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Nevertheless, most Mormons do not accept the doctrine of the Trinity as codified in the Nicene Creed of 325 and the Nicene-Constantinopolitan Creed of 381. [2] Although Mormons consider the Protestant Bible to be holy scripture , they do not believe in biblical inerrancy .
The members of the largest faction, The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints (LDS Church), do not continue to teach and practice polygamy today. In the late-19th century and early-20th century, the practice was formally abandoned [ 2 ] as various laws banned polygamy in the United States and led to the confiscation of LDS Church properties.
Church members believe in Jesus Christ as the literal Son of God and Messiah, his crucifixion as a conclusion of a sin offering, and his subsequent resurrection. [95] [96]: 171–172 However, Latter-day Saints reject the ecumenical creeds and the definition of the Trinity. [97] Jesus is also seen as the elder brother of all who live in this world.
Prior to the January 2019 changes to the Sunday meeting schedule, Sunday School was held weekly. In 2019, when the church moved to a two-hour block, Sunday School began being held every other week. Also, the two main adult classes were no longer to be called Gospel Doctrine and Gospel Principles, with encouragement for a combined adult class ...
The cast of 'The Secret Lives of Mormon Wives' have been open about their faith and the rules they struggle with
In common with other Restorationist churches, the LDS Church teaches that a Great Apostasy occurred. It teaches that after the death of Jesus and the Twelve Apostles, the priesthood authority was lost and some important doctrinal teachings, including the text of the Bible, were changed from their original form, thus necessitating a restoration prior to the Second Coming.
Bautista and other former members of the Third Convention that did not join the mass reconciliation in 1946 founded Colonia Industrial in Ozumba, Mexico and established their own Mormon sect. [35] The sect, now known as El Reino de Dios en su Plenitud, remains extant, and it continues practicing economic communitarianism and plural marriage ...
Polygamy (called plural marriage by Latter-day Saints in the 19th century or the Principle by modern fundamentalist practitioners of polygamy) was practiced by leaders of the Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints (LDS Church) for more than half of the 19th century, and practiced publicly from 1852 to 1890 by between 20 and 30 percent of Latter-day Saint families.