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The Journal of Discourses (often abbreviated J.D.) is a 26-volume collection of public sermons by early leaders of the Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints (LDS Church). The first editions of the Journal were published in England by George D. Watt, the stenographer of Brigham Young.
George Darling Watt (12 May 1812 – 24 October 1881) [2] was the first convert to Mormonism baptized in the British Isles.As a member of the Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints (LDS Church), Watt was a secretary to Brigham Young, the primary editor of the Journal of Discourses, and the primary inventor of the Deseret Alphabet.
1853–1856 [10] monthly Augustus Farnham Sydney, Australia The Mormon: 1854–1857 weekly newspaper Defending the LDS Church John Taylor: New York City Journal of Discourses: 1854–1886 sixteen-page semi-monthly Sermons of LDS leaders George D. Watt: Liverpool, England: Watt was succeeded by David W. Evans, then George W. Gibbs.
Dialogue: A Journal of Mormon Thought is an independent quarterly journal that addresses a wide range of issues on Mormonism and the Latter Day Saint Movement. The journal publishes peer-reviewed academic articles on subjects such as anthropology, sociology, theology, history, and science. The journal also publishes fiction, poetry, and graphic ...
The Ensign of The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints, commonly shortened to Ensign (/ ˈ ɛ n s aɪ n / EN-syne), [1] was an official periodical of the Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints (LDS Church) from 1971 to 2020.
In 1918, Frederick J. Pack, a Mormon professor at the University of Utah, published an article in an official church magazine in which he reasoned that because Coca-Cola contained caffeine, which is also present in tea and coffee, Mormons should abstain from Coca-Cola in the same way that they abstain from the Word of Wisdom "hot drinks". [41]
Her editing credits include Sisters in Spirit: Mormon Women in Historical and Cultural Perspective (1987) and Tending the Garden: Essays on Mormon Literature (1996). She worked as an editor at journals including the Ensign (the official LDS magazine), Dialogue: A Journal of Mormon Thought, Journal of Mormon History, Mormon Women's Forum Quarterly, and Case Reports of the Mormon Alliance.
In 1981, the church published a new LDS edition of the Standard Works that changed a passage in The Book of Mormon that Lamanites (considered by many Latter-day Saints to be Native Americans) will "become white and delightsome" after accepting the gospel of Jesus Christ. Instead of continuing the original reference to skin color, the new ...