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How Rare a Possession is a 64-minute film produced by the Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints (LDS Church). It depicts the conversion stories of Parley P. Pratt, a church leader in the 19th century, and Vincenzo di Francesca, an Italian pastor in the 20th century, who both join the church after studying the Book of Mormon.
A young LDS woman is torn between her desire to marry a nonmember and her loyalty to her parents and to the Church. Up In Smoke: 1960 22 min. This facetious look at a tobacco company's attempts to make cigarette smoking enticing both entertains and makes its point. An anti-smoking video about the dangers of cigarette smoking. A Time For Sowing ...
They arrived in Genoa on 25 June 1850, and Snow offered a prayer dedicating Italy to the preaching of the gospel and organized the Italian Mission on 19 September on a mountain peak near the city of Torre Pellice. On 27 October, Snow baptized the first convert. The first Italian-language edition of the Book of Mormon was published in London in ...
Mormon filmmakers have continued to produce movies centered around LDS missionaries, but often from new perspectives; The Saratov Approach (2013) was a thriller set in Russia, [21] The Errand of Angels (2008) focused on female missionaries, [33] and Freetown (2015) told the story of African missionaries escaping the First Liberian Civil War. [34]
The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints (LDS Church) ... Italian: 1 Nov 1850 2 Aug 1966 1966 Swiss: Italy 1970 Italy South 1971 Italy Rome 1974: 1 Jan 1854 extant
The Rome Italy Temple was dedicated by Russell M. Nelson on 10 March. The Book of Mormon Videos were released. 2020 Russell M. Nelson announced a new symbol for the church, featuring an image of the Christus (statue) as the central element, on April 4. 2021 Ensign ceased publication and was replaced by Liahona
In 1849, Toronto was ordained a seventy in the LDS Church. In 1850, he traveled with Lorenzo Snow and Thomas B. H. Stenhouse to England and then on to continental Europe and became the first LDS Church missionaries in Italy. [3] Toronto and his associates met with little success due in part to opposition from the Italian media and government.
Vincenzo Di Francesca (23 September 1888 – 18 November 1966) was a member of the Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints (LDS Church) from 1951 until his death. However, he is most known for his long struggle to become a member of the LDS Church that is documented in the short film How Rare a Possession.