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title="Nontrinitarianism">Non-trinitarian theology</a>.</figcaption></figure> <a href="/wiki/Mormonism" title="Mormonism">Mormonism</a> and <a href="/wiki/Nicene_Christianity" title="Nicene Christianity">Nicene Christianity</a> (often called mainstream Christianity)<a href="#cite_note-1">[1]</a> have a complex theological, historical, and sociological relationship. <a href="/wiki/Mormons" title="Mormons">Mormons</a> express their doctrines using biblical terminology. They have similar views about the nature of <a href="/wiki/Jesus_Christ" class="mw-redirect" title="Jesus Christ">Jesus Christ</a>'s <a href="/wiki/Atonement_in_Christianity" class="mw-redirect" title="Atonement in Christianity">atonement</a>, <a href="/wiki/Universal_resurrection#Christianity" title="Universal resurrection">bodily resurrection</a>, and <a href="/wiki/Second_Coming" title="Second Coming">Second Coming</a> as mainstream <a href="/wiki/Christianity" title="Christianity">Christians</a>. Nevertheless, most Mormons do not accept the <a href="/wiki/Doctrine#Religious_usage" title="Doctrine">doctrine</a> of the <a href="/wiki/Trinitarianism" class="mw-redirect" title="Trinitarianism">Trinity</a> as codified in the <a href="/wiki/Nicene_Creed" title="Nicene Creed">Nicene Creed</a> of 325 and the <a href="/wiki/Nicene-Constantinopolitan_Creed" class="mw-redirect" title="Nicene-Constantinopolitan Creed">Nicene-Constantinopolitan Creed</a> of 381.<a href="#cite_note-2">[2]</a> Although Mormons consider the <a href="/wiki/Protestant_Bible" title="Protestant Bible">Protestant Bible</a> to be <a href="/wiki/Religious_text" title="Religious text">holy scripture</a>, they do not believe in <a href="/wiki/Biblical_inerrancy" title="Biblical inerrancy">biblical inerrancy</a>. They have also adopted additional scriptures that they believe to have been <a href="/wiki/Revelation_in_Mormonism" title="Revelation in Mormonism">divinely revealed</a> to <a href="/wiki/Joseph_Smith" title="Joseph Smith">Joseph Smith</a>,<a href="#cite_note-Mason_2015-3">[3]</a><a href="#cite_note-Givens_2003-4">[4]</a><a href="#cite_note-Noll_2002-5">[5]</a> including the <a href="/wiki/Book_of_Mormon" title="Book of Mormon">Book of Mormon</a>,<a href="#cite_note-Mason_2015-3">[3]</a><a href="#cite_note-Givens_2003-4">[4]</a><a href="#cite_note-Noll_2002-5">[5]</a> the <a href="/wiki/Doctrine_and_Covenants" title="Doctrine and Covenants">Doctrine and Covenants</a>,<a href="#cite_note-Mason_2015-3">[3]</a> and the <a href="/wiki/Pearl_of_Great_Price_(Mormonism)" title="Pearl of Great Price (Mormonism)">Pearl of Great Price</a>.<a href="#cite_note-Mason_2015-3">[3]</a> Mormons practice <a href="/wiki/Baptism_in_Mormonism" title="Baptism in Mormonism">baptism</a> and celebrate the <a href="/wiki/Sacrament#Latter-day_Saints" title="Sacrament">sacrament</a> of the <a href="/wiki/Sacrament_(LDS_Church)" title="Sacrament (LDS Church)">Lord's Supper</a>, but they also participate in other religious <a href="/wiki/Ritual" title="Ritual">rituals</a>. Mormons self-identify as <a href="/wiki/Christians" title="Christians">Christians</a>.<a href="#cite_note-6">[6]</a> Focusing on differences, some Christians consider <a href="/wiki/Mormonism" title="Mormonism">Mormonism</a> non-Christian; others, focusing on similarities, consider it to be a Christian religion.<a href="#cite_note-7">[7]</a><a href="#cite_note-8">[8]</a> Opinions differ among <a href="/wiki/Religious_studies" title="Religious studies">scholars of religion</a> on whether to categorize Mormonism as a separate branch of Christianity or as the "fourth <a href="/wiki/Abrahamic_religion" class="mw-redirect" title="Abrahamic religion">Abrahamic religion</a>" (alongside <a href="/wiki/Judaism" title="Judaism">Judaism</a>, Christianity and <a href="/wiki/Islam" title="Islam">Islam</a>).<a href="#cite_note-Mason_2015-3">[3]</a><a href="#cite_note-Shipps_2001-9">[9]</a> Mormons do not accept non-Mormon baptism and most non-Mormon Christians do not accept Mormon baptism. Mormons regularly <a href="/wiki/Proselytism" title="Proselytism">proselytize</a> individuals within the Christian tradition, and some traditional Christians, especially <a href="/wiki/Evangelicalism" title="Evangelicalism">evangelicals</a>, proselytize Mormons. Some view Mormonism as a form of Christianity, but distinct enough from traditional Christianity so as to form a new religious tradition, much as <a href="/wiki/Split_of_early_Christianity_and_Judaism" class="mw-redirect" title="Split of early Christianity and Judaism">Christianity is more than just a sect of Judaism</a>.<a href="#cite_note-10">[10]</a> The early Mormonism that originated with Joseph Smith in the 1820s shared strong similarities with some elements of 19th-century <a href="/wiki/Protestantism_in_the_United_States" title="Protestantism in the United States">American Protestantism</a>.<a href="#cite_note-Mason_2015-3">[3]</a><a href="#cite_note-Givens_2003-4">[4]</a><a href="#cite_note-11">[11]</a> Mormons believe that God, through Smith and his successors, <a href="/wiki/Restoration_(Latter_Day_Saints)" class="mw-redirect" title="Restoration (Latter Day Saints)">restored</a> various doctrines and practices that were lost from the original Christianity taught by Jesus Christ.<a href="#cite_note-Eliason_2001-12">[12]</a> For example, Smith, as a result of his "<a href="/wiki/First_Vision" title="First Vision">First Vision</a>", primarily rejected the Nicene doctrine of the <a href="/wiki/Trinity" title="Trinity">Trinity</a> and instead taught that God the Father, his son Jesus Christ, and the Holy Ghost are three distinct "personages".<a href="#cite_note-Davies_2003-13">[13]</a><a href="#cite_note-EoM-14">[14]</a><a href="#cite_note-15">[15]</a> While the largest <a href="/wiki/List_of_denominations_in_the_Latter_Day_Saint_movement" title="List of denominations in the Latter Day Saint movement">Mormon denomination</a>, <a href="/wiki/The_Church_of_Jesus_Christ_of_Latter-day_Saints" title="The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints">The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints</a> (LDS Church), acknowledges its differences with mainstream Christianity, it also focuses on its commonalities such as its focus on faith in Christ, following the teachings of Jesus Christ, the miracle of the atonement, and many other doctrines.<a href="#cite_note-16">[16]</a> <meta property="mw:PageProp/toc" /> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="Doctrinal_comparison">Doctrinal comparison</h2>[<a href="/w/index.php?title=Mormonism_and_Nicene_Christianity&action=edit&section=1" title="Edit section: Doctrinal comparison">edit</a>]</div> While <a href="/wiki/Historian" title="Historian">historians</a> recognize the roots of Mormonism in <a href="/wiki/Protestantism_in_the_United_States" title="Protestantism in the United States">American Protestantism</a> and the <a href="/wiki/Second_Great_Awakening" title="Second Great Awakening">Second Great Awakening</a> of the 1820s and 1830s,<a href="#cite_note-Mason_2015-3">[3]</a><a href="#cite_note-17">[17]</a> Mormonism has also been identified as "a radical departure from traditional"—i.e. <a href="/wiki/Mainline_Protestant" title="Mainline Protestant">mainline</a>—"Protestant Christianity"<a href="#cite_note-18">[18]</a> and a "profoundly <a href="/wiki/Christian_primitivism" class="mw-redirect" title="Christian primitivism">primitivist</a> tradition."<a href="#cite_note-Eliason_2001-12">[12]</a> Nevertheless, Mormonism falls within the scope of the <a href="/wiki/Evangelicalism" title="Evangelicalism">Evangelical Protestantism</a> of the <a href="/wiki/Second_Great_Awakening" title="Second Great Awakening">Second Great Awakening</a> in the United States (1800–1840).<a href="#cite_note-Mason_2015-3">[3]</a><a href="#cite_note-Givens_2003-4">[4]</a><a href="#cite_note-Noll_2002-5">[5]</a><a href="#cite_note-Charles_2016-19">[19]</a> The <a href="/wiki/God_in_Mormonism" title="God in Mormonism">conception of God in early Mormonism</a> was very similar to the <a href="/wiki/God_in_Christianity" title="God in Christianity">conception of the Christian God</a> held within Protestant Christianity, although early Mormons had already begun developing their own distinct doctrine.<a href="#cite_note-Davies_2003-13">[13]</a> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading3"><h3 id="Early_Joseph_Smith_era">Early Joseph Smith era</h3>[<a href="/w/index.php?title=Mormonism_and_Nicene_Christianity&action=edit&section=2" title="Edit section: Early Joseph Smith era">edit</a>]</div> Mormonism arose in the 1820s during a period of radical reform and experimentation within American Protestantism and Mormonism is integrally connected to <a href="/wiki/Burned-over_district" title="Burned-over district">that religious environment</a>.<a href="#cite_note-Mason_2015-3">[3]</a><a href="#cite_note-Eliason_2001-12">[12]</a><a href="#cite_note-20">[20]</a><a href="#cite_note-21">[21]</a> As a form of Christian primitivism, the new faith was one among several contemporary religious movements that claimed to <a href="/wiki/Restorationism" title="Restorationism">restore</a> Christianity to its condition at the <a href="/wiki/Apostolic_Age" class="mw-redirect" title="Apostolic Age">time of the Twelve Apostles</a>.<a href="#cite_note-Eliason_2001-12">[12]</a><a href="#cite_note-22">[22]</a> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading4"><h4 id="The_Book_of_Mormon">The Book of Mormon</h4>[<a href="/w/index.php?title=Mormonism_and_Nicene_Christianity&action=edit&section=3" title="Edit section: The Book of Mormon">edit</a>]</div> <figure class="mw-default-size mw-halign-right" typeof="mw:File/Thumb"><a href="/wiki/File:The_Book_of_Mormon-_An_Account_Written_by_the_Hand_of_Mormon_upon_Plates_Taken_from_the_Plates_of_Nephi.jpg" class="mw-file-description"><img src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/c/cc/The_Book_of_Mormon-_An_Account_Written_by_the_Hand_of_Mormon_upon_Plates_Taken_from_the_Plates_of_Nephi.jpg/220px-The_Book_of_Mormon-_An_Account_Written_by_the_Hand_of_Mormon_upon_Plates_Taken_from_the_Plates_of_Nephi.jpg" decoding="async" width="220" height="347" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/c/cc/The_Book_of_Mormon-_An_Account_Written_by_the_Hand_of_Mormon_upon_Plates_Taken_from_the_Plates_of_Nephi.jpg/330px-The_Book_of_Mormon-_An_Account_Written_by_the_Hand_of_Mormon_upon_Plates_Taken_from_the_Plates_of_Nephi.jpg 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/c/cc/The_Book_of_Mormon-_An_Account_Written_by_the_Hand_of_Mormon_upon_Plates_Taken_from_the_Plates_of_Nephi.jpg/440px-The_Book_of_Mormon-_An_Account_Written_by_the_Hand_of_Mormon_upon_Plates_Taken_from_the_Plates_of_Nephi.jpg 2x" data-file-width="476" data-file-height="750" /></a><figcaption>Cover page of The <a href="/wiki/Book_of_Mormon" title="Book of Mormon">Book of Mormon</a> from an original 1830 edition, by <a href="/wiki/Joseph_Smith" title="Joseph Smith">Joseph Smith</a> (Image from the U.S. Library of Congress Rare Book and Special Collections Division.)</figcaption></figure> The <a href="/wiki/Book_of_Mormon" title="Book of Mormon">Book of Mormon</a> (1830), which codifies the earliest Mormon doctrine, was intended, in part, to settle ongoing doctrinal disputes among contemporary <a href="/wiki/Christian_denominations" class="mw-redirect" title="Christian denominations">Christian denominations</a><a href="#cite_note-23">[23]</a> and to create a single shared theology.<a href="#cite_note-24">[24]</a> Joseph Smith believed in the Bible<a href="#cite_note-25">[25]</a> and shared the Protestant tradition that the Bible (excluding the <a href="/wiki/Biblical_apocrypha" title="Biblical apocrypha">Apocrypha</a>) was originally revealed by God to humanity<a href="#cite_note-26">[26]</a> and had contained the "fulness of the gospel." Nevertheless, Smith believed the Bible of his era had degenerated from its original form. Smith blamed the <a href="/wiki/Catholic_Church" title="Catholic Church">Catholic Church</a> for the loss of biblical books and for introducing corruptions and obfuscations in the biblical text.<a href="#cite_note-27">[27]</a> Smith said that the Book of Mormon revealed "plain and precious things that had been taken away" from the Bible.<a href="#cite_note-28">[28]</a> Smith also completed an unpublished <a href="/wiki/Joseph_Smith_Translation_of_the_Bible" title="Joseph Smith Translation of the Bible">revision of the Bible</a> in 1833,<a href="#cite_note-29">[29]</a> which he said corrected many of these errors,<a href="#cite_note-30">[30]</a> and added inspired commentary.<a href="#cite_note-31">[31]</a> Smith endowed the Book of Mormon with status equal to the Bible.<a href="#cite_note-32">[32]</a> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading4"><h4 id="Nature_of_God">Nature of God</h4>[<a href="/w/index.php?title=Mormonism_and_Nicene_Christianity&action=edit&section=4" title="Edit section: Nature of God">edit</a>]</div> The faith's earliest theology, as reflected in the Book of Mormon and contemporaneous writings by Joseph Smith, was an unsophisticated version of <a href="/wiki/Trinitarianism" class="mw-redirect" title="Trinitarianism">Trinitarianism</a> or <a href="/wiki/Monarchianism" title="Monarchianism">Monarchianism</a>.<a href="#cite_note-33">[33]</a> But according to Kurt Widmer, "early Mormons were reacting against a heavily intellectualized and theologized Trinitarian concept of God" and the nature of God was not at first of central importance to Smith.<a href="#cite_note-34">[34]</a> In 1834, Smith and his associate <a href="/wiki/Sidney_Rigdon" title="Sidney Rigdon">Sidney Rigdon</a> developed a series of <a href="/wiki/Lectures_on_Faith" title="Lectures on Faith">Lectures on Faith</a> that they incorporated into the faith's <a href="/wiki/Doctrine_and_Covenants" title="Doctrine and Covenants">Doctrine and Covenants</a> (1835). These lectures described "two personages" in the heavens: the Father, "a personage of spirit, glory, and power," and the Son, "a personage of tabernacle" who "received the fulness of the glory of the Father—possessing the same mind with the Father, which mind is the Holy Spirit."<a href="#cite_note-35">[35]</a> This has sometimes been described as a form of <a href="/wiki/Binitarianism" title="Binitarianism">Binitarianism</a>.<a href="#cite_note-36">[36]</a> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading4"><h4 id="Other_points_of_doctrine">Other points of doctrine</h4>[<a href="/w/index.php?title=Mormonism_and_Nicene_Christianity&action=edit&section=5" title="Edit section: Other points of doctrine">edit</a>]</div> Early Mormon <a href="/wiki/Soteriology" title="Soteriology">soteriology</a>, although not following a preexisting tradition, was generally <a href="/wiki/Arminianism" title="Arminianism">Arminian</a> in tendency.<a href="#cite_note-37">[37]</a> Early Mormonism agreed with <a href="/wiki/Methodism" title="Methodism">Methodists</a> and the <a href="/wiki/Christian_Church_(Disciples_of_Christ)" title="Christian Church (Disciples of Christ)">Disciples of Christ</a> in rejecting <a href="/wiki/Calvinistic" class="mw-redirect" title="Calvinistic">Calvinistic</a> doctrines in favor of <a href="/wiki/Christian_perfection" title="Christian perfection">Christian perfection</a> and <a href="/wiki/Free_will" title="Free will">free will</a> (called <a href="/wiki/Agency_(LDS_Church)" class="mw-redirect" title="Agency (LDS Church)">free agency</a>).<a href="#cite_note-38">[38]</a> Also, while the Book of Mormon affirmed the doctrine of <a href="/wiki/Original_sin" title="Original sin">original sin</a>,<a href="#cite_note-39">[39]</a> it also agrees with other Arminian denominations that children are <a href="/wiki/Infant_baptism#Arguments_against_infant_baptism" title="Infant baptism">incapable of sin</a> and in a state of grace.<a href="#cite_note-40">[40]</a><a href="#cite_note-41">[41]</a> Like other Christian primitivists, Smith located the authority of Christianity in correct interpretation of the Bible<a href="#cite_note-42">[42]</a>—although he also maintained (as did the <a href="/wiki/Shakers" title="Shakers">Shakers</a>) that interpretation of the Bible should be guided by new and <a href="/wiki/Continuing_revelation" class="mw-redirect" title="Continuing revelation">continuing revelation</a>.<a href="#cite_note-43">[43]</a> Initially, the authority of Smith's faith was based on correct doctrine<a href="#cite_note-44">[44]</a> and his own claim of prophethood.<a href="#cite_note-45">[45]</a> Then during the early 1830s, Smith added to this authority <a href="/wiki/Apostolic_succession" title="Apostolic succession">apostolic succession</a>, represented by angelic apostles and prophets who Smith said <a href="/wiki/Priesthood_(Latter_Day_Saints)" title="Priesthood (Latter Day Saints)">had ordained him</a>.<a href="#cite_note-46">[46]</a> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading3"><h3 id="Late_Joseph_Smith_era">Late Joseph Smith era</h3>[<a href="/w/index.php?title=Mormonism_and_Nicene_Christianity&action=edit&section=6" title="Edit section: Late Joseph Smith era">edit</a>]</div> From the mid-1830s to his death in 1844, Smith continued to introduce ideas and practices which differed significantly from traditional Protestantism. First, Smith pressed Christian perfection beyond Protestant orthodoxy.<a href="#cite_note-47">[47]</a> He followed non-Protestant Christians in rejecting the doctrine of <a href="/wiki/Sola_fide" title="Sola fide">justification by faith alone</a><a href="#cite_note-48">[48]</a> and moved toward <a href="/wiki/Universal_reconciliation" class="mw-redirect" title="Universal reconciliation">universalism</a> by introducing a hierarchy of <a href="/wiki/Degrees_of_glory" title="Degrees of glory">three glorious heavens</a>, in which even the wicked had a place.