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In 1998 an update to the previous 1989 version of the Church Handbook "mark[ed] a significant break" from past teachings on family planning. [25] It explicitly stated the decision of the number children was up to the couple, and no longer encouraged couples to have as many children as possible. [26] [27] [28]
This version is sometimes mistaken as being the original. [ 4 ] A significantly longer, extended revision of the creed, which contains twenty-five articles and is known as the Articles of Faith and Practice , is used by the Church of Christ (Temple Lot) , [ 5 ] the Church of Christ (Fettingite) , the Church of Christ with the Elijah Message [ 6 ...
A native Massachusetts farmer, harnessmaker, and land speculator by trade, Pond was a Mormon Pioneer and church leader recognized for the great personal sacrifices he made in the Mormon exodus from Nauvoo, Illinois, to Great Salt Lake Valley (Sept 1846 – Sept 1847), in what would later become Utah Territory.
"The Family: A Proclamation to the World" heading "The Family: A Proclamation to the World" is a 1995 statement issued by the Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints (LDS Church) which defined the official position of the church on family, marriage, gender roles, and human sexuality. It was first announced by church president Gordon B ...
The book was written by many ancient prophets by the spirit of prophecy and revelation. Their words, written on gold plates, were quoted and abridged by a prophet-historian named Mormon." Segments of the Book of Mormon provide an account of the culture, religious teachings, and civilizations of some of the groups who immigrated to the New World.
Those who are exalted will "live eternally in the presence of Heavenly Father and Jesus Christ[;] will become gods[;] will be united eternally with their righteous family members and will be able to have eternal increase [spirit children][; and] will have everything that our Heavenly Father and Jesus Christ have—all power, glory, dominion ...
The following prophets (or in some cases, simply people who kept the record and passed it to future generations) are those mentioned in the plates of Nephi (1 Nephi through Omni). Lehi 1 , father of Laman 1 , Lemuel , Nephi 1 , Sam , Jacob 2 , Joseph 2 , and several daughters (c. 600 BC).
[1] According to the text, it is a comment inserted by the prophet Mormon while compiling the records which became the Book of Mormon. Textually, Words of Mormon serves to link the Small Plates of Nephi , which precede it in the current printed version, but which would have been placed after Mormon's full record in the golden plates , with the ...