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Joseph Smith is the founder of the Latter Day Saint movement and is recognized by multiple Latter Day Saint churches as the founder. Beginning in 1828, Smith began dictating the text of what later became the Book of Mormon , and also began dictating written revelations he said were inspired by God.
A depiction of the Plan of Salvation, as illustrated by a source within the Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints. In the theology and cosmology of Mormonism, in heaven there are three degrees of glory (alternatively, kingdoms of glory) which are the ultimate, eternal dwelling places for nearly all who have lived on earth after they are resurrected from the spirit world.
The first-born spirit child of God the Father was Jehovah, whom Latter-day Saints identify as the premortal Jesus. [ 1 ] : 43–44 [ 28 ] [ 29 ] [ 30 ] Jehovah was a God [ 31 ] and was like God the Father in attributes, [ 32 ] but he did not have an immortal physical body like God the Father until his resurrection .
The plan of salvation as taught by the Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints.. According to the doctrine of the Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints (LDS Church), the largest denomination in the Latter Day Saint movement, the plan of salvation (also known as the plan of happiness and the plan of redemption) is a plan God created to save, redeem, and exalt humankind, through the ...
The Church teaches that Jesus will come in "power and great glory." [18] Latter-day Saints believe that the person who will arrive is the same Jesus as the one who ascended to heaven in the New Testament account [19] and that he will still have the marks of the nails in his hands and feet that he gained from the Crucifixion when he returns. [20]
Within the LDS Church, a movement to re-emphasize the Jesus-based elements of Mormonism in the 1980s included a rediscovery of the Book of Mormon. [108] In 1982, the church subtitled the book "Another Testament of Jesus Christ", to emphasize that Jesus was a central focus of the book [109] and that the book is intended to be a complement to the ...
Apr. 13—The Parable of The Great Banquet in Luke 14:15-24 is a story symbolizing God's invitation for sinners to repent, accept Jesus Christ as their savior and join the celebration of the ...
The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints (informally known as the LDS Church) focuses its doctrine and teaching on Jesus Christ; that he was the Son of God, born of Mary, lived a perfect life, performed miracles, bled from every pore in the Garden of Gethsemane, died on the cross, rose on the third day, appeared again to his disciples ...