<a href="#cite_note-Brodie_118-49">[49]</a> In the late 1830s, Smith introduced <a href="/wiki/Baptism_for_the_dead" title="Baptism for the dead">baptism for the dead</a> by proxy as a means for unredeemed souls to accept salvation in the afterlife,<a href="#cite_note-Brodie_282-50">[50]</a> and he also taught that the <a href="/wiki/Sealing_(Mormonism)" title="Sealing (Mormonism)">ordinance of marriage</a> was required to reach the highest level of salvation.<a href="#cite_note-Brooke_255-51">[51]</a> Smith also introduced a <a href="/wiki/Second_anointing" title="Second anointing">second anointing</a> ritual, after which a participant was guaranteed virtually unconditional salvation. This has been seen as an attempt to retain the Calvinistic ideas of <a href="/wiki/Assurance_(theology)" title="Assurance (theology)">assured salvation</a>.<a href="#cite_note-52">[52]</a> In his later years Smith also differed from traditional Protestantism in his views on the nature of God and humanity. Eventually Smith reduced the difference between God and man to one of degree. Both God and man are coeternal and uncreated. He taught that humans could progress to an exalted state in which they became coequal with a God who was material, plural, and himself a glorified man existing within time.<a href="#cite_note-53">[53]</a> Smith taught that both <a href="/wiki/God_the_Father" title="God the Father">God the Father</a> and <a href="/wiki/Jesus" title="Jesus">Jesus</a> were distinct beings with physical bodies, and that the <a href="/wiki/Holy_Spirit" title="Holy Spirit">Holy Spirit</a> was a personage of Spirit.<a href="#cite_note-54">[54]</a> Because God had once been a man who had risen to a high position in heaven,<a href="#cite_note-55">[55]</a> humans too could progress to godhood. Such a teaching implied a vast hierarchy of gods who would rule kingdoms of inferior intelligences, and so forth in an eternal hierarchy.<a href="#cite_note-56">[56]</a> Unlike the god of traditional Christianity, the god envisioned by Smith did not create the eternal spirits of humanity—he only organized them and provided them with a plan to follow in his footsteps.<a href="#cite_note-57">[57]</a> God was God not because he was an ex nihilo creator, but because he had the greatest intelligence.<a href="#cite_note-58">[58]</a> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading3"><h3 id="Pioneer_Mormonism">Pioneer Mormonism</h3>[<a href="/w/index.php?title=Mormonism_and_Nicene_Christianity&action=edit&section=7" title="Edit section: Pioneer Mormonism">edit</a>]</div> After Smith's death, his successor <a href="/wiki/Brigham_Young" title="Brigham Young">Brigham Young</a> and others built upon Smith's late teachings and introduced more significant doctrinal innovations. The resulting religious tradition defined the Mormonism of the Mormon pioneer era in the 19th century. An important part of this pioneer Mormonism is the <a href="/wiki/Adam%E2%80%93God_doctrine" title="Adam–God doctrine">Adam–God doctrine</a>, which became the most prominent (but not exclusive) theology of 19th-century Mormonism.<a href="#cite_note-59">[59]</a> Young taught that God the Father was <a href="/wiki/Adam" title="Adam">Adam</a>, a mortal man resurrected and <a href="/wiki/Exaltation_(Mormonism)" title="Exaltation (Mormonism)">exalted</a> to godhood.<a href="#cite_note-60">[60]</a> Proponents of this doctrine believed that Father Adam, as the subordinate member of a three-god council, created the earth.<a href="#cite_note-61">[61]</a> Adam was both the common ancestor and the father of all spirits born on the earth.<a href="#cite_note-62">[62]</a> After ascending again to his heavenly throne,<a href="#cite_note-63">[63]</a> Adam returned to physically father Jesus by <a href="/wiki/Mary_(mother_of_Jesus)" class="mw-redirect" title="Mary (mother of Jesus)">Mary</a>.<a href="#cite_note-64">[64]</a> Some elements of Mormonism from the pioneer era, including <a href="/wiki/Mormonism_and_polygamy" title="Mormonism and polygamy">polygamy</a> and the Adam–God doctrine, were renounced around the turn of the 20th century by the LDS Church.<a href="#cite_note-65">[65]</a> However, these elements have been retained within the small branch of Mormonism known as <a href="/wiki/Mormon_fundamentalism" title="Mormon fundamentalism">Mormon fundamentalism</a>. <div class="mw-heading mw-heading3"><h3 id="Modern_LDS_Church_orthodoxy">Modern LDS Church orthodoxy</h3>[<a href="/w/index.php?title=Mormonism_and_Nicene_Christianity&action=edit&section=8" title="Edit section: Modern LDS Church orthodoxy">edit</a>]</div> Near the turn of the 20th century there was a movement to codify LDS theology with official statements of Church leaders — which served to quash speculative ideas that persisted as sub rosa concepts among some Mormons. This coincided with an effort to stop new plural marriages — mostly forbidden in 1890 and completely forbidden after 1904. Prominent Mormons such as <a href="/wiki/Joseph_F._Smith" title="Joseph F. Smith">Joseph F. Smith</a>, <a href="/wiki/John_A._Widstoe" class="mw-redirect" title="John A. Widstoe">John A. Widstoe</a>, and <a href="/wiki/James_E._Talmage" title="James E. Talmage">James E. Talmage</a> formulated the outlines of Mormon orthodoxy with publications that significantly narrowed the realm of acceptable speculative Mormon theology. <div class="mw-heading mw-heading4"><h4 id="Nature_of_God_and_humanity">Nature of God and humanity</h4>[<a href="/w/index.php?title=Mormonism_and_Nicene_Christianity&action=edit&section=9" title="Edit section: Nature of God and humanity">edit</a>]</div> <style data-mw-deduplicate="TemplateStyles:r1236090951">.mw-parser-output .hatnote{font-style:italic}.mw-parser-output div.hatnote{padding-left:1.6em;margin-bottom:0.5em}.mw-parser-output .hatnote i{font-style:normal}.mw-parser-output .hatnote+link+.hatnote{margin-top:-0.5em}@media print{body.ns-0 .mw-parser-output .hatnote{display:none!important}}</style><div role="note" class="hatnote navigation-not-searchable">Main article: <a href="/wiki/God_in_Mormonism" title="God in Mormonism">God in Mormonism</a></div> In traditional Christianity, as expressed in the <a href="/wiki/Athanasian_Creed" title="Athanasian Creed">Athanasian Creed</a>, God is conceived both as a unity and a <a href="/wiki/Trinity" title="Trinity">Trinity</a>: God the Father, <a href="/wiki/God_the_Son" title="God the Son">God the Son</a> and God the Holy Spirit are three <a href="/wiki/Hypostasis_(philosophy_and_religion)" title="Hypostasis (philosophy and religion)">hypostases</a> of one uncreated substance— one God, omnipotent, co-equal and co-eternal.[<a href="/wiki/Wikipedia:Citation_needed" title="Wikipedia:Citation needed">citation needed</a>] Though modern Mormons share with traditional Christianity a belief that the object of their worship comprises three distinct persons, Mormon theology disagrees with the idea that the three persons are the same substance and the same God.<a href="#cite_note-66">[66]</a> Mormons are constrained by the language of the Book of Mormon to regard the Father, Son, and Holy Spirit as "one", but consider this a social unity rather than ontological. Mormons since the time of Joseph Smith have regarded God as plural.<a href="#cite_note-67">[67]</a> They regard God the Father as the biblical god <a href="/wiki/Elohim" title="Elohim">Elohim</a>, and they believe that the Son, a distinct being, is both Jesus and the biblical God <a href="/wiki/Jehovah" title="Jehovah">Jehovah</a>.<a href="#cite_note-68">[68]</a> The two of them, together with the Holy Spirit, are believed to form a heavenly council which Mormons call the "Godhead". They are "one" in the sense of being lovingly united in purpose or will, a view sometimes called <a href="/wiki/Social_trinity" class="mw-redirect" title="Social trinity">social trinitarianism</a>.<a href="#cite_note-69">[69]</a> Unlike traditional Christians, modern Mormons generally regard the Son as subordinate to the Father.<a href="#cite_note-70">[70]</a><a href="#cite_note-71">[71]</a> Mormons since the 1840s have believed that God is changeable. They believe that the Father (like the Son) was twice "born"—once as a spirit, and again as a mortal man.<a href="#cite_note-72">[72]</a> After he lived a mortal life, Mormons believe that the Father died, was resurrected, and achieved his godhood<a href="#cite_note-73">[73]</a> along with at least one wife whom Mormons refer to as the <a href="/wiki/Heavenly_Mother_(Latter_Day_Saints)" class="mw-redirect" title="Heavenly Mother (Latter Day Saints)">Heavenly Mother</a>.<a href="#cite_note-74">[74]</a> Some believe that the Heavenly Father and Mother gave birth to the spirits of humanity through a sexual union.<a href="#cite_note-:0-75">[75]</a> Modern Mormons believe that Jesus, the Son, was the first born of these spirits.<a href="#cite_note-76">[76]</a> While Mormons might agree with the statement that the Father and the Son are "uncreated", their understanding of "creation" differs from that of traditional Christianity. Mormons do not believe, as do traditional Christians, that God created the universe <a href="/wiki/Ex_nihilo" class="mw-redirect" title="Ex nihilo">ex nihilo</a> (from nothing).<a href="#cite_note-77">[77]</a> Rather, to Mormons, the act of creation is to organize or reorganize pre-existing matter or intelligence.<a href="#cite_note-78">[78]</a> Traditional Christians consider God to be a "necessary being", meaning that he cannot not exist, while all other creations are "contingent beings". In Mormonism, by contrast, God created the universe and everything in it from existing matter.<a href="#cite_note-79">[79]</a> The Mormon sense of "eternal" differs from that of traditional Christians, who believe that God's eternal nature exists outside of space and time. Very few in the LDS Church situate God outside of space and time.<a href="#cite_note-80">[80]</a> However, Mormon scripture states that "time is measured only unto man."<a href="#cite_note-81">[81]</a> They believe that the Father, Son, and Holy Spirit are co-eternal, and they believe that all of humanity is co-eternal with the Father<a href="#cite_note-82">[82]</a> in the sense that the underlying spark of all intelligence has always existed (in space and time) and never was created. Mormons believe that God is scrutable through revelation,<a href="#cite_note-83">[83]</a><a href="#cite_note-84">[84]</a> and anthropomorphic,<a href="#cite_note-85">[85]</a> in that he has a physical body of flesh and bone.<a href="#cite_note-86">[86]</a><a href="#cite_note-87">[87]</a> Mormons believe in traditional Christian notions that God is omnipotent and omniscient, and also believe that "[e]ven God's omnipotence must conform to the attributes of truth and wisdom and justice and mercy".<a href="#cite_note-88">[88]</a><a href="#cite_note-89">[89]</a> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading4"><h4 id="Salvation">Salvation</h4>[<a href="/w/index.php?title=Mormonism_and_Nicene_Christianity&action=edit&section=10" title="Edit section: Salvation">edit</a>]</div> <link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1236090951"><div role="note" class="hatnote navigation-not-searchable">See also: <a href="/wiki/Christian_soteriology" class="mw-redirect" title="Christian soteriology">Christian soteriology</a> and <a href="/wiki/Plan_of_salvation_(Latter_Day_Saints)" class="mw-redirect" title="Plan of salvation (Latter Day Saints)">Plan of salvation (Latter Day Saints)</a></div> Although the LDS Church has never officially adopted a doctrine of soteriology,<a href="#cite_note-90">[90]</a> most Mormons accept the doctrine of salvation formulated by <a href="/wiki/B._H._Roberts" title="B. H. Roberts">B. H. Roberts</a>, John A. Widstoe and James E. Talmage in the early 20th century.<a href="#cite_note-91">[91]</a> In contrast to early Mormons, modern Mormons generally reject the idea of original sin.<a href="#cite_note-92">[92]</a> The <a href="/wiki/Fall_of_Man" class="mw-redirect" title="Fall of Man">Fall of Man</a> is viewed not as a curse but as part of God's <a href="/wiki/Plan_of_Salvation_(Latter_Day_Saints)" class="mw-redirect" title="Plan of Salvation (Latter Day Saints)">Plan of Salvation</a>.<a href="#cite_note-93">[93]</a><a href="#cite_note-94">[94]</a><a href="#cite_note-95">[95]</a> Mormons believe they must not only have faith and repent but also be baptized (by immersion and by an authorised <a href="/wiki/Priesthood_(LDS_Church)" title="Priesthood (LDS Church)">priesthood holder within the Church</a>) and bring forth good works.<a href="#cite_note-96">[96]</a> Mormons consider their weekly <a href="/wiki/Eucharist" title="Eucharist">Eucharist</a> (the <a href="/wiki/Sacrament_(Latter_Day_Saints)" class="mw-redirect" title="Sacrament (Latter Day Saints)">Sacrament</a>) as a means of renewing their baptismal covenant and being repeatedly cleansed from sin. Although the grace of Jesus plays a role in salvation, each Mormon must "work out his own salvation" through Jesus Christ.<a href="#cite_note-97">[97]</a> Mormons believe that people not baptized during their lifetime may accept salvation in the afterlife through the Mormon practice of baptism for the dead.<a href="#cite_note-Brodie_282-50">[50]</a> Although the Book of Mormon rejected the doctrine of universal reconciliation, Smith taught that damnation was a temporary state (for all but the <a href="/wiki/Son_of_perdition_(Mormonism)" title="Son of perdition (Mormonism)">Sons of Perdition</a>) from which the wicked would ultimately escape after they had paid for their sins, to be resurrected into one of the two lesser kingdoms of glory.<a href="#cite_note-Brodie_118-49">[49]</a> Mormonism takes an extended view of Christian perfection,<a href="#cite_note-98">[98]</a> asserting that through the grace of Jesus, Mormons may become perfectly sanctified and thereby literally become gods or achieve a state known as <a href="/wiki/Exaltation_(Latter_Day_Saints)" class="mw-redirect" title="Exaltation (Latter Day Saints)">exaltation</a>.<a href="#cite_note-99">[99]</a> To achieve exaltation, Mormons must remain obedient to the teachings of Jesus, receive all the <a href="/wiki/Ordinance_(Latter_Day_Saints)" title="Ordinance (Latter Day Saints)">ordinances</a> (or sacraments), which includes baptism, confirmation, receiving the <a href="/wiki/Melchizedek_priesthood_(Latter_Day_Saints)" title="Melchizedek priesthood (Latter Day Saints)">Melchizedek priesthood</a> (for males), the <a href="/wiki/Endowment_(Mormonism)" title="Endowment (Mormonism)">temple endowment</a>, and being <a href="/wiki/Celestial_marriage" title="Celestial marriage">sealed to a spouse</a>.<a href="#cite_note-Brooke_255-51">[51]</a> Smith also introduced a <a href="/wiki/Second_anointing" title="Second anointing">second anointing</a> ritual,<a href="#cite_note-100">[100]</a> whose participants, upon continued obedience, were sealed to exaltation, but this was not an essential ordinance.<a href="#cite_note-101">[101]</a> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading4"><h4 id="Role_of_the_church">Role of the church</h4>[<a href="/w/index.php?title=Mormonism_and_Nicene_Christianity&action=edit&section=11" title="Edit section: Role of the church">edit</a>]</div> <link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1236090951"><div role="note" class="hatnote navigation-not-searchable">See also: <a href="/wiki/Ecclesiology" title="Ecclesiology">Ecclesiology</a></div> <style data-mw-deduplicate="TemplateStyles:r1251242444">.mw-parser-output .ambox{border:1px solid #a2a9b1;border-left:10px solid #36c;background-color:#fbfbfb;box-sizing:border-box}.mw-parser-output .ambox+link+.ambox,.mw-parser-output .ambox+link+style+.ambox,.mw-parser-output .ambox+link+link+.ambox,.mw-parser-output .ambox+.mw-empty-elt+link+.ambox,.mw-parser-output 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class="mbox-text-span">This section needs additional citations for <a href="/wiki/Wikipedia:Verifiability" title="Wikipedia:Verifiability">verification</a>. Please help <a href="/wiki/Special:EditPage/Mormonism_and_Nicene_Christianity" title="Special:EditPage/Mormonism and Nicene Christianity">improve this article</a> by <a href="/wiki/Help:Referencing_for_beginners" title="Help:Referencing for beginners">adding citations to reliable sources</a> in this section. Unsourced material may be challenged and removed. (January 2011) (<a href="/wiki/Help:Maintenance_template_removal" title="Help:Maintenance template removal">Learn how and when to remove this message</a>)</div></td></tr></tbody></table> Like Catholicism and Orthodoxy, Mormonism assigns considerable authoritative status to church tradition and ecclesiastical leadership.<a href="#cite_note-102">[102]</a> Mormons emphasize the authority of an institutional church, which in all Mormon denominations derives from the <a href="/wiki/Church_of_Christ_(Latter_Day_Saints)" title="Church of Christ (Latter Day Saints)">Church of Christ</a> established by Joseph Smith in 1830. Mormons believe this church to be the "only true and living church". Below Jesus as the head of the church is a single man chosen as the "<a href="/wiki/Prophet,_seer,_and_revelator" class="mw-redirect" title="Prophet, seer, and revelator">Prophet</a>" who holds the position of <a href="/wiki/President_of_the_Church" title="President of the Church">President of the Church</a>. The Prophet has been compared to the <a href="/wiki/Pope" title="Pope">Pope</a> in Catholicism because both, within their respective faiths, are regarded as the leading authority.