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Chinese: 摩爾門經: Taiwan, Hong Kong, Southeast Asia [3] [12] Retranslated in 2007 and changed name from 摩門經 to 摩爾門經. 1.2 billion (The spoken varieties of Chinese other than Mandarin are not closely related and are sometimes treated as separate languages.) 25 1965 Rarotongan (Cook Islands Māori) Te Puka a Momoni: Cook Islands ...
The LDS edition of the Bible is a version of the Bible published by the Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints (LDS Church) in English, Spanish, and Portuguese. The text of the LDS Church's English-language Bible is the King James Version, its Spanish-language Bible is a revised Reina-Valera translation, and its Portuguese-language edition is based on the Almeida translation.
The name of the Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints (LDS Church) is derived from an 1838 revelation church founder Joseph Smith said he received. Church leaders have long emphasized the church's full name (though more especially since 2018), [1] [2] and have resisted the application of informal or shortened names, especially those which omit "Jesus Christ".
A translation of the Old Testament by Karl Gutzlaff, first published in 1840, was widely distributed and was used by the leaders of the Taiping Rebellion as the basis of their theological study. The second half of the century saw the publication of Chinese Bibles in regional languages using romanization rather than Chinese characters , the ...
A simplified Chinese Bible along with Pinyin, text rendered in the Roman alphabet, was published in 2004. On July 5, 2019 Jehovah's Witnesses released the New World Translation of the Holy Scriptures in Chinese Traditional and Simplified at a regional convention at the National Taiwan Sport University Stadium in Taoyuan City, Taiwan.
In Mainland China, the LDS Church holds separate church meetings for Chinese nationals and expatriates. Church members from Taiwan or Hong Kong attend expatriate meetings unless their place of residence is on the mainland. Foreign Latter-day Saints are not allowed to proselytize to those in China, whether in person or online.
The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints, known widely as the Mormon church, issued a slew of new policies this week expanding its restrictions on transgender members.
Martin Harris (May 18, 1783 – July 10, 1875) was an early convert to the Latter Day Saint movement who financially guaranteed the first printing of the Book of Mormon and also served as one of Three Witnesses who testified that they had seen the golden plates from which Joseph Smith said the Book of Mormon had been translated.