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The first edition of The Word Among Us, a monthly Christian magazine, was published in December 1981 by members of the Mother of God Community who hand stapled the first copies together. The magazine gradually grew and was eventually translated into several languages and distributed worldwide.
The official scriptures of the church, known as the standard works, include the King James Version of the Bible, the Book of Mormon, the Doctrine and Covenants, and the Pearl of Great Price. The above works, early Mormon literature and other Latter Day Saint-related texts may be found in the category " Category:Latter Day Saint texts " and its ...
Many of the LDS Church's hymns are well known traditional Christian hymns; others deal with items of doctrine unique to the church's doctrine, such as the pre-mortal existence, modern church prophets, and the Book of Mormon. Others draw their subject matter from the church's history, including themes such as the restoration and pioneer experiences.
The Book of Mormon is a religious text of the Latter Day Saint movement, first published in 1830 by Joseph Smith as The Book of Mormon: An Account Written by the Hand of Mormon upon Plates Taken from the Plates of Nephi. [1] [2] The book is one of the earliest and most well-known unique writings of the Latter Day Saint movement.
A 2019 study of attitudes among Mormons within the U.S. said that a quarter to a half of such individuals interpret the Word of Wisdom in variance with the official interpretation by the LDS Church in some manner, [26] and LDS Church leaders have counseled church members that they should not have personal interpretations of, or become extreme ...
The body of the work is "a narrative of the prophet Joseph Smith"; [1] most of the text was written by scribes rather than by Smith. The parts of the work attributed to Smith were either dictated by Smith to a scribe or consist of a secretary or historian independently outlining Smith's activities and statements for a given time period. [2]
The Book of Common Worship of 1906 became the first liturgical book of the Presbyterian Church in the United States. It was the result of overtures from the Synod of New York and the Presbytery of Denver. Henry Van Dyke was the chairperson of the committee charged with the publication of the book. Although American Presbyterians had a directory ...
Among the many books written by T. Austin-Sparks, the most well-known include The School of Christ,The Centrality and Supremacy of the Lord Jesus Christ] and We Beheld His Glory. Mr Austin-Sparks' speaking ministry took him around Europe , North America and Asia holding conferences in the United Kingdom , the United States , Switzerland ...