[<a href="/wiki/Wikipedia:Citation_needed" title="Wikipedia:Citation needed">citation needed</a>] Mormons also believe in apostolic succession. However, Mormons believe the Catholic line of succession is invalid because of a <a href="/wiki/Great_Apostasy" title="Great Apostasy">Great Apostasy</a> that occurred soon after era of the apostles. The line of succession was restored through Joseph Smith when biblical prophets and apostles appeared to him and ordained him through the <a href="/wiki/Laying_on_of_hands" title="Laying on of hands">laying on of hands</a> with lost priesthood authority. Thus, Mormons believe that non-Mormon clergy have no heavenly authority and that sacraments performed by clergy of other faiths are of no effect in the eyes of God.<a href="#cite_note-103">[103]</a> Mormons reject the Protestant doctrine of the "<a href="/wiki/Priesthood_of_all_believers" title="Priesthood of all believers">priesthood of all believers</a>", but they consider all <a href="/wiki/Confirmation_(Latter_Day_Saints)" title="Confirmation (Latter Day Saints)">confirmed</a> Mormons to have the "Gift of the Holy Ghost" (also conveyed by the laying on of hands), which entitles believers to <a href="/wiki/Spiritual_gifts" class="mw-redirect" title="Spiritual gifts">spiritual gifts</a> but to no ecclesiastical authority. <div class="mw-heading mw-heading3"><h3 id="Mormon_neo-orthodoxy">Mormon neo-orthodoxy</h3>[<a href="/w/index.php?title=Mormonism_and_Nicene_Christianity&action=edit&section=12" title="Edit section: Mormon neo-orthodoxy">edit</a>]</div> Some claim that in the late-20th century, a conservative movement within the LDS Church (called "Mormon neo-orthodoxy" on the analogy of an earlier Protestant <a href="/wiki/Neo-orthodoxy" title="Neo-orthodoxy">neo-orthodoxy</a>)<a href="#cite_note-104">[104]</a> emphasized the Book of Mormon over later revelations<a href="#cite_note-105">[105]</a> and embraced original sin, an absolute, eternal, and unchanging God, a pessimistic assessment of human nature, and a doctrine of salvation by grace rather than by works.<a href="#cite_note-106">[106]</a> Despite the book's importance to early Mormonism, early Mormons rarely quoted from the Book of Mormon in their speeches and writings.<a href="#cite_note-Riess_2005_xiii-107">[107]</a> Joseph Smith's later teachings and writings focused on the Bible, including his own revision and commentary of the <a href="/wiki/Authorized_King_James_Version" class="mw-redirect" title="Authorized King James Version">Authorized King James Version</a>. The book was not regularly cited in Mormon <a href="/wiki/General_conference_(LDS_Church)" class="mw-redirect" title="General conference (LDS Church)">conferences</a> until the 1980s.<a href="#cite_note-Riess_2005_xiii-107">[107]</a> Within the LDS Church, a movement to re-emphasize the Jesus-based elements of Mormonism in the 1980s included a rediscovery of the Book of Mormon.<a href="#cite_note-108">[108]</a> In 1982, the church subtitled the book "Another Testament of Jesus Christ", to emphasize that Jesus was a central focus of the book<a href="#cite_note-109">[109]</a> and that the book is intended to be a complement to the Bible. Although Mormon neo-orthodox scholars say they have faced "resistance" from Mormon orthodoxy,<a href="#cite_note-110">[110]</a> some perceive the direction of the movement to be consistent with a broader trend among the LDS hierarchy to present Mormonism in terms more acceptable to mainline Christianity.<a href="#cite_note-111">[111]</a> Critics argue that because Mormonism is not based on an authoritative systematic theology,<a href="#cite_note-112">[112]</a> and much of Mormon scripture was written when Mormonism was "essentially trinitarian", Mormon leaders and apologists have been able to deny that at least some of 20th-century orthodox Mormonism represents official Mormon doctrine.<a href="#cite_note-113">[113]</a> It is also claimed that LDS Church publications and a few Mormon scholars have increasingly used the language of Nicene Christianity to describe the nature of God.<a href="#cite_note-114">[114]</a> The existence and implications of the movement continues to be debated. Theologian <a href="/wiki/Richard_Mouw" title="Richard Mouw">Richard Mouw</a> asserts that Mormons have downplayed some of its more "heretical" doctrines in order to obtain more effective dialogue with other Christians.<a href="#cite_note-115">[115]</a> <a href="/wiki/Terryl_Givens" title="Terryl Givens">Terryl Givens</a>, a Mormon theologian, has rejected such claims, asserting instead that many Mormon "heresies" eventually become more accepted by much of Christianity. He consequently contends that "Christian consensus is fluid and, in some cases, has lagged behind the Mormon model."<a href="#cite_note-116">[116]</a> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="Christian_views_about_Mormons">Christian views about Mormons</h2>[<a href="/w/index.php?title=Mormonism_and_Nicene_Christianity&action=edit&section=13" title="Edit section: Christian views about Mormons">edit</a>]</div> In the past, most mainstream Christian denominations rejected Mormonism outright, frequently calling it a cult and characterizing it as "non-Christian".<a href="#cite_note-117">[117]</a> According to <a href="/wiki/Jan_Shipps" title="Jan Shipps">Jan Shipps</a>, during the 1950s the attitude of mainstream Christians towards Mormonism changed from "vilification" to "veneration", with emphasis on positive Mormon traits such as "family orientation, clean-cut optimism, honesty and pleasant aggressiveness".<a href="#cite_note-118">[118]</a> <a href="/wiki/Richard_Abanes" title="Richard Abanes">Richard Abanes</a> attributes an "increasing lack of delineation between (Mormonism and mainstream Christianity)" to three primary causes: <ol><li>the willingness of some Mormon leaders to be less than candid about more controversial aspects of LDS history and theology,</li> <li>a trend among some Mormon scholars to make LDS belief sound more mainstream, and</li> <li>an evolution of Mormon thought toward doctrinal positions nearer those of <a href="/wiki/Evangelicalism" title="Evangelicalism">evangelicals</a>.<a href="#cite_note-119">[119]</a></li></ol> <a href="/wiki/Richard_Bushman" title="Richard Bushman">Richard Bushman</a> asserts that, for many people, Mormonism "conjures up an assortment of contradictory images". One set of images suggests that Mormons are "happy, uncomplicated, kindly and innocent—if perhaps naive". In contrast to this set of images, Bushman describes a set of associations that focuses on "a powerful religious hierarchy controlling the church from the top". This perspective views Mormons as "secretive, clannish and perhaps dangerous", often labeling the movement as a "cult rather than a church".<a href="#cite_note-120">[120]</a> Mormon <a href="/wiki/Apologist" class="mw-redirect" title="Apologist">apologist</a> <a href="/wiki/Stephen_E._Robinson" title="Stephen E. Robinson">Stephen E. Robinson</a> argued that Mormons are labeled heretics "for opinions and practices that are freely tolerated in other mainstream denominations".<a href="#cite_note-121">[121]</a> Mormonism has a particularly rocky relationship with American evangelical Christianity and the Catholic Church.<a href="#cite_note-122">[122]</a> The Catholic Church declared Mormonism to be "non-Christian". Richard Mouw, President of <a href="/wiki/Fuller_Theological_Seminary" title="Fuller Theological Seminary">Fuller Theological Seminary</a>, an evangelical school in <a href="/wiki/Pasadena,_California" title="Pasadena, California">Pasadena, California</a>, stated in an opinion piece for CNN, "[t]hose of us who have made the effort to engage Mormons in friendly and sustained give-and-take conversations have come to see them as good citizens whose life of faith often exhibits qualities that are worthy of the Christian label, even as we continue to engage in friendly arguments with them about crucial theological issues."<a href="#cite_note-123">[123]</a> <a href="/wiki/William_Saletan" title="William Saletan">William Saletan</a> has been more blunt about this, stating "[w]hy don't we challenge anti-Mormonism? Because it's the prejudice of our age."<a href="#cite_note-124">[124]</a> <a href="/wiki/Joe_Scarborough" title="Joe Scarborough">Joe Scarborough</a> has drawn analogies between the <a href="/wiki/Pharisees" title="Pharisees">Pharisees</a> in the <a href="/wiki/New_Testament" title="New Testament">New Testament</a> and prominent evangelical religious leader <a href="/wiki/Robert_Jeffress" title="Robert Jeffress">Robert Jeffress</a> calling Mormonism a cult.<a href="#cite_note-125">[125]</a> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading3"><h3 id="Non-recognition_of_Mormon_rites">Non-recognition of Mormon rites</h3>[<a href="/w/index.php?title=Mormonism_and_Nicene_Christianity&action=edit&section=14" title="Edit section: Non-recognition of Mormon rites">edit</a>]</div> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading4"><h4 id="LDS_perspective">LDS perspective</h4>[<a href="/w/index.php?title=Mormonism_and_Nicene_Christianity&action=edit&section=15" title="Edit section: LDS perspective">edit</a>]</div> Latter Day Saint history comes from the position that other churches were the product of the apostasy, as referenced in the Bible.<a href="#cite_note-126">[126]</a> Mormons view other Christian churches as teaching some truth, doing good works, and acknowledge their strong faith in Christ.<a href="#cite_note-127">[127]</a> However, Mormons also maintain that all other churches lack the divine authority to perform the ordinances of the gospel because of the Great Apostasy. The LDS Church and most <a href="/wiki/List_of_sects_in_the_Latter_Day_Saint_movement" class="mw-redirect" title="List of sects in the Latter Day Saint movement">other Latter Day Saint factions</a> do not accept the baptisms of other Christian denominations as valid. <div class="mw-heading mw-heading4"><h4 id="Traditional_perspective">Traditional perspective</h4>[<a href="/w/index.php?title=Mormonism_and_Nicene_Christianity&action=edit&section=16" title="Edit section: Traditional perspective">edit</a>]</div> The Catholic, Orthodox, and Protestant branches of Christianity reject Mormon claims of additional scriptures, and of the prophetic office of Joseph Smith and other Mormon leaders; they disagree with Mormon charges that they have committed apostasy. Doctrines such as the beliefs about the existence of prophets in early American civilizations, which are unique to Mormon theology and not found in the teachings of other Christian churches are also causes of disagreement. Nonetheless, many Christian denominations treat Mormons with respect, while not minimizing the differences in belief.<a href="#cite_note-128">[128]</a> In 2001, the <a href="/wiki/Roman_Curia" title="Roman Curia">Vatican's</a> <a href="/wiki/Congregation_of_the_Doctrine_of_the_Faith" class="mw-redirect" title="Congregation of the Doctrine of the Faith">Congregation of the Doctrine of the Faith</a> declared that LDS baptisms are invalid, and therefore null.<a href="#cite_note-129">[129]</a> Because of differences in Mormon and Catholic beliefs concerning the Trinity, the Catholic Church stated that Mormon baptism was not the baptism that Christ instituted.<a href="#cite_note-130">[130]</a> In comparison, the Catholic Church does not require rebaptism for converts to Catholicism from most Protestant or Orthodox churches.<a href="#cite_note-131">[131]</a> The Catholic Bishop of Salt Lake City, <a href="/wiki/George_Hugh_Niederauer" title="George Hugh Niederauer">George Hugh Niederauer</a>, stated that this ruling "should not be understood as either judging or measuring a spiritual relationship between Jesus Christ and the LDS Church".<a href="#cite_note-132">[132]</a> The <a href="/wiki/Presbyterian_Church_USA" class="mw-redirect" title="Presbyterian Church USA">Presbyterian Church USA</a>, the largest Presbyterian body in the United States, publishes a brochure describing the LDS Church as follows: <style data-mw-deduplicate="TemplateStyles:r1244412712">.mw-parser-output .templatequote{overflow:hidden;margin:1em 0;padding:0 32px}.mw-parser-output .templatequotecite{line-height:1.5em;text-align:left;margin-top:0}@media(min-width:500px){.mw-parser-output .templatequotecite{padding-left:1.6em}}</style><blockquote class="templatequote">The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints, like the Presbyterian Church (U.S.A.), declares allegiance to Jesus. Latter-day Saints and Presbyterians share use of the Bible as scripture, and members of both churches use common theological terms. Nevertheless, Mormonism is a new and emerging religious tradition distinct from the historic apostolic tradition of the Christian Church, of which Presbyterians are a part. ... It is the practice of the Presbyterian Church (U.S.A.) to receive on profession of faith those coming directly from a Mormon background and to administer baptism. ... Presbyterian relationships with Latter-day Saints have changed throughout the twentieth century. By God's grace they may change further.<a href="#cite_note-133">[133]</a></blockquote> The <a href="/wiki/Evangelical_Lutheran_Church_in_America" title="Evangelical Lutheran Church in America">Evangelical Lutheran Church in America</a>, the largest Lutheran body in the US, notes that Lutherans have been among those Christians who do not re-baptize other baptized Christians; however, it publishes the following statement on the recognition of Mormon baptisms: <link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1244412712"><blockquote class="templatequote">Although Mormons may use water—and lots of it—and while they may say "Father, Son, and Holy Spirit", their teaching about the nature of God is substantially different from that of orthodox, creedal Christianity. Because the Mormon understanding of the Word of God is not the same as the Christian understanding, it is correct to say that Christian Baptism has not taken place.<a href="#cite_note-134">[134]</a></blockquote> In its 2000 General Conference, the <a href="/wiki/United_Methodist_Church" title="United Methodist Church">United Methodist Church</a> decided not to recognize Latter-day Saint baptisms, stating: <link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1244412712"><blockquote class="templatequote">The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints, by self-definition, does not fit within the bounds of the historic, apostolic tradition of Christian faith. This conclusion is supported by the fact that the LDS Church itself, while calling itself Christian, explicitly professes a distinction and separateness from the ecumenical community and is intentional about clarifying significant differences in doctrine. As United Methodists we agree with their assessment that the LDS Church is not a part of the historic, apostolic tradition of the Christian faith.<a href="#cite_note-135">[135]</a>[<a href="/wiki/Wikipedia:NOTRS" class="mw-redirect" title="Wikipedia:NOTRS">better source needed</a>]</blockquote> The <a href="/wiki/Episcopal_Church_(USA)" class="mw-redirect" title="Episcopal Church (USA)">Episcopal Church (USA)</a>, part of the 80-million-member <a href="/wiki/Anglican_Communion" title="Anglican Communion">Anglican Communion</a>, does not have an official position on the validity of Mormon baptism; however, most traditional clergy would not accept Mormon baptism and require the baptism of Mormons entering into the Episcopal Church. Retired bishop <a href="/wiki/Carolyn_Tanner_Irish" title="Carolyn Tanner Irish">Carolyn Tanner Irish</a> of the <a href="/wiki/Episcopal_Diocese_of_Utah" title="Episcopal Diocese of Utah">Episcopal Diocese of Utah</a> was baptized into the LDS Church at the age of 8; her baptism was deemed valid upon her entering into the Episcopal Church in 1977, where she was confirmed by bishop of <a href="/wiki/Episcopal_Diocese_of_Washington" title="Episcopal Diocese of Washington">Washington</a>, Rev. <a href="/wiki/John_T._Walker_(bishop)" title="John T. Walker (bishop)">John T. Walker</a>.<a href="#cite_note-136">[136]</a> As with the United Methodist Church, the Episcopal Church does not recognize Mormons as historic Apostolic Christians, but rather as a new and unique religious movement that is an offshoot of Christianity.<a href="#cite_note-137">[137]</a> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading3"><h3 id="Proselytizing_of_Mormons_by_evangelical_Christians">Proselytizing of Mormons by evangelical Christians</h3>[<a href="/w/index.php?title=Mormonism_and_Nicene_Christianity&action=edit&section=17" title="Edit section: Proselytizing of Mormons by evangelical Christians">edit</a>]</div> Many other Christian churches also seek to teach or convert Mormons when the opportunity arises. Some evangelical Christian leaders often encourage their followers to follow the admonition of Paul <a href="#cite_note-138">[138]</a> and witness to others using gentleness and respect. Like their Mormon counterparts, those from the evangelical Christian religions assert that these proselytizing efforts arise out of love and genuine concern for others and not a desire to cause contention. Consequently, though the feelings may be strong, there is often a feeling of mutual appreciation and respect that accompanies missionary efforts on both sides (though this is not always the case). Some evangelical Christian denominations have ministries focused on Mormons, just as they also have ministries toward Jews, Native Americans, or other demographic groups.<a href="#cite_note-139">[139]</a><a href="#cite_note-140">[140]</a><a href="#cite_note-141">[141]</a> For example, the 1998 convention of the <a href="/wiki/Southern_Baptist_Convention" title="Southern Baptist Convention">Southern Baptist Convention</a> held in Salt Lake City had the stated aim to "bring Christianity to the Mormons". There are also many independent evangelical ministries and organizations focused on Mormons.