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[7] [8] Opinions differ among scholars of religion on whether to categorize Mormonism as a separate branch of Christianity or as the "fourth Abrahamic religion" (alongside Judaism, Christianity and Islam). [3] [9] Mormons do not accept non-Mormon baptism and most non-Mormon Christians do not accept Mormon baptism.
Mormonism: A Very Short Introduction. New York: Oxford University Press. ISBN 978-0-19-531030-6. Eliason, Eric Alden (2001). Mormons and Mormonism: an introduction to an American world religion. University of Illinois Press. Mauss, Armand (1994). The Angel and the Beehive: The Mormon Struggle with Assimilation. University of Illinois Press.
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.
The Book of Mormon is very important to modern Latter-day Saints, who consider it the world's most correct text. [148] The Bible, also part of the church's canon, is believed to be the word of God—subject to an acknowledgment that its translation may be incorrect, or that authoritative sections may have been lost over the centuries.
Hence, each religion sees its founder (Muhammad for Islam, and Joseph Smith for the LDS Church) as being a true prophet of God, called to re-establish the true faith. However, each religion differs in regard to how it views Jesus: Latter-day Saints see him as the promised Messiah and the Son of God (as is
An Euler diagram showing the relationship between Christianity, Mormonism, and the Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints (not to scale) The LDS Church can be described as all of the following: Belief system – Religion – Abrahamic religion – Christianity – Restorationism – Latter Day Saint movement –
[1] [2] The resulting writings were published in March 1830 as the Book of Mormon. The Book of Mormon was much more ambitious than being just a purported history of Native Americans. Mormons quickly adopted the book as a work of scripture of similar importance to the Bible. The book's title page described it as an attempt to show Native ...
The third largest Abrahamic religion is Judaism with about 14.1 million adherents, called Jews. [158] The BaháΚΌí Faith has over 8 million adherents, making it the fourth largest Abrahamic religion, [160] [161] and the fastest growing religion across the 20th century, usually at least twice the rate of population growth. [162]