fielding Smith, 195 6 (Doctrines of Salvation, 3:132) The importance of the endowment and such temple-associated rituals as washing, anointing, and […]