<a href="#cite_note-142">[142]</a> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading3"><h3 id="Polls_and_attitudes">Polls and attitudes</h3>[<a href="/w/index.php?title=Mormonism_and_Nicene_Christianity&action=edit&section=18" title="Edit section: Polls and attitudes">edit</a>]</div> A 2016 Pew Poll showed that only 51% of the general public in the United States believed that Mormons were Christians while another 32% said they were not, which was in stark contrast with the 97% of Mormons who considered themselves Christians.<a href="#cite_note-6_facts_about_U.S._Mormons-143">[143]</a> Additionally, when asked to describe in one word to best represent Mormonism, Mormons typically replied "Christian", "Christ-Centered" or "Jesus", while most non-Mormons replied with "Cult".<a href="#cite_note-6_facts_about_U.S._Mormons-143">[143]</a> Similar polls have concluded that over two-thirds of the general public view Mormons as members of the larger Christian community, including many independent evangelical ministries and prominent evangelical leaders.[<a href="/wiki/Wikipedia:Citation_needed" title="Wikipedia:Citation needed">citation needed</a>] However, in an October 2010 poll conducted by <a href="/wiki/LifeWay_Research" class="mw-redirect" title="LifeWay Research">LifeWay Research</a>, three out of four American Protestant pastors did not believe that Mormons were Christians.<a href="#cite_note-144">[144]</a> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="Mormon_engagement_with_broader_Christianity">Mormon engagement with broader Christianity</h2>[<a href="/w/index.php?title=Mormonism_and_Nicene_Christianity&action=edit&section=19" title="Edit section: Mormon engagement with broader Christianity">edit</a>]</div> <link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1251242444"><table class="box-More_citations_needed_section plainlinks metadata ambox ambox-content ambox-Refimprove" role="presentation"><tbody><tr><td class="mbox-image"><div class="mbox-image-div"><a href="/wiki/File:Question_book-new.svg" class="mw-file-description"><img alt="" src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/en/thumb/9/99/Question_book-new.svg/50px-Question_book-new.svg.png" decoding="async" width="50" height="39" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/en/thumb/9/99/Question_book-new.svg/75px-Question_book-new.svg.png 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/en/thumb/9/99/Question_book-new.svg/100px-Question_book-new.svg.png 2x" data-file-width="512" data-file-height="399" /></a></div></td><td class="mbox-text"><div class="mbox-text-span">This section needs additional citations for <a href="/wiki/Wikipedia:Verifiability" title="Wikipedia:Verifiability">verification</a>. Please help <a href="/wiki/Special:EditPage/Mormonism_and_Nicene_Christianity" title="Special:EditPage/Mormonism and Nicene Christianity">improve this article</a> by <a href="/wiki/Help:Referencing_for_beginners" title="Help:Referencing for beginners">adding citations to reliable sources</a> in this section. Unsourced material may be challenged and removed. (February 2011) (<a href="/wiki/Help:Maintenance_template_removal" title="Help:Maintenance template removal">Learn how and when to remove this message</a>)</div></td></tr></tbody></table> In the 1960s, the LDS Church formed the Church Information Service with the goal of being ready to respond to media inquiries and generate positive media coverage. The organization kept a photo file to provide photos to the media for such events as <a href="/wiki/Temple_(LDS_Church)" title="Temple (LDS Church)">temple</a> dedications. It also would work to get stories covering <a href="/wiki/Family_Home_Evening" title="Family Home Evening">Family Home Evening</a>, the church's welfare plan and the church's youth activities in various publications.<a href="#cite_note-145">[145]</a> As part of the church's efforts to re-position its image, the church began to moderate its earlier <a href="/wiki/Anti-Catholicism" title="Anti-Catholicism">anti-Catholic</a> rhetoric. In <a href="/wiki/Bruce_R._McConkie" title="Bruce R. McConkie">Bruce R. McConkie</a>'s 1958 edition of <a href="/wiki/Mormon_Doctrine_(book)" title="Mormon Doctrine (book)">Mormon Doctrine</a>, he had stated his opinion that the Catholic Church was part of "the church of the devil" and "the <a href="/wiki/Great_and_abominable_church" title="Great and abominable church">great and abominable church</a>" because it was among organizations that misled people away from following God's laws. In his 1966 edition of the same book, the specific reference to the Catholic Church was removed.<a href="#cite_note-146">[146]</a> In 1973, the LDS Church recast its <a href="/wiki/Mormon_missionary" title="Mormon missionary">missionary</a> lessons, making them more family-friendly and focused on building on common Christian ideals. The new lessons, named "A Uniform System for Teaching Families", de-emphasized the Great Apostasy, which previously held a prominent position just after the story of the <a href="/wiki/First_Vision" title="First Vision">First Vision</a>. After a further revision in the early 1980s, the lessons dealt with the apostasy even less conspicuously by moving its discussion from the first lesson to later lessons. The lessons also became more family-friendly, including a flip chart with pictures, in part to encourage the participation of children.[<a href="/wiki/Wikipedia:Citation_needed" title="Wikipedia:Citation needed">citation needed</a>] In 1995, the church announced a new logo design that emphasized the words "JESUS CHRIST" in large capital letters. According to Bruce L. Olsen, director of public affairs for the church, "The logo re-emphasizes the official name of the church and the central position of the Savior in its theology. It stresses our allegiance to the Lord, Jesus Christ."<a href="#cite_note-Riess_2005-147">[147]</a> In 2001, the church sent out a press release encouraging reporters to use the full name of the church at the beginning of news articles, with following references to the "Church of Jesus Christ". The release discouraged the use of the term "Mormon Church".<a href="#cite_note-148">[148]</a> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading3"><h3 id="Downplaying_of_differences">Downplaying of differences</h3>[<a href="/w/index.php?title=Mormonism_and_Nicene_Christianity&action=edit&section=20" title="Edit section: Downplaying of differences">edit</a>]</div> Riess and Tickle assert that, starting in the late twentieth century, Mormons have focused their attention on Jesus Christ more than at any other time since the inception of their faith. Some critics of the LDS Church have accused church leaders of attempting to disingenuously portray the church as "just another Christian denomination" when, in fact, there are significant differences. Riess and Tickle argue that these critics are failing to grasp that this recent emphasis on Jesus Christ is part of a genuine theological evolution that concurrently involves a renewed interest in the Book of Mormon.<a href="#cite_note-Riess_2005-147">[147]</a> Ross Anderson asserts that, "(i)n public, LDS spokesmen downplay their Church's distinctive doctrines."<a href="#cite_note-149">[149]</a>[<a href="/wiki/Wikipedia:Citing_sources" title="Wikipedia:Citing sources">page needed</a>] Patricia Limerick suggests that future historians may conclude that, in the last four decades of the 20th, the <a href="/wiki/General_authorities" class="mw-redirect" title="General authorities">general authorities</a> of the LDS Church "undertook to standardize Mormon thought and practice". According to Limerick, this campaign of standardization has led to a retreat from the distinctive elements of Mormonism and an accentuation of the church's similarity to conventional Christianity.<a href="#cite_note-150">[150]</a> According to <a href="/wiki/Claudia_Bushman" class="mw-redirect" title="Claudia Bushman">Claudia Bushman</a>, "[t]he renewed emphasis on scripture study, especially the Book of Mormon, led the Church away from speculative theology. The freewheeling General Conference addresses of earlier years, elaborating unique LDS doctrines, were gradually replaced with a basic Christian message downplaying denominational differences."<a href="#cite_note-151">[151]</a> Recent church presidents have tended to downplay those doctrines that served to distinguish Mormonism from mainline churches.<a href="#cite_note-152">[152]</a> Richard Abanes asserts that President <a href="/wiki/Gordon_B._Hinckley" title="Gordon B. Hinckley">Gordon B. Hinckley</a> "on numerous occasions demonstrated his willingness to seriously downplay any issues that might be construed as controversial".<a href="#cite_note-153">[153]</a> In 2001, Hinckley stated that message of the LDS Church was "Christ-centered. [Christ is] our leader. He's our head. His name is the name of our church."<a href="#cite_note-154">[154]</a> When speaking about other faiths, modern LDS leaders have adopted a policy of avoiding the use of critical and judgmental language in official church publications, and encouraged members of the church to be respectful of the beliefs of others as they witness in their personal lives.<a href="#cite_note-155">[155]</a> When speaking about other faiths, church magazines are often complimentary and focus on providing factual information rather than on sensationalizing or otherwise seeking to undermine the creeds and practices of others.<a href="#cite_note-156">[156]</a> Several presidents of the LDS Church over the years have emphasized the need for Mormons to recognize the good contributions those of other faiths make to the world.<a href="#cite_note-157">[157]</a> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading3"><h3 id="Cooperation_with_other_Christian_denominations">Cooperation with other Christian denominations</h3>[<a href="/w/index.php?title=Mormonism_and_Nicene_Christianity&action=edit&section=21" title="Edit section: Cooperation with other Christian denominations">edit</a>]</div> <link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1236090951"><div role="note" class="hatnote navigation-not-searchable">Further information: <a href="/wiki/California_Proposition_8_(2008)" class="mw-redirect" title="California Proposition 8 (2008)">California Proposition 8 (2008)</a></div> <link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1251242444"><table class="box-Expand_section plainlinks metadata ambox mbox-small-left ambox-content" role="presentation"><tbody><tr><td class="mbox-image"><a href="/wiki/File:Wiki_letter_w_cropped.svg" class="mw-file-description"><img alt="[icon]" src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/1/1c/Wiki_letter_w_cropped.svg/20px-Wiki_letter_w_cropped.svg.png" decoding="async" width="20" height="14" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/1/1c/Wiki_letter_w_cropped.svg/30px-Wiki_letter_w_cropped.svg.png 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/1/1c/Wiki_letter_w_cropped.svg/40px-Wiki_letter_w_cropped.svg.png 2x" data-file-width="44" data-file-height="31" /></a></td><td class="mbox-text"><div class="mbox-text-span">This section needs expansion. You can help by <a class="external text" href="https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Mormonism_and_Nicene_Christianity&action=edit&section=">adding to it</a>. (January 2011)</div></td></tr></tbody></table> Ron Rhodes asserts that, "The Mormon church has in recent years sought to downplay its exclusivism as the 'restored' church. Indeed, the Mormon church has increasingly become involved with the Interfaith movement, joining with various Christian denominations in various charities."<a href="#cite_note-158">[158]</a> Traditional Christian denominations and the LDS Church share work in providing welfare or humanitarian aid. In recent years, the LDS Church has opened its broadcasting facilities (<a href="/wiki/Bonneville_International" title="Bonneville International">Bonneville International</a>) to other Christian groups, and has participated in the VISN Religious Interfaith Cable Television Network. <div class="mw-heading mw-heading3"><h3 id="Dialogue_with_other_Christian_denominations">Dialogue with other Christian denominations</h3>[<a href="/w/index.php?title=Mormonism_and_Nicene_Christianity&action=edit&section=22" title="Edit section: Dialogue with other Christian denominations">edit</a>]</div> There have been independent activities among individuals from both traditions who attempt to discuss openly about issues of faith.<a href="#cite_note-159">[159]</a> In November 2004, Fuller Theological Seminary President Richard Mouw and <a href="/wiki/Ravi_Zacharias" title="Ravi Zacharias">Ravi Zacharias</a>, a well known evangelical Christian philosophical apologist, addressed a congregation of Mormons and evangelicals gathered in the <a href="/wiki/Salt_Lake_Tabernacle" title="Salt Lake Tabernacle">Salt Lake Tabernacle</a> for an event sponsored by Standing Together Ministries that was well received despite the differences they acknowledged between Mormonism and evangelical perspectives.<a href="#cite_note-160">[160]</a> In the 1950s, President <a href="/wiki/David_O._McKay" title="David O. McKay">David O. McKay</a> met with Bishop <a href="/wiki/Duane_G._Hunt" class="mw-redirect" title="Duane G. Hunt">Duane G. Hunt</a>, of the <a href="/wiki/Diocese_of_Salt_Lake_City" class="mw-redirect" title="Diocese of Salt Lake City">Diocese of Salt Lake City</a>, several times in secret, at Holy Cross Hospital in <a href="/wiki/Salt_Lake_City" title="Salt Lake City">Salt Lake City</a>, to avoid fears of scandalizing members of their respective churches. Their meetings consisted of discussions about community issues and tensions between the two groups in <a href="/wiki/Utah" title="Utah">Utah</a>.<a href="#cite_note-161">[161]</a> In 2019, while in Rome to dedicate the <a href="/wiki/Rome_Italy_Temple" title="Rome Italy Temple">Rome Italy Temple</a>, President <a href="/wiki/Russell_M._Nelson" title="Russell M. Nelson">Russell M. Nelson</a> met with <a href="/wiki/Pope_Francis" title="Pope Francis">Pope Francis</a>. Nelson is the first Latter-day Saint prophet to meet with a Catholic <a href="/wiki/Pope" title="Pope">pope</a>. Nelson said that he and Francis spoke about the "importance of religious liberty, the importance of the family, our mutual concern for the youth of the church, for the secularization of the world, and the need for people to come to God, and worship him, pray to him and have the stability that faith in Jesus Christ will bring in their lives."<a href="#cite_note-162">[162]</a> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading3"><h3 id="Proselytization_of_other_Christian_denominations">Proselytization of other Christian denominations</h3>[<a href="/w/index.php?title=Mormonism_and_Nicene_Christianity&action=edit&section=23" title="Edit section: Proselytization of other Christian denominations">edit</a>]</div> Mormons proselytize to all people, including members of other Christian churches, holding to the belief that God told Joseph Smith "that those professors [of religion] were all corrupt; that: 'they draw near to me with their lips, but their hearts are far from me, they teach for doctrines the commandments of men, having a form of godliness, but they deny the power thereof.'"<a href="#cite_note-163">[163]</a> Because ministering to those of other Christian faiths can be a sensitive task when feelings on both sides are strong, leaders of the LDS Church have counseled members to be sensitive, to exercise caution, and to avoid contentions in their preaching. Despite the criticisms of other creeds, a tone of respect has consistently been encouraged by Mormon leaders. For example, <a href="/wiki/Wilford_Woodruff" title="Wilford Woodruff">Wilford Woodruff</a>, an early president of the church and a contemporary of Joseph Smith taught: <blockquote>When you go into a neighborhood to preach the Gospel, never attempt to tear down a man's house, so to speak, before you build him a better one; never, in fact, attack any one's religion, wherever you go. Be willing to let every man enjoy his own religion. It is his right to do that. If he does not accept your testimony with regard to the Gospel of Christ, that is his affair, and not yours. Do not spend your time in pulling down other sects and parties. We haven't time to do that. It is never right to do that.<a href="#cite_note-164">[164]</a></blockquote> While the LDS Church has been clear about its disagreements with many of the theologies and practices of other religions and seeks actively to convert all people to its own teachings, it has also always adopted a policy of toleration for others and defended the rights of all people to worship God freely. Article 11 of the church's <a href="/wiki/Articles_of_Faith_(Latter_Day_Saints)" title="Articles of Faith (Latter Day Saints)">Articles of Faith</a> written by Joseph Smith states, "We claim the privilege of worshiping Almighty God according to the dictates of our own conscience, and allow all men the same privilege, let them worship how, where, or what they may."<a href="#cite_note-165">[165]</a> Smith spoke often of the need for Mormons to be civil and courteous in their treatment of others, particularly those who were not of their faith, and to be willing to defend the right of anyone to religious freedom. He said: <blockquote>If we would secure and cultivate the love of others, we must love others, even our enemies as well as friends ... I possess the principle of love. All I can offer the world is a good heart and a good hand. The Saints can testify whether I am willing to lay down my life for my brethren. If it has been demonstrated that I have been willing to die for a "Mormon", I am bold to declare before Heaven that I am just as ready to die in defending the rights of a Presbyterian, a Baptist, or a good man of any other denomination. ... It is a love of liberty which inspires my soul.