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[5] The covers evolved from a depiction of a family in the first five editions to depictions of youth in the 1972 and 1990 versions, [6] which were replaced with images of the Salt Lake Temple in some editions, a reflection of its goal to "help you prepare to make sacred covenants in the temple temple". [7]
However, there are individual Latter-day Saints who tolerate (or even embrace) the use of a cross as a personal symbol of faith. [ 45 ] By current policy, no pictures or icons are depicted in the chapel within modern LDS meetinghouses , in order to avoid an image becoming the focus of worship rather than the reality of God.
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 ...
Inez Smith Davis, The Story of the Church: A History of the Church of Jesus Christ of Latter Day Saints and of Its Legal Successor, the Reorganized Church of Jesus Christ of Latter Day Saints, 12th edition, Herald House, 1981. ISBN 0-8309-0188-4; Roger D. Launius, Joseph III: Pragmatic Prophet, University of Illinois Press: 1995. ISBN 0-252-06515-8
The name of the Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints (LDS Church) is derived from an 1838 revelation church founder Joseph Smith said he received. Church leaders have long emphasized the church's full name (though more especially since 2018), [1] [2] and have resisted the application of informal or shortened names, especially those which omit "Jesus Christ".
In common with other Restorationist churches, the LDS Church teaches that a Great Apostasy occurred. It teaches that after the death of Jesus and the Twelve Apostles, the priesthood authority was lost and some important doctrinal teachings, including the text of the Bible, were changed from their original form, thus necessitating a restoration prior to the Second Coming.
JC Olivera/Variety via Getty. James Kennedy at DirecTV's Christmas at Kathy's at the Hiltons' private residence on December 10, 2024 in Los Angeles, California.
The Restoration Church of Jesus Christ of Latter Day Saints is a denomination of the Latter Day Saint movement headquartered in Independence, Missouri.The church was formally organized on April 6, 1991, by members of the Community of Christ who had grown disaffected with the church when it began ordaining women and introduced other innovations in the late-20th century.