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Despite this, Mormon leaders after 1890 continued to sanction and participate in plural marriages in secret, in smaller numbers, both in the U.S. and in Mexico, for the next several decades. [21] Mormons Ron Wood and Linda Thatcher do not dispute that the change was a result of federal intervention and say that the church had no choice in the ...
Other Mormon sacred texts include the Pearl of Great Price and Doctrine and Covenants, which are also recognized as scripture. Religious and scholarly critics outside Mormonism have disputed Mormonism's unique scriptures, questioning the traditional narrative of how these books came to light and the extent to which they describe actual events.
Most, but not all, Mormons hold the book's connection to ancient American history as an article of their faith. According to Professor John-Charles Duffy this view finds little acceptance outside of Mormonism because "scholars realize that accepting the Book of Mormon's antiquity also means coming to terms with LDS beliefs about Joseph Smith's ...
Streaming site Hulu and the Mormon Church are at odds with each other after the latter responded to the airing of a controversial reality show based on the lives of a group known as the MomTokers.
The term, "anti-Mormon" first appears in the historical record in 1833 by the Louisville Daily Herald in an article, "The Mormons and the Anti-Mormons" (the article was also the first known to label believers in the Book of Mormon as "Mormons"). [3] In 1841, it was revealed that an Anti-Mormon Almanac would be published.
The compromise struck a delicate balance on the issue of slavery. The Mormons had introduced slavery to the area upon their arrival. [24] John M. Bernhisel, a Mormon representative in Washington, D.C., strenuously lobbied President Fillmore for an all-Mormon slate of territorial officials. He urged the president that "the people of Utah cannot ...
Mormons were the most Republican-leaning religious group in the country, the Pew Research Center found in 2016. But “the politics and willingness to openly disagree with one another in these LDS ...
To Mormons, this places America as the originator of religious liberty and freedom, while noting a need to expand these American values worldwide. [ 56 ] Although officially shunned by the LDS Church, fundamentalist Mormons believe in the White Horse Prophecy , which argues that Mormons will be called upon to preserve the Constitution as it ...