<a href="#cite_note-166">[166]</a></blockquote> Because <a href="/wiki/Mormon_missionaries" class="mw-redirect" title="Mormon missionaries">Mormon missionaries</a> proselytize to all, including other Christians, some Christian organizations have published tracts, brochures and books designed to counter these missionary efforts.<a href="#cite_note-167">[167]</a><a href="#cite_note-168">[168]</a><a href="#cite_note-169">[169]</a> Conciliar Press, a department of the <a href="/wiki/Antiochian_Orthodox_Church" class="mw-redirect" title="Antiochian Orthodox Church">Antiochian Orthodox Christian</a> Archdiocese of North America, has published a brochure designed to inform Orthodox Christians of the proselytizing efforts of what it describes as "cultists" (Mormons and <a href="/wiki/Jehovah%27s_Witnesses" title="Jehovah's Witnesses">Jehovah's Witnesses</a>). In 2006, the Catholic bishops in Slovakia urged all Catholics in the country not to sign a petition allowing the LDS Church to be legally recognized in that country.<a href="#cite_note-170">[170]</a> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="See_also">See also</h2>[<a href="/w/index.php?title=Mormonism_and_Nicene_Christianity&action=edit&section=24" title="Edit section: See also">edit</a>]</div> <style data-mw-deduplicate="TemplateStyles:r1259569809">.mw-parser-output .portalbox{padding:0;margin:0.5em 0;display:table;box-sizing:border-box;max-width:175px;list-style:none}.mw-parser-output .portalborder{border:1px solid var(--border-color-base,#a2a9b1);padding:0.1em;background:var(--background-color-neutral-subtle,#f8f9fa)}.mw-parser-output .portalbox-entry{display:table-row;font-size:85%;line-height:110%;height:1.9em;font-style:italic;font-weight:bold}.mw-parser-output .portalbox-image{display:table-cell;padding:0.2em;vertical-align:middle;text-align:center}.mw-parser-output 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.cs1-maint{display:none;color:#085;margin-left:0.3em}.mw-parser-output .cs1-kern-left{padding-left:0.2em}.mw-parser-output .cs1-kern-right{padding-right:0.2em}.mw-parser-output .citation .mw-selflink{font-weight:inherit}@media screen{.mw-parser-output .cs1-format{font-size:95%}html.skin-theme-clientpref-night .mw-parser-output .cs1-maint{color:#18911f}}@media screen and (prefers-color-scheme:dark){html.skin-theme-clientpref-os .mw-parser-output .cs1-maint{color:#18911f}}</style><cite id="CITEREFPrakashan2009" class="citation book cs1">Prakashan, Jnanada (2009). World Encyclopaedia of Interfaith Studies: Global interfaith movement. p. 733.</cite><span title="ctx_ver=Z39.88-2004&rft_val_fmt=info%3Aofi%2Ffmt%3Akev%3Amtx%3Abook&rft.genre=book&rft.btitle=World+Encyclopaedia+of+Interfaith+Studies%3A+Global+interfaith+movement&rft.pages=733&rft.date=2009&rft.aulast=Prakashan&rft.aufirst=Jnanada&rfr_id=info%3Asid%2Fen.wikipedia.org%3AMormonism+and+Nicene+Christianity" class="Z3988"> </li> <li id="cite_note-2"><a href="#cite_ref-2">^</a> <a href="#CITEREFShipps1985">Shipps (1985</a>, pp. 148–49) (arguing that "Mormonism differs from traditional Christianity in much the same fashion that traditional Christianity ... came to differ from Judaism."). </li> <li id="cite_note-Mason_2015-3">^ <a href="#cite_ref-Mason_2015_3-0">a</a> <a href="#cite_ref-Mason_2015_3-1">b</a> <a href="#cite_ref-Mason_2015_3-2">c</a> <a href="#cite_ref-Mason_2015_3-3">d</a> <a href="#cite_ref-Mason_2015_3-4">e</a> <a href="#cite_ref-Mason_2015_3-5">f</a> <a href="#cite_ref-Mason_2015_3-6">g</a> <a href="#cite_ref-Mason_2015_3-7">h</a> <a href="#cite_ref-Mason_2015_3-8">i</a> <link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1238218222"><cite id="CITEREFMason2015" class="citation encyclopaedia cs1"><a href="/wiki/Patrick_Q._Mason" title="Patrick Q. Mason">Mason, Patrick Q.</a> (3 September 2015). <a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="https://oxfordre.com/religion/view/10.1093/acrefore/9780199340378.001.0001/acrefore-9780199340378-e-75">"Mormonism"</a>. 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Retrieved 15 May 2021.</cite><span title="ctx_ver=Z39.88-2004&rft_val_fmt=info%3Aofi%2Ffmt%3Akev%3Amtx%3Abook&rft.genre=bookitem&rft.atitle=Mormonism&rft.btitle=Oxford+Research+Encyclopedia+of+Religion&rft.place=Oxford&rft.pub=Oxford+University+Press&rft.date=2015-09-03&rft_id=info%3Adoi%2F10.1093%2Facrefore%2F9780199340378.013.75&rft.isbn=978-0-19-934037-8&rft.aulast=Mason&rft.aufirst=Patrick+Q.&rft_id=https%3A%2F%2Foxfordre.com%2Freligion%2Fview%2F10.1093%2Facrefore%2F9780199340378.001.0001%2Facrefore-9780199340378-e-75&rfr_id=info%3Asid%2Fen.wikipedia.org%3AMormonism+and+Nicene+Christianity" class="Z3988"> </li> <li id="cite_note-Givens_2003-4">^ <a href="#cite_ref-Givens_2003_4-0">a</a> <a href="#cite_ref-Givens_2003_4-1">b</a> <a href="#cite_ref-Givens_2003_4-2">c</a> <a href="#cite_ref-Givens_2003_4-3">d</a> <link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1238218222"><cite id="CITEREFGivens2003" class="citation book cs1">Givens, Terryl L. (2003) [2002]. <a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="https://books.google.com/books?id=nd8-DgAAQBAJ&pg=PA8">""A Seer Shall the Lord My God Raise Up": The Prophet and the Plates"</a>. By the Hand of Mormon: The American Scripture that Launched a New World Religion. <a href="/wiki/New_York_City" title="New York City">New York</a>: <a href="/wiki/Oxford_University_Press" title="Oxford University Press">Oxford University Press</a>. pp. 8–42. <a href="/wiki/Doi_(identifier)" class="mw-redirect" title="Doi (identifier)">doi</a>:<a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="https://doi.org/10.1093%2F019513818X.003.0002">10.1093/019513818X.003.0002</a>. <a href="/wiki/ISBN_(identifier)" class="mw-redirect" title="ISBN (identifier)">ISBN</a> <a href="/wiki/Special:BookSources/978-0-19-513818-4" title="Special:BookSources/978-0-19-513818-4"><bdi>978-0-19-513818-4</bdi></a>. <a href="/wiki/OCLC_(identifier)" class="mw-redirect" title="OCLC (identifier)">OCLC</a> <a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="https://search.worldcat.org/oclc/1028168787">1028168787</a>.</cite><span title="ctx_ver=Z39.88-2004&rft_val_fmt=info%3Aofi%2Ffmt%3Akev%3Amtx%3Abook&rft.genre=bookitem&rft.atitle=%22A+Seer+Shall+the+Lord+My+God+Raise+Up%22%3A+The+Prophet+and+the+Plates&rft.btitle=By+the+Hand+of+Mormon%3A+The+American+Scripture+that+Launched+a+New+World+Religion&rft.place=New+York&rft.pages=8-42&rft.pub=Oxford+University+Press&rft.date=2003&rft_id=info%3Aoclcnum%2F1028168787&rft_id=info%3Adoi%2F10.1093%2F019513818X.003.0002&rft.isbn=978-0-19-513818-4&rft.aulast=Givens&rft.aufirst=Terryl+L.&rft_id=https%3A%2F%2Fbooks.google.com%2Fbooks%3Fid%3Dnd8-DgAAQBAJ%26pg%3DPA8&rfr_id=info%3Asid%2Fen.wikipedia.org%3AMormonism+and+Nicene+Christianity" class="Z3988"> </li> <li id="cite_note-Noll_2002-5">^ <a href="#cite_ref-Noll_2002_5-0">a</a> <a href="#cite_ref-Noll_2002_5-1">b</a> <a href="#cite_ref-Noll_2002_5-2">c</a> <link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1238218222"><cite id="CITEREFNoll2002" class="citation book cs1"><a href="/wiki/Mark_Noll" title="Mark Noll">Noll, Mark A.</a> (2002). <a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="https://books.google.com/books?id=b53HUe_NRVgC&pg=PA102">"The High Tide of Protestantism, 1830-1865"</a>. The Old Religion in a New World: The History of North American Christianity. <a href="/wiki/Grand_Rapids,_Michigan" title="Grand Rapids, Michigan">Grand Rapids, Michigan</a> and <a href="/wiki/Cambridge" title="Cambridge">Cambridge, UK</a>: <a href="/wiki/Wm._B._Eerdmans" class="mw-redirect" title="Wm. B. Eerdmans">Wm. B. Eerdmans</a>. pp. 102–103. <a href="/wiki/ISBN_(identifier)" class="mw-redirect" title="ISBN (identifier)">ISBN</a> <a href="/wiki/Special:BookSources/978-0-8028-4948-9" title="Special:BookSources/978-0-8028-4948-9"><bdi>978-0-8028-4948-9</bdi></a>. <a href="/wiki/LCCN_(identifier)" class="mw-redirect" title="LCCN (identifier)">LCCN</a> <a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="https://lccn.loc.gov/2001040537">2001040537</a>.</cite><span title="ctx_ver=Z39.88-2004&rft_val_fmt=info%3Aofi%2Ffmt%3Akev%3Amtx%3Abook&rft.genre=bookitem&rft.atitle=The+High+Tide+of+Protestantism%2C+1830-1865&rft.btitle=The+Old+Religion+in+a+New+World%3A+The+History+of+North+American+Christianity&rft.place=Grand+Rapids%2C+Michigan+and+Cambridge%2C+UK&rft.pages=102-103&rft.pub=Wm.+B.+Eerdmans&rft.date=2002&rft_id=info%3Alccn%2F2001040537&rft.isbn=978-0-8028-4948-9&rft.aulast=Noll&rft.aufirst=Mark+A.&rft_id=https%3A%2F%2Fbooks.google.com%2Fbooks%3Fid%3Db53HUe_NRVgC%26pg%3DPA102&rfr_id=info%3Asid%2Fen.wikipedia.org%3AMormonism+and+Nicene+Christianity" class="Z3988"> </li> <li id="cite_note-6"><a href="#cite_ref-6">^</a> <a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="https://www.pewforum.org/2012/01/12/mormons-in-america-executive-summary/">Mormons in America: Certain in Their Beliefs, Uncertain of Their Place in Society</a> <a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="https://web.archive.org/web/20150924113625/http://www.pewforum.org/files/2012/01/Mormons-in-America.pdf">Archived</a> September 24, 2015, at the <a href="/wiki/Wayback_Machine" title="Wayback Machine">Wayback Machine</a>, Pew Forum on Religion & Public Life 2012, p.10: Mormons are nearly unanimous in describing Mormonism as a Christian religion, with 97% expressing this point of view </li> <li id="cite_note-7"><a href="#cite_ref-7">^</a> <link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1238218222"><cite id="CITEREFRosentiel2007" class="citation web cs1">Rosentiel, Tom (4 December 2007). <a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="https://www.pewresearch.org/2007/12/04/public-opinion-about-mormons/">"Public Opinion About Mormons"</a>. Pew Research Center. Retrieved 7 May 2021.</cite><span title="ctx_ver=Z39.88-2004&rft_val_fmt=info%3Aofi%2Ffmt%3Akev%3Amtx%3Abook&rft.genre=unknown&rft.btitle=Public+Opinion+About+Mormons&rft.pub=Pew+Research+Center&rft.date=2007-12-04&rft.aulast=Rosentiel&rft.aufirst=Tom&rft_id=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.pewresearch.org%2F2007%2F12%2F04%2Fpublic-opinion-about-mormons%2F&rfr_id=info%3Asid%2Fen.wikipedia.org%3AMormonism+and+Nicene+Christianity" class="Z3988"> </li> <li id="cite_note-8"><a href="#cite_ref-8">^</a> <a href="#CITEREFStarkNeilson2005">Stark & Neilson (2005</a>, p. 14). </li> <li id="cite_note-Shipps_2001-9"><a href="#cite_ref-Shipps_2001_9-0">^</a> <link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1238218222"><cite id="CITEREFShipps2001" class="citation book cs1"><a href="/wiki/Jan_Shipps" title="Jan Shipps">Shipps, Jan</a> (2001). <a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="https://books.google.com/books?id=jsokQJDKJ7cC&pg=PA76">"Is Mormonism Christian? Reflections on a Complicated Question"</a>. In Eliason, Eric A. (ed.). Mormons and Mormonism: An Introduction to an American World Religion. <a href="/wiki/Urbana,_Illinois" title="Urbana, Illinois">Urbana</a> and <a href="/wiki/Chicago" title="Chicago">Chicago</a>: <a href="/wiki/University_of_Illinois_Press" title="University of Illinois Press">University of Illinois Press</a>. pp. 76–98. <a href="/wiki/ISBN_(identifier)" class="mw-redirect" title="ISBN (identifier)">ISBN</a> <a href="/wiki/Special:BookSources/0-252-02609-8" title="Special:BookSources/0-252-02609-8"><bdi>0-252-02609-8</bdi></a>. <a href="/wiki/S2CID_(identifier)" class="mw-redirect" title="S2CID (identifier)">S2CID</a> <a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="https://api.semanticscholar.org/CorpusID:142892455">142892455</a>.</cite><span title="ctx_ver=Z39.88-2004&rft_val_fmt=info%3Aofi%2Ffmt%3Akev%3Amtx%3Abook&rft.genre=bookitem&rft.atitle=Is+Mormonism+Christian%3F+Reflections+on+a+Complicated+Question&rft.btitle=Mormons+and+Mormonism%3A+An+Introduction+to+an+American+World+Religion&rft.place=Urbana+and+Chicago&rft.pages=76-98&rft.pub=University+of+Illinois+Press&rft.date=2001&rft_id=https%3A%2F%2Fapi.semanticscholar.org%2FCorpusID%3A142892455%23id-name%3DS2CID&rft.isbn=0-252-02609-8&rft.aulast=Shipps&rft.aufirst=Jan&rft_id=https%3A%2F%2Fbooks.google.com%2Fbooks%3Fid%3DjsokQJDKJ7cC%26pg%3DPA76&rfr_id=info%3Asid%2Fen.wikipedia.org%3AMormonism+and+Nicene+Christianity" class="Z3988"> </li> <li id="cite_note-10"><a href="#cite_ref-10">^</a> <a href="#CITEREFShipps2000">Shipps (2000</a>, p. 338). </li> <li id="cite_note-11"><a href="#cite_ref-11">^</a> <link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1238218222"><cite id="CITEREFTurner2016" class="citation book cs1">Turner, John G. 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Mormons and Mormonism: An Introduction to an American World Religion. <a href="/wiki/Urbana,_Illinois" title="Urbana, Illinois">Urbana</a> and <a href="/wiki/Chicago" title="Chicago">Chicago</a>: <a href="/wiki/University_of_Illinois_Press" title="University of Illinois Press">University of Illinois Press</a>. pp. 23–46. <a href="/wiki/ISBN_(identifier)" class="mw-redirect" title="ISBN (identifier)">ISBN</a> <a href="/wiki/Special:BookSources/0-252-02609-8" title="Special:BookSources/0-252-02609-8"><bdi>0-252-02609-8</bdi></a>. <a href="/wiki/S2CID_(identifier)" class="mw-redirect" title="S2CID (identifier)">S2CID</a> <a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="https://api.semanticscholar.org/CorpusID:142892455">142892455</a>.</cite><span title="ctx_ver=Z39.88-2004&rft_val_fmt=info%3Aofi%2Ffmt%3Akev%3Amtx%3Abook&rft.genre=bookitem&rft.atitle=Soaring+with+the+Gods%3A+Early+Mormons+and+the+Eclipse+of+Religious+Pluralism&rft.btitle=Mormons+and+Mormonism%3A+An+Introduction+to+an+American+World+Religion&rft.place=Urbana+and+Chicago&rft.pages=23-46&rft.pub=University+of+Illinois+Press&rft.date=2001&rft_id=https%3A%2F%2Fapi.semanticscholar.org%2FCorpusID%3A142892455%23id-name%3DS2CID&rft.isbn=0-252-02609-8&rft.aulast=Hughes&rft.aufirst=Richard+T.&rft_id=https%3A%2F%2Fbooks.google.com%2Fbooks%3Fid%3DjsokQJDKJ7cC%26pg%3DPA23&rfr_id=info%3Asid%2Fen.wikipedia.org%3AMormonism+and+Nicene+Christianity" class="Z3988"> </li> <li id="cite_note-Davies_2003-13">^ <a href="#cite_ref-Davies_2003_13-0">a</a> <a href="#cite_ref-Davies_2003_13-1">b</a> <a href="#CITEREFDavies2003">Davies (2003</a>, <a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="https://books.google.com/books?id=fw8DIziwEDsC&pg=PA65">Divine–human transformations, pp. 65–90</a>) </li> <li id="cite_note-EoM-14"><a href="#cite_ref-EoM_14-0">^</a> <link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1238218222"><cite id="CITEREFDahl1992" class="citation cs2">Dahl, Paul E. (1992), <a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="https://eom.byu.edu/index.php/Godhead">"Godhead"</a>, in <a href="/wiki/Daniel_H._Ludlow" title="Daniel H. Ludlow">Ludlow, Daniel H.</a> (ed.), <a href="/wiki/Encyclopedia_of_Mormonism" title="Encyclopedia of Mormonism">Encyclopedia of Mormonism</a>, <a href="/wiki/New_York_City" title="New York City">New York</a>: <a href="/wiki/Macmillan_Publishing" class="mw-redirect" title="Macmillan Publishing">Macmillan Publishing</a>, pp. 552–553, <a href="/wiki/ISBN_(identifier)" class="mw-redirect" title="ISBN (identifier)">ISBN</a> <a href="/wiki/Special:BookSources/0-02-879602-0" title="Special:BookSources/0-02-879602-0"><bdi>0-02-879602-0</bdi></a>, <a href="/wiki/OCLC_(identifier)" class="mw-redirect" title="OCLC (identifier)">OCLC</a> <a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="https://search.worldcat.org/oclc/24502140">24502140</a>, retrieved 7 May 2021 – via <a href="/wiki/Harold_B._Lee_Library" title="Harold B. Lee Library">Harold B. Lee Library</a></cite><span title="ctx_ver=Z39.88-2004&rft_val_fmt=info%3Aofi%2Ffmt%3Akev%3Amtx%3Abook&rft.genre=bookitem&rft.atitle=Godhead&rft.btitle=Encyclopedia+of+Mormonism&rft.place=New+York&rft.pages=552-553&rft.pub=Macmillan+Publishing&rft.date=1992&rft_id=info%3Aoclcnum%2F24502140&rft.isbn=0-02-879602-0&rft.aulast=Dahl&rft.aufirst=Paul+E.&rft_id=https%3A%2F%2Feom.byu.edu%2Findex.php%2FGodhead&rfr_id=info%3Asid%2Fen.wikipedia.org%3AMormonism+and+Nicene+Christianity" class="Z3988"> </li> <li id="cite_note-15"><a href="#cite_ref-15">^</a> <link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1238218222"><cite id="CITEREFSmith1956" class="citation book cs1"><a href="/wiki/Joseph_Fielding_Smith" title="Joseph Fielding Smith">Smith, Joseph Fielding</a> (1956). <a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="https://www.churchofjesuschrist.org/si/institute/manuals?lang=eng&cid=rdb_v_si-institute_eng_manuals">Doctrines of Salvation</a>. Bookcraft. p. 1:38.</cite><span title="ctx_ver=Z39.88-2004&rft_val_fmt=info%3Aofi%2Ffmt%3Akev%3Amtx%3Abook&rft.genre=book&rft.btitle=Doctrines+of+Salvation&rft.pages=1%3A38&rft.pub=Bookcraft&rft.date=1956&rft.aulast=Smith&rft.aufirst=Joseph+Fielding&rft_id=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.churchofjesuschrist.org%2Fsi%2Finstitute%2Fmanuals%3Flang%3Deng%26cid%3Drdb_v_si-institute_eng_manuals&rfr_id=info%3Asid%2Fen.wikipedia.org%3AMormonism+and+Nicene+Christianity" class="Z3988"> </li> <li id="cite_note-16"><a href="#cite_ref-16">^</a> See, commentary, <a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="https://newsroom.churchofjesuschrist.org/article/real-differences-real-similarities-and-biblical-christianity">"Real Differences, Real Similarities and Biblical Christianity"</a>. Mormon News Room. October 11, 2007. </li> <li id="cite_note-17"><a href="#cite_ref-17">^</a> <a href="#CITEREFBrooke1994">Brooke (1994</a>, p. xv) ("Mormonism springs from the sectarian tradition of the <a href="/wiki/Radical_Reformation" title="Radical Reformation">Radical Reformation</a>, in fact from its most extreme fringe."). </li> <li id="cite_note-18"><a href="#cite_ref-18">^</a> <a href="#CITEREFBrooke1994">Brooke (1994</a>, p. 200) (describing Smith's theology as "a radical departure from traditional Protestant Christianity".) </li> <li id="cite_note-Charles_2016-19"><a href="#cite_ref-Charles_2016_19-0">^</a> <link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1238218222"><cite id="CITEREFCharles2016" class="citation book cs1">Charles, Carter (2016). "Mormonism in America: Itinerary to Allegiance from Joseph Smith to Mitt Romney". In <a href="/wiki/Stephen_J._Hunt" title="Stephen J. Hunt">Hunt, Stephen J.</a> (ed.). Handbook of Global Contemporary Christianity: Movements, Institutions, and Allegiance. Brill Handbooks on Contemporary Religion. Vol. 12. <a href="/wiki/Leiden" title="Leiden">Leiden</a>: <a href="/wiki/Brill_Publishers" title="Brill Publishers">Brill Publishers</a>. pp. 441–460. <a href="/wiki/Doi_(identifier)" class="mw-redirect" title="Doi (identifier)">doi</a>:<a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="https://doi.org/10.1163%2F9789004310780_022">10.1163/9789004310780_022</a>. <a href="/wiki/ISBN_(identifier)" class="mw-redirect" title="ISBN (identifier)">ISBN</a> <a href="/wiki/Special:BookSources/978-90-04-26539-4" title="Special:BookSources/978-90-04-26539-4"><bdi>978-90-04-26539-4</bdi></a>. <a href="/wiki/ISSN_(identifier)" class="mw-redirect" title="ISSN (identifier)">ISSN</a> <a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="https://search.worldcat.org/issn/1874-6691">1874-6691</a>.</cite><span title="ctx_ver=Z39.88-2004&rft_val_fmt=info%3Aofi%2Ffmt%3Akev%3Amtx%3Abook&rft.genre=bookitem&rft.atitle=Mormonism+in+America%3A+Itinerary+to+Allegiance+from+Joseph+Smith+to+Mitt+Romney&rft.btitle=Handbook+of+Global+Contemporary+Christianity%3A+Movements%2C+Institutions%2C+and+Allegiance&rft.place=Leiden&rft.series=Brill+Handbooks+on+Contemporary+Religion&rft.pages=441-460&rft.pub=Brill+Publishers&rft.date=2016&rft.issn=1874-6691&rft_id=info%3Adoi%2F10.1163%2F9789004310780_022&rft.isbn=978-90-04-26539-4&rft.aulast=Charles&rft.aufirst=Carter&rfr_id=info%3Asid%2Fen.wikipedia.org%3AMormonism+and+Nicene+Christianity" class="Z3988"> </li> <li id="cite_note-20"><a href="#cite_ref-20">^</a> <a href="#CITEREFGordon2002">Gordon (2002</a>, p. 11); <a href="#CITEREFShipps1985">Shipps (1985</a>, p. 7). </li> <li id="cite_note-21"><a href="#cite_ref-21">^</a> <link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1238218222"><cite id="CITEREFPaul_C._Gutjahr2012" class="citation book cs1">Paul C. Gutjahr (March 25, 2012). The Book of Mormon: A Biography (Lives of Great Religious Books). <a href="/wiki/Princeton_University_Press" title="Princeton University Press">Princeton University Press</a>. <a href="/wiki/ISBN_(identifier)" class="mw-redirect" title="ISBN (identifier)">ISBN</a> <a href="/wiki/Special:BookSources/978-0-691-14480-1" title="Special:BookSources/978-0-691-14480-1"><bdi>978-0-691-14480-1</bdi></a>.</cite><span title="ctx_ver=Z39.88-2004&rft_val_fmt=info%3Aofi%2Ffmt%3Akev%3Amtx%3Abook&rft.genre=book&rft.btitle=The+Book+of+Mormon%3A+A+Biography+%28Lives+of+Great+Religious+Books%29&rft.pub=Princeton+University+Press&rft.date=2012-03-25&rft.isbn=978-0-691-14480-1&rft.au=Paul+C.+Gutjahr&rfr_id=info%3Asid%2Fen.wikipedia.org%3AMormonism+and+Nicene+Christianity" class="Z3988"> </li> <li id="cite_note-22"><a href="#cite_ref-22">^</a> <a href="#CITEREFHill1969">Hill (1969</a>, pp. 1–4) (describing the background of Christian primitivism in New England). </li> <li id="cite_note-23"><a href="#cite_ref-23">^</a> <a href="#CITEREFHullinger1992">Hullinger (1992</a>, p. 4) ("The Book of Mormon settles doctrinal differences among those who accept the Christ it presents. Mormon's purpose is to make clear the true doctrine and to dissolve doctrinal disputes by explaining the gospel of Christ"); <a href="#CITEREFFord2005">Ford (2005</a>, pp. 75–76) ("[T]he Book of Mormon decides controversies in a number of areas, including those argued among early nineteenth century American theologians.") </li> <li id="cite_note-24"><a href="#cite_ref-24">^</a> <a href="#CITEREFDePillis1966">DePillis (1966</a>, p. 88) (noting that the Book of Mormon expresses contempt for <a href="/wiki/Sectarianism" title="Sectarianism">sectarianism</a>, and arguing that establishing the one true fold and one true faith are the "only real theological themes of the book"); <a href="#CITEREFHullinger1992">Hullinger (1992</a>, p. 32) (the Book of Mormon "would seek to heal the wounds of sectarianism and defend God against deism, rationalism, and sectarianism".) </li> <li id="cite_note-25"><a href="#cite_ref-25">^</a> <a href="#CITEREFHullinger1992">Hullinger (1992</a>, pp. 153–54); <a href="#CITEREFHill1969">Hill (1969</a>, p. 5). </li> <li id="cite_note-26"><a href="#cite_ref-26">^</a> <a href="#CITEREFHullinger1992">Hullinger (1992</a>, p. 154); <a href="#CITEREFHill1969">Hill (1969</a>, p. 5). </li> <li id="cite_note-27"><a href="#cite_ref-27">^</a> <a href="#CITEREFHullinger1992">Hullinger (1992</a>, p. 154). </li> <li id="cite_note-28"><a href="#cite_ref-28">^</a> <a href="#CITEREFHill1969">Hill (1969</a>, p. 5); <a href="#CITEREFHullinger1992">Hullinger (1992</a>, pp. 154–55). </li> <li id="cite_note-29"><a href="#cite_ref-29">^</a> <a href="#CITEREFBushman2005">Bushman (2005</a>, p. 142) (noting that though Smith declared his revision of the Bible complete in 1833, though the church lacked funds to publish it during his lifetime). </li> <li id="cite_note-30"><a href="#cite_ref-30">^</a> The LDS Church has canonized only a small part of this translation. However, see <a href="#CITEREFOstlingOstling2007">Ostling & Ostling (2007</a>, p. 296) (noting that the most significant parts of Smith's revision of the Bible are found as footnotes and study materials in the <a href="/wiki/LDS_edition_of_the_Bible" title="LDS edition of the Bible">LDS Church edition</a> of the Authorized King James Version). </li> <li id="cite_note-31"><a href="#cite_ref-31">^</a> <link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1238218222"><cite class="citation magazine cs1"><a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="https://www.churchofjesuschrist.org/study/new-era/1977/04/qa-questions-and-answers?lang=eng">"Q&A: Questions and Answers"</a>. <a href="/wiki/New_Era_(magazine)" title="New Era (magazine)">New Era</a>. April 1977. Retrieved 2015-09-18.</cite><span title="ctx_ver=Z39.88-2004&rft_val_fmt=info%3Aofi%2Ffmt%3Akev%3Amtx%3Ajournal&rft.genre=article&rft.jtitle=New+Era&rft.atitle=Q%26A%3A+Questions+and+Answers&rft.date=1977-04&rft_id=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.churchofjesuschrist.org%2Fstudy%2Fnew-era%2F1977%2F04%2Fqa-questions-and-answers%3Flang%3Deng&rfr_id=info%3Asid%2Fen.wikipedia.org%3AMormonism+and+Nicene+Christianity" class="Z3988"> </li> <li id="cite_note-32"><a href="#cite_ref-32">^</a> <a href="#CITEREFHullinger1992">Hullinger (1992</a>, pp. 154–55) ("To defend the Bible's status as revelation, the Book of Mormon demanded equal status.") </li> <li id="cite_note-33"><a href="#cite_ref-33">^</a> <a href="#CITEREFAlexander1980">Alexander (1980</a>, pp. 24–25) (describing the pre-1835 theology as "essentially trinitarian"); <a href="#CITEREFWidmer2000">Widmer (2000</a>, pp. 30, 59) (calling Book of Mormon theology "layman's Trinitarianism"); <a href="#CITEREFKirkland1986">Kirkland (1986</a>, p. 77) ("The Book of Mormon, revelations in the Doctrine and Covenants prior to 1835, and Smith's 1832 account of his First Vision all reflect 'trinitarian' perceptions."); <a href="#CITEREFKirkland1984">Kirkland (1984</a>, p. 37) ("While the Book of Mormon theology does not reflect a truly orthodox trinitarian view as codified in the <a href="/wiki/Athanasian_creed" class="mw-redirect" title="Athanasian creed">Athanasian creed</a>, it does reflect the common Christian layman's perception that is some manner, the Father and the Son were both representations of one God."); <a href="#CITEREFLindgren1986">Lindgren (1986</a>, pp. 72–73) (noting that Book of Mormon theology was similar to trinitarianism, but ultimately was "modalistic <a href="/wiki/Monarchianism" title="Monarchianism">Monarchianism</a>"). </li> <li id="cite_note-34"><a href="#cite_ref-34">^</a> <a href="#CITEREFWidmer2000">Widmer (2000</a>, pp. 30, 31) ("What is apparent is that early Mormons were reacting against a heavily intellectualized and theologized Trinitarian concept of God."). </li> <li id="cite_note-35"><a href="#cite_ref-35">^</a> <link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1238218222"><cite class="citation web cs1"><a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="https://web.archive.org/web/20051028025249/http://www.mormonbeliefs.com/lectures_on_faith.htm">"Lectures On Faith"</a>. mormonbeliefs.com. Archived from <a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="http://www.mormonbeliefs.com/lectures_on_faith.htm#LECTURE%20FIFTH">the original</a> on 2005-10-28.</cite><span title="ctx_ver=Z39.88-2004&rft_val_fmt=info%3Aofi%2Ffmt%3Akev%3Amtx%3Ajournal&rft.genre=unknown&rft.jtitle=mormonbeliefs.com&rft.atitle=Lectures+On+Faith&rft_id=http%3A%2F%2Fwww.mormonbeliefs.com%2Flectures_on_faith.htm%23LECTURE%2520FIFTH&rfr_id=info%3Asid%2Fen.wikipedia.org%3AMormonism+and+Nicene+Christianity" class="Z3988"> </li> <li id="cite_note-36"><a href="#cite_ref-36">^</a> <a href="#CITEREFWidmer2000">Widmer (2000</a>, p. 59) ("By the close of the Kirtland era, in 1839, the Church would have shifted from modalism to a binatarian position on God."); <a href="#CITEREFReynolds2005">Reynolds (2005</a>, p. 30) ("Some writers on Joseph Smith and the development of LDS theology point to Lecture 5 as leading evidence that in the mid-1830s Joseph was following the binitarian doctrine of the godhead being promoted by Christian Primitivists of that decade."); <a href="#CITEREFDavies2003">Davies (2003</a>, p. 77) ("These Lectures on Faith...are more Binitarian than Trinitarian...."). </li> <li id="cite_note-37"><a href="#cite_ref-37">^</a> <a href="#CITEREFAlexander1980">Alexander (1980</a>, p. 26) (noting that early Mormon doctrine "saw man as a creature of God, but capable of sanctification"); <a href="#CITEREFMatzko2007">Matzko (2007</a>, p. 73) (noting similarities with <a href="/wiki/Arminianism" title="Arminianism">Arminianism</a>, and disagreeing that the Book of Mormon incorporates <a href="/wiki/Calvinist" class="mw-redirect" title="Calvinist">Calvinist</a> doctrine); <a href="#CITEREFFord2005">Ford (2005</a>, p. 77) (arguing that while the Book of Mormon agrees with some tenets of Arminianism, it "integrates doctrines from a variety of preexisting theological perspectives and some apparently unique teachings"). </li> <li id="cite_note-38"><a href="#cite_ref-38">^</a> <a href="#CITEREFAlexander1980">Alexander (1980</a>, pp. 26–27); <a href="#CITEREFMatzko2007">Matzko (2007</a>, p. 73) (noting, in addition, that the "Book of Mormon seems to contradict all five points of Calvinism"); <a href="#CITEREFFord2005">Ford (2005</a>, p. 88) ("[I]n the debate over human freedom, the Book of Mormon tends to resolve the issues similarly but not identically to the Methodist brand of Arminianism."). </li> <li id="cite_note-39"><a href="#cite_ref-39">^</a> <a href="#CITEREFFord2005">Ford (2005</a>, p. 83) (Book of Mormon "affirms original sin (2 Ne. 2), [and] <a href="/wiki/Total_depravity" title="Total depravity">human depravity</a> (Mosiah 16:3) ..."); <a href="#CITEREFAlexander1980">Alexander (1980</a>, p. 26); <a href="#CITEREFOstler1991">Ostler (1991</a>, p. 61) ("[A]lthough the Book of Mormon promulgates a notion of 'original sin', it is a 'hypothetical original sin' which does not actually afflict persons unless they reject the atonement."); <a href="#CITEREFLindgren1986">Lindgren (1986</a>, p. 72) (describing the Book of Mormon as pessimistic about fundamental human nature, and the inability to overcome depravity through willfulness alone). </li> <li id="cite_note-40"><a href="#cite_ref-40">^</a> <link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1238218222"><cite class="citation web cs1"><a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="https://www.monergism.com/thethreshold/sdg/warfield/warfield_children.html">"Warfield - The Children in the Hands of the Arminians"</a>. monergism.com.</cite><span title="ctx_ver=Z39.88-2004&rft_val_fmt=info%3Aofi%2Ffmt%3Akev%3Amtx%3Ajournal&rft.genre=unknown&rft.jtitle=monergism.com&rft.atitle=Warfield+-+The+Children+in+the+Hands+of+the+Arminians&rft_id=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.monergism.com%2Fthethreshold%2Fsdg%2Fwarfield%2Fwarfield_children.html&rfr_id=info%3Asid%2Fen.wikipedia.org%3AMormonism+and+Nicene+Christianity" class="Z3988"> </li> <li id="cite_note-41"><a href="#cite_ref-41">^</a> <link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1238218222"><cite class="citation web cs1"><a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="https://www.churchofjesuschrist.org/study/scriptures/bofm/moro/8.12,13,14?lang=eng">"Moroni 8"</a>. ChurchofJesusChrist.org.</cite><span title="ctx_ver=Z39.88-2004&rft_val_fmt=info%3Aofi%2Ffmt%3Akev%3Amtx%3Ajournal&rft.genre=unknown&rft.jtitle=ChurchofJesusChrist.org&rft.atitle=Moroni+8&rft_id=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.churchofjesuschrist.org%2Fstudy%2Fscriptures%2Fbofm%2Fmoro%2F8.12%2C13%2C14%3Flang%3Deng&rfr_id=info%3Asid%2Fen.wikipedia.org%3AMormonism+and+Nicene+Christianity" class="Z3988"> </li> <li id="cite_note-42"><a href="#cite_ref-42">^</a> <a href="#CITEREFHullinger1992">Hullinger (1992</a>, p. 32) (comparing the earliest Mormonism with the Disciples of Christ's view of Biblical authority). </li> <li id="cite_note-43"><a href="#cite_ref-43">^</a> <a href="#CITEREFHullinger1992">Hullinger (1992</a>, p. 32) ("Like Shakers, [Smith] would restore the church and be led to the correct interpretation by new and constant revelation.") </li> <li id="cite_note-44"><a href="#cite_ref-44">^</a> <a href="#CITEREFHullinger1992">Hullinger (1992</a>, p. 32) ("Like other Protestants, he would see correct doctrine as a mark of the true church.") </li> <li id="cite_note-45"><a href="#cite_ref-45">^</a> <a href="#CITEREFQuinn1994">Quinn (1994</a>, p. 7) (describing Smith's earliest authority as <a href="/wiki/Charismatic_authority" title="Charismatic authority">charismatic authority</a>); <a href="#CITEREFDePillis1966">DePillis (1966</a>, pp. 77–78) (noting that Smith based his authority, in part, on signs of divine approbation and special revelations, and that "[a]t first the Prophet had little to offer [converts] beyond baptism and his own impressive personality.") </li> <li id="cite_note-46"><a href="#cite_ref-46">^</a> <a href="#CITEREFHullinger1992">Hullinger (1992</a>, p. 32) ("Like other Protestants, he would see correct doctrine as a mark of the true church. But Smith added something else: a new scripture and a dual priesthood based not on apostolic succession, as in the case of the Roman Catholic claim to authority, but on prophetic succession."); <a href="#CITEREFDePillis1966">DePillis (1966</a>, pp. 77, 81) (Smith "claimed prophetic succession through a dual priesthood that allegedly existed among the Hebrews."); <a href="#CITEREFQuinn1994">Quinn (1994</a>, p. 7) (In 1834, Smith first began claiming that his authority arose within a line of succession through angelic visitors.). </li> <li id="cite_note-47"><a href="#cite_ref-47">^</a> <a href="#CITEREFAlexander1980">Alexander (1980</a>, p. 27). </li> <li id="cite_note-48"><a href="#cite_ref-48">^</a> <a href="#CITEREFDePillis1966">DePillis (1966</a>, p. 85) ("Mormonism as it evolved between Kirtland, Ohio and Nauvoo, Illinois, also rejected the pre-eminence of faith over works."). </li> <li id="cite_note-Brodie_118-49">^ <a href="#cite_ref-Brodie_118_49-0">a</a> <a href="#cite_ref-Brodie_118_49-1">b</a> <a href="#CITEREFBrodie1971">Brodie (1971</a>, p. 118) ("[E]ven the 'liars, sorcerers, adulterers, and whoremongers' were guaranteed telestial glory, and only a handful of unregenerates called the <a href="/wiki/Son_of_perdition_(Mormonism)" title="Son of perdition (Mormonism)">Sons of Perdition</a> were to be eternally damned.") </li> <li id="cite_note-Brodie_282-50">^ <a href="#cite_ref-Brodie_282_50-0">a</a> <a href="#cite_ref-Brodie_282_50-1">b</a> <a href="#CITEREFBushman2005">Bushman (2005</a>, pp. 421–22); <a href="#CITEREFBrodie1971">Brodie (1971</a>, p. 282). </li> <li id="cite_note-Brooke_255-51">^ <a href="#cite_ref-Brooke_255_51-0">a</a> <a href="#cite_ref-Brooke_255_51-1">b</a> <a href="#CITEREFBrooke1994">Brooke (1994</a>, p. 255); <a href="#CITEREFBrodie1971">Brodie (1971</a>, p. 300); <a href="#CITEREFBushman2005">Bushman (2005</a>, p. 443) (noting that a modern Mormon interpretation of Smith's 1843 polygamy revelation ties both polygamy and monogamy to degrees of exaltation). </li> <li id="cite_note-52"><a href="#cite_ref-52">^</a> <a href="#CITEREFBuerger1983">Buerger (1983</a>, pp. 13–14, 36–37); <a href="#CITEREFBushman2005">Bushman (2005</a>, pp. 497–98) (Second anointing was Smith's "attempt to deal with the theological problem of assurance" over which Calvinist theologians had argued for centuries.); <a href="#CITEREFBrooke1994">Brooke (1994</a>, pp. 256–60) (arguing that unlike Calvinism, the power to grant unconditional salvation resided in the priest, rather than God alone, and therefore incorporated elements of Smith's magical tradition); <a href="#CITEREFOstler1991">Ostler (1991</a>, pp. 77–78) (noting differences with the Calvinistic notion of <a href="/wiki/Perseverance_of_the_saints" title="Perseverance of the saints">persevering grace</a>); <a href="#CITEREFPrince1995">Prince (1995</a>, pp. 190–91) (Unlike other Mormon rituals necessary for salvation, "the second anointing guaranteed one's exaltation, and thus may be viewed as the crowning ordinance of Smith's ministry.") </li> <li id="cite_note-53"><a href="#cite_ref-53">^</a> <a href="#CITEREFWidmer2000">Widmer (2000</a>, pp. 119, 145).<a href="#CITEREFDePillis1966">DePillis (1966</a>, p. 84) ("To the older New England the ways and 'providences' of God were inscrutable. To a rebellious son of New England, living in an age of secret societies with strange signs and special ceremonies, God was quite scrutable, but only to those who were initiated.")<a href="#CITEREFDePillis1966">DePillis (1966</a>, p. 84);<a href="#CITEREFWidmer2000">Widmer (2000</a>, p. 119); <a href="#CITEREFAlexander1980">Alexander (1980</a>, p. 27) (describing Smith's doctrine as "material anthropomorphism"); <a href="#CITEREFBloom1992">Bloom (1992</a>, p. 101) ("Smith's God, after all, began as a man, and struggled heroically in and with time and space, rather after the pattern of colonial and revolutionary Americans.")<a href="#CITEREFBushman2005">Bushman (2005</a>, p. 421) ("Piece by piece, Joseph redefined the nature of God, giving Him a form and a body and locating Him in time and space."); <a href="#CITEREFBloom1992">Bloom (1992</a>, p. 101) ("Joseph Smith's God ... is finite. ... Exalted now into the heavens, God necessarily is still subject to the contingencies of time and space."). </li> <li id="cite_note-54"><a href="#cite_ref-54">^</a> <a href="#CITEREFRoberts1909">Roberts (1909</a>, p. 325). </li> <li id="cite_note-55"><a href="#cite_ref-55">^</a> <a href="#CITEREFDePillis1966">DePillis (1966</a>, p. 85); <a href="#CITEREFWidmer2000">Widmer (2000</a>, pp. 123–24) (discussing instances where Smith taught that God was a resurrected man). </li> <li id="cite_note-56"><a href="#cite_ref-56">^</a> <a href="#CITEREFWidmer2000">Widmer (2000</a>, p. 119); <a href="#CITEREFBushman2005">Bushman (2005</a>, pp. 535, 455–56, 535–37) </li> <li id="cite_note-57"><a href="#cite_ref-57">^</a> <a href="#CITEREFBushman2005">Bushman (2005</a>, pp. 420–21); <a href="#CITEREFWidmer2000">Widmer (2000</a>, p. 119). </li> <li id="cite_note-58"><a href="#cite_ref-58">^</a> <a href="#CITEREFBushman2005">Bushman (2005</a>, pp. 455–56). </li> <li id="cite_note-59"><a href="#cite_ref-59">^</a> <a href="#CITEREFWidmer2000">Widmer (2000</a>, p. 131). </li> <li id="cite_note-60"><a href="#cite_ref-60">^</a> <a href="#CITEREFBergera1980">Bergera (1980</a>, p. 15). </li> <li id="cite_note-61"><a href="#cite_ref-61">^</a> <a href="#CITEREFWidmer2000">Widmer (2000</a>, pp. 131–33) (describing Michael as a "lesser God in the Council of Gods".); <a href="#CITEREFKirkland1984">Kirkland (1984</a>, p. 38) (noting that in Joseph Smith's <a href="/wiki/Endowment_(Mormonism)" title="Endowment (Mormonism)">endowment</a> ceremony, the gods involved in the creation were "Elohim, Jehovah, and Michael", but unlike in modern Mormon theology, this "Jehovah" was not identified as Jesus). </li> <li id="cite_note-62"><a href="#cite_ref-62">^</a> <a href="#CITEREFBergera1980">Bergera (1980</a>, p. 41) (describing the Adam–God doctrine as "that Adam was at once the spiritual as well as the physical father of all persons born on this world, including Jesus Christ"); <a href="#CITEREFWidmer2000">Widmer (2000</a>, p. 131) (Adam "was the father of the spirits in Heaven, as well as the father of their mortal bodies.").<a href="#CITEREFWidmer2000">Widmer (2000</a>, pp. 132–33); <a href="#CITEREFKirkland1984">Kirkland (1984</a>, p. 39) (Young apparently believed that while Adam was mortal on the earth, his father Elohim, the "Grandfather in Heaven", temporarily took over Adam's role as the god of this planet). </li> <li id="cite_note-63"><a href="#cite_ref-63">^</a> <a href="#CITEREFKirkland1984">Kirkland (1984</a>, p. 39) ("After his death Adam returned to his exalted station as God the Father, and as such presided over Israel designated by the divine names Elohim or Jehovah."). </li> <li id="cite_note-64"><a href="#cite_ref-64">^</a> <a href="#CITEREFWidmer2000">Widmer (2000</a>, p. 131); <a href="#CITEREFBergera1980">Bergera (1980</a>, p. 41) (describing the Adam–God doctrine as "that Adam was at once the spiritual as well as the physical father of all persons born on this world, including Jesus Christ"); <a href="#CITEREFKirkland1984">Kirkland (1984</a>, p. 39) (Adam "later begot Jesus, his firstborn spirit son, in the flesh"). </li> <li id="cite_note-65"><a href="#cite_ref-65">^</a> <a href="#CITEREFWidmer2000">Widmer (2000</a>, p. 139); <a href="#CITEREFAlexander1980">Alexander (1980</a>, p. 29) (noting that in 1912, the LDS <a href="/wiki/First_Presidency_(LDS_Church)" title="First Presidency (LDS Church)">First Presidency</a> explicitly instructed missionaries to teach that Mormons worship God the Father, and not Adam, and discussing the official First Presidency statement of 1916). </li> <li id="cite_note-66"><a href="#cite_ref-66">^</a> <link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1238218222"><cite class="citation web cs1"><a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="https://www.churchofjesuschrist.org/study/scriptures/dc-testament/dc/130.22-23?lang=eng">"Doctrine and Covenants 130"</a>. ChurchofJesusChrist.org.</cite><span title="ctx_ver=Z39.88-2004&rft_val_fmt=info%3Aofi%2Ffmt%3Akev%3Amtx%3Ajournal&rft.genre=unknown&rft.jtitle=ChurchofJesusChrist.org&rft.atitle=Doctrine+and+Covenants+130&rft_id=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.churchofjesuschrist.org%2Fstudy%2Fscriptures%2Fdc-testament%2Fdc%2F130.22-23%3Flang%3Deng&rfr_id=info%3Asid%2Fen.wikipedia.org%3AMormonism+and+Nicene+Christianity" class="Z3988"> </li> <li id="cite_note-67"><a href="#cite_ref-67">^</a> <a href="#CITEREFDavies2003">Davies (2003</a>, pp. 68–69):"This image of God reinforces Dan Vogel's argument that 'Mormonism was never trinitarian but consistently preferred heterodox definitions of God.'" <a href="#CITEREFDePillis1966">DePillis (1966</a>, p. 84); <a href="#CITEREFOstlingOstling2007">Ostling & Ostling (2007</a>, pp. 310–12) (developing from monotheism in the late 1820s and 30s, LDS Church theology was clearly tritheistic by 1916). </li> <li id="cite_note-68"><a href="#cite_ref-68">^</a> <a href="#CITEREFKirkland1984">Kirkland (1984</a>, pp. 36, 41) (Jesus is regarded as Jehovah, the Old Testament god). </li> <li id="cite_note-69"><a href="#cite_ref-69">^</a> Mormons believe in what is sometimes called "social trinitarianism", meaning the three beings of the Godhead are blended in heart and mind like extremely close friends, but are not one being." <a href="#CITEREFBushman2008">Bushman (2008</a>, p. 6) </li> <li id="cite_note-70"><a href="#cite_ref-70">^</a> <a href="#CITEREFOstlingOstling2007">Ostling & Ostling (2007</a>, p. 331) (In contrast to Christian orthodoxy, "[t]he Mormon Jesus is subordinate to the Father."). </li> <li id="cite_note-71"><a href="#cite_ref-71">^</a> <link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1238218222"><cite id="CITEREFBickmore" class="citation web cs1">Bickmore, Barry. <a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="https://web.archive.org/web/20170118063705/http://publications.mi.byu.edu/publications/review/15/1/S00012-Of_Simplicity_Oversimplification_and_Monotheism.html">"Of Simplicity, Oversimplification, and Monotheism"</a>. Archived from <a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="http://publications.mi.byu.edu/publications/review/15/1/S00012-Of_Simplicity_Oversimplification_and_Monotheism.html">the original</a> on 2017-01-18.</cite><span title="ctx_ver=Z39.88-2004&rft_val_fmt=info%3Aofi%2Ffmt%3Akev%3Amtx%3Abook&rft.genre=unknown&rft.btitle=Of+Simplicity%2C+Oversimplification%2C+and+Monotheism&rft.aulast=Bickmore&rft.aufirst=Barry&rft_id=http%3A%2F%2Fpublications.mi.byu.edu%2Fpublications%2Freview%2F15%2F1%2FS00012-Of_Simplicity_Oversimplification_and_Monotheism.html&rfr_id=info%3Asid%2Fen.wikipedia.org%3AMormonism+and+Nicene+Christianity" class="Z3988"> </li> <li id="cite_note-72"><a href="#cite_ref-72">^</a> <a href="#CITEREFWidmer2000">Widmer (2000</a>, pp. 119) (Mormons believe that God was once a man.). </li> <li id="cite_note-73"><a href="#cite_ref-73">^</a> <a href="#CITEREFDePillis1966">DePillis (1966</a>, p. 85);<a href="#CITEREFWidmer2000">Widmer (2000</a>, pp. 123–24) (discussing instances where Smith taught that God was a resurrected man);<a href="#CITEREFAlexander1980">Alexander (1980</a>, p. 27); <a href="#CITEREFBloom1992">Bloom (1992</a>, p. 101) ("Smith's God, after all, began as a man, and struggled heroically in and with time and space, rather after the pattern of colonial and revolutionary Americans."); <a href="#CITEREFBushman2005">Bushman (2005</a>, pp. 535, 455–56, 535–37) </li> <li id="cite_note-74"><a href="#cite_ref-74">^</a> <a href="#CITEREFAlexander1980">Alexander (1980</a>, p. 31) (Roberts and Widtsoe taught that "We must also have a mother who possesses the attributes of Godhood."). </li> <li id="cite_note-:0-75"><a href="#cite_ref-:0_75-0">^</a> <a href="#CITEREFWidmer2000">Widmer (2000</a>, p. 137) (20th century Mormon theologians retained Young's idea that spirit children were born in the same way that material children are born); <a href="#CITEREFAlexander1980">Alexander (1980</a>, p. 31) (noting the Heavenly Mother doctrine, Roberts and Widtsoe taught that "[s]exual relations will continue into eternity both for joy and for procreation.") </li> <li id="cite_note-76"><a href="#cite_ref-76">^</a> <a href="#CITEREFOstlingOstling2007">Ostling & Ostling (2007</a>, pp. 305, 331) (Mormon doctrine is that humans are born of a heavenly Father and Mother; Jesus is described as "literally our elder brother"). </li> <li id="cite_note-77"><a href="#cite_ref-77">^</a> <a href="#CITEREFBushman2008">Bushman (2008</a>, p. 71) </li> <li id="cite_note-78"><a href="#cite_ref-78">^</a> <link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1238218222"><cite id="CITEREFGrant1992" class="citation web cs1">Grant, David (1992). <a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="https://eom.byu.edu/index.php/Matter">"Matter"</a>. Encyclopedia of Mormonism.</cite><span title="ctx_ver=Z39.88-2004&rft_val_fmt=info%3Aofi%2Ffmt%3Akev%3Amtx%3Ajournal&rft.genre=unknown&rft.jtitle=Encyclopedia+of+Mormonism&rft.atitle=Matter&rft.date=1992&rft.aulast=Grant&rft.aufirst=David&rft_id=https%3A%2F%2Feom.byu.edu%2Findex.php%2FMatter&rfr_id=info%3Asid%2Fen.wikipedia.org%3AMormonism+and+Nicene+Christianity" class="Z3988"> </li> <li id="cite_note-79"><a href="#cite_ref-79">^</a> <link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1238218222"><cite id="CITEREFRicks1992" class="citation web cs1">Ricks, Stephen (1992). <a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="https://eom.byu.edu/index.php/Creation,_Creation_Accounts">"Creation, Creation Accounts"</a>. Encyclopedia of Mormonism.</cite><span title="ctx_ver=Z39.88-2004&rft_val_fmt=info%3Aofi%2Ffmt%3Akev%3Amtx%3Ajournal&rft.genre=unknown&rft.jtitle=Encyclopedia+of+Mormonism&rft.atitle=Creation%2C+Creation+Accounts&rft.date=1992&rft.aulast=Ricks&rft.aufirst=Stephen&rft_id=https%3A%2F%2Feom.byu.edu%2Findex.php%2FCreation%2C_Creation_Accounts&rfr_id=info%3Asid%2Fen.wikipedia.org%3AMormonism+and+Nicene+Christianity" class="Z3988"> </li> <li id="cite_note-80"><a href="#cite_ref-80">^</a> <a href="#CITEREFBushman2005">Bushman (2005</a>, p. 421) ("Piece by piece, Joseph redefined the nature of God, giving Him a form and a body and locating Him in time and space."); <a href="#CITEREFWidmer2000">Widmer (2000</a>, pp. 119, 145); <a href="#CITEREFOstlingOstling2007">Ostling & Ostling (2007</a>, p. 305) ("The Mormon God exists within time; in traditional Christian theology, God is outside time."); Robson K (1992, "Time and Eternity"), Encyclopedia of Mormonism <a rel="nofollow" class="external autonumber" href="https://eom.byu.edu/index.php/Time_and_Eternity">[1]</a> </li> <li id="cite_note-81"><a href="#cite_ref-81">^</a> <a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="https://web.archive.org/web/20060901165351/http://speeches.byu.edu/reader/reader.php?id=7027">The Will of the Father in All Things</a>, Jeffrey R. Holland (BYU president), 17 January 1989; (mis-)quoting Alma 40:8. Book of Mormon </li> <li id="cite_note-82"><a href="#cite_ref-82">^</a> <a href="#CITEREFOstlingOstling2007">Ostling & Ostling (2007</a>, pp. 305, 331) (Mormon doctrine is that humans are coeternal with God, are of the same species. </li> <li id="cite_note-83"><a href="#cite_ref-83">^</a> <link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1238218222"><cite class="citation web cs1"><a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="https://web.archive.org/web/20141210144416/http://publications.maxwellinstitute.byu.edu/fullscreen/?pub=1120&index=7&keyword=Understanding%20God">"Romans 1"</a>. byu.edu. Archived from <a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="http://publications.maxwellinstitute.byu.edu/fullscreen/?pub=1120&index=7&keyword=Understanding%20God">the original</a> on 2014-12-10. Retrieved 2014-12-07.</cite><span title="ctx_ver=Z39.88-2004&rft_val_fmt=info%3Aofi%2Ffmt%3Akev%3Amtx%3Ajournal&rft.genre=unknown&rft.jtitle=byu.edu&rft.atitle=Romans+1&rft_id=http%3A%2F%2Fpublications.maxwellinstitute.byu.edu%2Ffullscreen%2F%3Fpub%3D1120%26index%3D7%26keyword%3DUnderstanding%2520God&rfr_id=info%3Asid%2Fen.wikipedia.org%3AMormonism+and+Nicene+Christianity" class="Z3988"> </li> <li id="cite_note-84"><a href="#cite_ref-84">^</a> <a href="#CITEREFDePillis1966">DePillis (1966</a>, p. 84) ("To the older New England the ways and 'providences' of God were inscrutable. To a rebellious son of New England, living in an age of secret societies with strange signs and special ceremonies, God was quite scrutable, but only to those who were initiated.") </li> <li id="cite_note-85"><a href="#cite_ref-85">^</a> <a href="#CITEREFAlexander1980">Alexander (1980</a>, p. 27) (describing Smith's doctrine as "material anthropomorphism"); <a href="#CITEREFDePillis1966">DePillis (1966</a>, p. 84); <a href="#CITEREFOstlingOstling2007">Ostling & Ostling (2007</a>, p. 303) ("Mormon tradition, from Joseph Smith on, has tended to interpret literally ... anthropomorphic descriptions of God."). </li> <li id="cite_note-86"><a href="#cite_ref-86">^</a> <link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1238218222"><cite id="CITEREFPratt" class="citation cs1"><a href="/wiki/Orson_Pratt" title="Orson Pratt">Pratt, Orson</a>. <a class="external text" href="https://en.wikisource.org/wiki/Journal_of_Discourses/Volume_19/Temples_in_Ancient_America,_etc.">"Temples in Ancient America, etc." </a>. <a href="/wiki/Journal_of_Discourses" title="Journal of Discourses">Journal of Discourses</a>. Vol. 19. pp. 311–321 – via <a href="/wiki/Wikisource" title="Wikisource">Wikisource</a>.</cite><span title="ctx_ver=Z39.88-2004&rft_val_fmt=info%3Aofi%2Ffmt%3Akev%3Amtx%3Ajournal&rft.genre=article&rft.jtitle=Journal+of+Discourses&rft.atitle=Temples+in+Ancient+America%2C+etc.&rft.volume=19&rft.pages=311-321&rft.aulast=Pratt&rft.aufirst=Orson&rfr_id=info%3Asid%2Fen.wikipedia.org%3AMormonism+and+Nicene+Christianity" class="Z3988"> </li> <li id="cite_note-87"><a href="#cite_ref-87">^</a> <link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1238218222"><cite class="citation web cs1"><a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="https://web.archive.org/web/20151021224237/http://publications.maxwellinstitute.byu.edu/fullscreen/?pub=1033&index=1&keyword=flesh%20and%20bone">"The Reality of the Resurrection"</a>. byu.edu. Archived from <a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="http://publications.maxwellinstitute.byu.edu/fullscreen/?pub=1033&index=1&keyword=flesh%20and%20bone">the original</a> on 2015-10-21. Retrieved 2014-12-07.</cite><span title="ctx_ver=Z39.88-2004&rft_val_fmt=info%3Aofi%2Ffmt%3Akev%3Amtx%3Ajournal&rft.genre=unknown&rft.jtitle=byu.edu&rft.atitle=The+Reality+of+the+Resurrection&rft_id=http%3A%2F%2Fpublications.maxwellinstitute.byu.edu%2Ffullscreen%2F%3Fpub%3D1033%26index%3D1%26keyword%3Dflesh%2520and%2520bone&rfr_id=info%3Asid%2Fen.wikipedia.org%3AMormonism+and+Nicene+Christianity" class="Z3988"> </li> <li id="cite_note-88"><a href="#cite_ref-88">^</a> <link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1238218222"><cite class="citation web cs1"><a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="https://web.archive.org/web/20141210144414/http://publications.maxwellinstitute.byu.edu/fullscreen/?pub=929&index=1&keyword=Omnipotence">"B. H. Roberts: The Book of Mormon and the Atonement"</a>. byu.edu. Archived from <a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="http://publications.maxwellinstitute.byu.edu/fullscreen/?pub=929&index=1&keyword=Omnipotence">the original</a> on 2014-12-10. Retrieved 2014-12-07.</cite><span title="ctx_ver=Z39.88-2004&rft_val_fmt=info%3Aofi%2Ffmt%3Akev%3Amtx%3Ajournal&rft.genre=unknown&rft.jtitle=byu.edu&rft.atitle=B.+H.+Roberts%3A+The+Book+of+Mormon+and+the+Atonement&rft_id=http%3A%2F%2Fpublications.maxwellinstitute.byu.edu%2Ffullscreen%2F%3Fpub%3D929%26index%3D1%26keyword%3DOmnipotence&rfr_id=info%3Asid%2Fen.wikipedia.org%3AMormonism+and+Nicene+Christianity" class="Z3988"> </li> <li id="cite_note-89"><a href="#cite_ref-89">^</a> <a href="#CITEREFAlexander1980">Alexander (1980</a>, p. 29). </li> <li id="cite_note-90"><a href="#cite_ref-90">^</a> <a href="#CITEREFAlexander1980">Alexander (1980</a>, pp. 31–32) (discussing reasons why the LDS Church never issued an official soteriological statement based on the writings of Roberts, Widtsoe, and Talmage). </li> <li id="cite_note-91"><a href="#cite_ref-91">^</a> <a href="#CITEREFAlexander1980">Alexander (1980</a>, p. 30) (The soteriological orthodoxy created by Roberts, Widtsoe, and Talmage remained unchallenged until the advent of neo-orthodoxy). </li> <li id="cite_note-92"><a href="#cite_ref-92">^</a> <a href="#CITEREFWhite1987">White (1987</a>, pp. 70–71); <a href="#CITEREFAlexander1980">Alexander (1980</a>, pp. 30, 32) (The rejection of original sin is a reversal of ideas implicit in the Book of Mormon.); <a href="#CITEREFOstlingOstling2007">Ostling & Ostling (2007</a>, pp. 330–31) ("All Mormon factions agree that LDS theology rejects the orthodox Christian doctrine of original sin."). </li> <li id="cite_note-93"><a href="#cite_ref-93">^</a> <a href="/wiki/Gerald_N._Lund" title="Gerald N. Lund">Gerald N. Lund</a>, <a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="https://www.churchofjesuschrist.org/study/ensign/1990/01/the-fall-of-man-and-his-redemption?lang=eng">"The Fall of Man and His Redemption"</a>, <a href="/wiki/Ensign_(LDS_magazine)" title="Ensign (LDS magazine)">Ensign</a>, January 1990. </li> <li id="cite_note-94"><a href="#cite_ref-94">^</a> <link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1238218222"><cite class="citation web cs1"><a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="https://web.archive.org/web/20151021224251/http://publications.maxwellinstitute.byu.edu/fullscreen/?pub=1081&index=15&keyword=Fall%20of%20Man">"Glimpses of Lehi's Jerusalem"</a>. byu.edu. Archived from <a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="http://publications.maxwellinstitute.byu.edu/fullscreen/?pub=1081&index=15&keyword=Fall%20of%20Man">the original</a> on 2015-10-21. Retrieved 2014-12-07.</cite><span title="ctx_ver=Z39.88-2004&rft_val_fmt=info%3Aofi%2Ffmt%3Akev%3Amtx%3Ajournal&rft.genre=unknown&rft.jtitle=byu.edu&rft.atitle=Glimpses+of+Lehi%27s+Jerusalem&rft_id=http%3A%2F%2Fpublications.maxwellinstitute.byu.edu%2Ffullscreen%2F%3Fpub%3D1081%26index%3D15%26keyword%3DFall%2520of%2520Man&rfr_id=info%3Asid%2Fen.wikipedia.org%3AMormonism+and+Nicene+Christianity" class="Z3988"> </li> <li id="cite_note-95"><a href="#cite_ref-95">^</a> <a href="#CITEREFAlexander1980">Alexander (1980</a>, p. 31);<a href="#CITEREFWhite1970">White (1970</a>, p. 16) (arguing that this Mormon orthodoxy "implies that the Fall is no fall".); <a href="#CITEREFWhite1987">White (1987</a>, pp. 71–72); <a href="#CITEREFOstlingOstling2007">Ostling & Ostling (2007</a>, p. 332) ("Mormons believe that Adam's fall was a good thing, not the tragic event of traditional Christian understanding."). </li> <li id="cite_note-96"><a href="#cite_ref-96">^</a> James 2:26; <a href="#CITEREFOstlingOstling2007">Ostling & Ostling (2007</a>, p. 336). </li> <li id="cite_note-97"><a href="#cite_ref-97">^</a> <a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="https://www.churchofjesuschrist.org/study/scriptures/bofm/mosiah/3?lang=eng">Mosiah 3:17</a> (no other name whereby salvation can come but through Christ); <a href="#CITEREFWhite1987">White (1987</a>, pp. 80–81, 83) (quoting language of Philippians 2:12); <a href="#CITEREFMcMurrin1965">McMurrin (1965</a>, pp. 66–67) (emphasis on works);<a href="#CITEREFOstlingOstling2007">Ostling & Ostling (2007</a>, p. 335) ("On the faith-works scale, Mormons clearly tilt toward the works side."). </li> <li id="cite_note-98"><a href="#cite_ref-98">^</a> <a href="#CITEREFAlexander1980">Alexander (1980</a>, p. 27) (Joseph Smith extended the idea of perfection extended beyond the Protestant orthodoxy). </li> <li id="cite_note-99"><a href="#cite_ref-99">^</a> <a href="#CITEREFOstlingOstling2007">Ostling & Ostling (2007</a>, p. 312) (noting that unlike Mormonism, the <a href="/wiki/Methodism" title="Methodism">Methodist</a> view of sanctification "was thoroughly trinitarian and retained a distinction between the creature and the creator"). </li> <li id="cite_note-100"><a href="#cite_ref-100">^</a> <a href="#CITEREFBushman2005">Bushman (2005</a>, pp. 497–98) (those who were married eternally were then "sealed by the Holy Spirit of Promise" through the second anointing); <a href="#CITEREFBrooke1994">Brooke (1994</a>, pp. 256–57); <a href="#CITEREFOstlingOstling2007">Ostling & Ostling (2007</a>, p. 199) (citing research of David John Buerger, who assumes that the LDS Church does not consider the second anointing ritual to be a prerequisite for achieving godhood in the afterlife). </li> <li id="cite_note-101"><a href="#cite_ref-101">^</a> <link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1238218222"><cite id="CITEREFFairmormon2020" class="citation web cs1">Fairmormon (2020). <a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="https://www.fairmormon.org/answers/Question:_What_is_the_%22second_anointing%22%3F">"What is the second anointing?"</a>. Fairmormon.org.</cite><span title="ctx_ver=Z39.88-2004&rft_val_fmt=info%3Aofi%2Ffmt%3Akev%3Amtx%3Ajournal&rft.genre=unknown&rft.jtitle=Fairmormon.org&rft.atitle=What+is+the+second+anointing%3F&rft.date=2020&rft.au=Fairmormon&rft_id=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.fairmormon.org%2Fanswers%2FQuestion%3A_What_is_the_%2522second_anointing%2522%253F&rfr_id=info%3Asid%2Fen.wikipedia.org%3AMormonism+and+Nicene+Christianity" class="Z3988"> </li> <li id="cite_note-102"><a href="#cite_ref-102">^</a> <a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="http://www.signaturebookslibrary.org/strangers/chapter14.htm">Paul Toscano, Strangers in Paradox: Explorations in Mormon Theology (Salt Lake City: Signature Books, 1990), Chapter 14</a> <a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="https://web.archive.org/web/20100707023617/http://www.signaturebookslibrary.org/strangers/chapter14.htm">Archived</a> 2010-07-07 at the <a href="/wiki/Wayback_Machine" title="Wayback Machine">Wayback Machine</a>. </li> <li id="cite_note-103"><a href="#cite_ref-103">^</a> <link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1238218222"><cite class="citation web cs1"><a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="https://www.churchofjesuschrist.org/study/scriptures/pgp/js-h/1.19?lang=eng">"Joseph Smith—History 1"</a>. ChurchofJesusChrist.org.</cite><span title="ctx_ver=Z39.88-2004&rft_val_fmt=info%3Aofi%2Ffmt%3Akev%3Amtx%3Ajournal&rft.genre=unknown&rft.jtitle=ChurchofJesusChrist.org&rft.atitle=Joseph+Smith%E2%80%94History+1&rft_id=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.churchofjesuschrist.org%2Fstudy%2Fscriptures%2Fpgp%2Fjs-h%2F1.19%3Flang%3Deng&rfr_id=info%3Asid%2Fen.wikipedia.org%3AMormonism+and+Nicene+Christianity" class="Z3988"> </li> <li id="cite_note-104"><a href="#cite_ref-104">^</a> <a href="#CITEREFWhite1987">White (1987</a>, p. xvi); <a href="#CITEREFMcMurrin1965">McMurrin (1965</a>, p. 111) (noting that Mormonism has become increasingly conservative, denying "the traditional liberalism of Mormon theology by favoring a negative description of human nature and the human predicament".); <a href="#CITEREFAlexander1980">Alexander (1980</a>, p. 32) (the trend followed Protestant neo-orthodoxy but lacked "the vigor and certitude of its Protestant counterpart" because Mormons were limited by authoritative statements of Mormon progressives); <a href="#CITEREFWhite1987">White (1987</a>, pp. 142, 144) (Mormon neo-orthodox scholars are "less extreme" than their Protestant counterparts). </li> <li id="cite_note-105"><a href="#cite_ref-105">^</a> <a href="#CITEREFWhite1987">White (1987</a>, pp. 139–42). </li> <li id="cite_note-106"><a href="#cite_ref-106">^</a> <a href="#CITEREFWhite1987">White (1987</a>, pp. xvi, 96–97); <a href="#CITEREFWhite1970">White (1970</a>, pp. 12–17). </li> <li id="cite_note-Riess_2005_xiii-107">^ <a href="#cite_ref-Riess_2005_xiii_107-0">a</a> <a href="#cite_ref-Riess_2005_xiii_107-1">b</a> <a href="#CITEREFRiessTickle2005">Riess & Tickle (2005</a>, p. xiii). </li> <li id="cite_note-108"><a href="#cite_ref-108">^</a> <a href="#CITEREFRiessTickle2005">Riess & Tickle (2005</a>, p. xiii-xiv). </li> <li id="cite_note-109"><a href="#cite_ref-109">^</a> <a href="#CITEREFRiessTickle2005">Riess & Tickle (2005</a>, p. xiv). </li> <li id="cite_note-110"><a href="#cite_ref-110">^</a> <a href="#CITEREFWhite1987">White (1987</a>, p. 140). </li> <li id="cite_note-111"><a href="#cite_ref-111">^</a> <a href="#CITEREFWhite1987">White (1987</a>, pp. 174–75); <a href="#CITEREFOstlingOstling2007">Ostling & Ostling (2007</a>, p. 330). </li> <li id="cite_note-112"><a href="#cite_ref-112">^</a> <a href="#CITEREFOstlingOstling2007">Ostling & Ostling (2007</a>, p. 302). </li> <li id="cite_note-113"><a href="#cite_ref-113">^</a> <a href="#CITEREFOstlingOstling2007">Ostling & Ostling (2007</a>, pp. 301, 429–30) </li> <li id="cite_note-114"><a href="#cite_ref-114">^</a> <a href="#CITEREFWhite1987">White (1987</a>, pp. 174–75); <a href="#CITEREFOstlingOstling2007">Ostling & Ostling (2007</a>, pp. 308, 330) (noting writings by BYU scholars who describe God as omniscient, omnipotent, and omnipresent). </li> <li id="cite_note-115"><a href="#cite_ref-115">^</a> <link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1238218222"><cite id="CITEREFRichard_J._Mouw" class="citation news cs1">Richard J. 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Retrieved 2017-01-16.</cite><span title="ctx_ver=Z39.88-2004&rft_val_fmt=info%3Aofi%2Ffmt%3Akev%3Amtx%3Ajournal&rft.genre=article&rft.jtitle=First+Things&rft.atitle=Mormons+at+the+Forefront&rft.au=Terryl+Givens&rft_id=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.firstthings.com%2Farticle%2F2016%2F06%2Fmormons-at-the-forefront&rfr_id=info%3Asid%2Fen.wikipedia.org%3AMormonism+and+Nicene+Christianity" class="Z3988"> </li> <li id="cite_note-117"><a href="#cite_ref-117">^</a> <a href="#CITEREFAbanes2007">Abanes (2007</a>, p. 253); <a href="#CITEREFBushman2008">Bushman (2008</a>, p. 2). </li> <li id="cite_note-118"><a href="#cite_ref-118">^</a> <link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1238218222"><cite id="CITEREFVan_Biema2001" class="citation magazine cs1">Van Biema, David (June 24, 2001). "Kingdom Come". <a href="/wiki/Time_(magazine)" title="Time (magazine)">Time</a>.</cite><span title="ctx_ver=Z39.88-2004&rft_val_fmt=info%3Aofi%2Ffmt%3Akev%3Amtx%3Ajournal&rft.genre=article&rft.jtitle=Time&rft.atitle=Kingdom+Come&rft.date=2001-06-24&rft.aulast=Van+Biema&rft.aufirst=David&rfr_id=info%3Asid%2Fen.wikipedia.org%3AMormonism+and+Nicene+Christianity" class="Z3988"> </li> <li id="cite_note-119"><a href="#cite_ref-119">^</a> <a href="#CITEREFAbanes2007">Abanes (2007</a>, p. 10) </li> <li id="cite_note-120"><a href="#cite_ref-120">^</a> <a href="#CITEREFBushman2008">Bushman (2008</a>, pp. 1–2) </li> <li id="cite_note-121"><a href="#cite_ref-121">^</a> <a href="#CITEREFEliason2001">Eliason (2001</a>, p. 102). </li> <li id="cite_note-122"><a href="#cite_ref-122">^</a> According to John Pottenger, although both Mormon Christianity and evangelical Christianity claim to be preaching true Christianity, they are nonetheless "diametrically opposed in many of their beliefs, theologies and practices". <a href="#CITEREFPottenger2007">Pottenger (2007</a>, p. 143). However, according to (<a href="#CITEREFBloom1992">Bloom 1992</a>), Mormonism and American evangelicalism (and American religion in general) have more in common at a deep level than either of them do with traditional European Christianity. </li> <li id="cite_note-123"><a href="#cite_ref-123">^</a> <link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1238218222"><cite id="CITEREFMouw2011" class="citation news cs1"><a href="/wiki/Richard_J._Mouw" class="mw-redirect" title="Richard J. Mouw">Mouw, Richard J.</a> (9 October 2011). <a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="https://archive.today/20120713024438/http://religion.blogs.cnn.com/2011/10/09/my-take-this-evangelical-says-mormonism-isnt-a-cult/">"My Take: This evangelical says Mormonism isn't a cult"</a>. CNN. Archived from <a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="http://religion.blogs.cnn.com/2011/10/09/my-take-this-evangelical-says-mormonism-isnt-a-cult/">the original</a> on July 13, 2012.</cite><span title="ctx_ver=Z39.88-2004&rft_val_fmt=info%3Aofi%2Ffmt%3Akev%3Amtx%3Ajournal&rft.genre=article&rft.atitle=My+Take%3A+This+evangelical+says+Mormonism+isn%27t+a+cult&rft.date=2011-10-09&rft.aulast=Mouw&rft.aufirst=Richard+J.&rft_id=http%3A%2F%2Freligion.blogs.cnn.com%2F2011%2F10%2F09%2Fmy-take-this-evangelical-says-mormonism-isnt-a-cult%2F&rfr_id=info%3Asid%2Fen.wikipedia.org%3AMormonism+and+Nicene+Christianity" class="Z3988"> </li> <li id="cite_note-124"><a href="#cite_ref-124">^</a> <link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1238218222"><cite id="CITEREFSaletan2011" class="citation news cs1"><a href="/wiki/William_Saletan" title="William Saletan">Saletan, William</a> (10 October 2011). <a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="http://www.slate.com/articles/news_and_politics/frame_game/2011/10/mitt_romney_s_mormon_cult_controversy_anti_mormonism_is_the_prej.html">"Latter-Day Sins"</a>. <a href="/wiki/Slate.com" class="mw-redirect" title="Slate.com">Slate.com</a>.</cite><span title="ctx_ver=Z39.88-2004&rft_val_fmt=info%3Aofi%2Ffmt%3Akev%3Amtx%3Ajournal&rft.genre=article&rft.atitle=Latter-Day+Sins&rft.date=2011-10-10&rft.aulast=Saletan&rft.aufirst=William&rft_id=http%3A%2F%2Fwww.slate.com%2Farticles%2Fnews_and_politics%2Fframe_game%2F2011%2F10%2Fmitt_romney_s_mormon_cult_controversy_anti_mormonism_is_the_prej.html&rfr_id=info%3Asid%2Fen.wikipedia.org%3AMormonism+and+Nicene+Christianity" class="Z3988"> </li> <li id="cite_note-125"><a href="#cite_ref-125">^</a> <link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1238218222"><cite id="CITEREFScarborough2011" class="citation news cs1"><a href="/wiki/Joe_Scarborough" title="Joe Scarborough">Scarborough, Joe</a> (10 October 2011). <a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="http://www.politico.com/news/stories/1011/65562.html">"Jeffress throws Jesus under the bus"</a>. <a href="/wiki/Politico_(newspaper)" class="mw-redirect" title="Politico (newspaper)">Politico</a>.</cite><span title="ctx_ver=Z39.88-2004&rft_val_fmt=info%3Aofi%2Ffmt%3Akev%3Amtx%3Ajournal&rft.genre=article&rft.jtitle=Politico&rft.atitle=Jeffress+throws+Jesus+under+the+bus&rft.date=2011-10-10&rft.aulast=Scarborough&rft.aufirst=Joe&rft_id=http%3A%2F%2Fwww.politico.com%2Fnews%2Fstories%2F1011%2F65562.html&rfr_id=info%3Asid%2Fen.wikipedia.org%3AMormonism+and+Nicene+Christianity" class="Z3988"> </li> <li id="cite_note-126"><a href="#cite_ref-126">^</a> See references given in the introductory paragraph. </li> <li id="cite_note-127"><a href="#cite_ref-127">^</a> "Have the Presbyterians any truth? Yes. Have the Baptists, Methodists, etc., any truth? Yes. They all have a little truth mixed with error. We should gather all the good and true principles in the world and treasure them up, or we shall not come out true 'Mormons'." <link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1238218222"><cite id="CITEREFJoseph_Fielding_Smith1993" class="citation book cs1">Joseph Fielding Smith (1993). Teachings of the Prophet Joseph Smith. p. 316.</cite><span title="ctx_ver=Z39.88-2004&rft_val_fmt=info%3Aofi%2Ffmt%3Akev%3Amtx%3Abook&rft.genre=book&rft.btitle=Teachings+of+the+Prophet+Joseph+Smith&rft.pages=316&rft.date=1993&rft.au=Joseph+Fielding+Smith&rfr_id=info%3Asid%2Fen.wikipedia.org%3AMormonism+and+Nicene+Christianity" class="Z3988"> </li> <li id="cite_note-128"><a href="#cite_ref-128">^</a> <a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="http://www.christianitytoday.com/ct/2004/february/14.18.html">Winning them softly evangelicals try to reach Mormons with respect - and hard science.</a> John W. 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Retrieved 28 September 2022.</cite><span title="ctx_ver=Z39.88-2004&rft_val_fmt=info%3Aofi%2Ffmt%3Akev%3Amtx%3Ajournal&rft.genre=article&rft.jtitle=Deseret+News&rft.atitle=Bishop+Niederauer%27s+leadership+recognized&rft.date=2005-12-24&rft.aulast=Moore&rft.aufirst=Carrie+A.&rft_id=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.deseret.com%2F2005%2F12%2F24%2F19929450%2Fbishop-niederauer-s-leadership-recognized&rfr_id=info%3Asid%2Fen.wikipedia.org%3AMormonism+and+Nicene+Christianity" class="Z3988"> </li> <li id="cite_note-133"><a href="#cite_ref-133">^</a> <link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1238218222"><cite class="citation web cs1"><a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="http://www.pcusa.org/interfaith/study/lds.htm">"Presbyterians and Latter-day Saints"</a>. Retrieved 2007-01-30.</cite><span title="ctx_ver=Z39.88-2004&rft_val_fmt=info%3Aofi%2Ffmt%3Akev%3Amtx%3Abook&rft.genre=unknown&rft.btitle=Presbyterians+and+Latter-day+Saints&rft_id=http%3A%2F%2Fwww.pcusa.org%2Finterfaith%2Fstudy%2Flds.htm&rfr_id=info%3Asid%2Fen.wikipedia.org%3AMormonism+and+Nicene+Christianity" class="Z3988"> </li> <li id="cite_note-134"><a href="#cite_ref-134">^</a> <link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1238218222"><cite class="citation web cs1"><a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="https://web.archive.org/web/20060211010129/http://www.elca.org/dcm/worship/faq/baptism/rebaptize.html">"Should Lutherans Rebaptize Former Mormons Who Are Joining the Congregation?"</a>. Archived from <a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="http://www.elca.org/dcm/worship/faq/baptism/rebaptize.html">the original</a> on 2006-02-11. 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Retrieved 9 July 2017.</cite><span title="ctx_ver=Z39.88-2004&rft_val_fmt=info%3Aofi%2Ffmt%3Akev%3Amtx%3Abook&rft.genre=unknown&rft.btitle=Bishop-Elect+Not+an+Issues+Person&rft.pub=Archives+of+the+Episcopal+Church&rft.date=1996-05-26&rft.aulast=Simpson&rft.aufirst=James+B.&rft_id=https%3A%2F%2Fepiscopalarchives.org%2Fcgi-bin%2Fthe_living_church%2FTLCarticle.pl%3Fvolume%3D212%26issue%3D21%26article_id%3D2&rfr_id=info%3Asid%2Fen.wikipedia.org%3AMormonism+and+Nicene+Christianity" class="Z3988"> </li> <li id="cite_note-137"><a href="#cite_ref-137">^</a> <link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1238218222"><cite id="CITEREFDouglas_LeBlanc2005" class="citation web cs1">Douglas LeBlanc (June 13, 2005). <a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="http://www.getreligion.org/?p=847">"Latter-day politics"</a>. GetReligion. Retrieved 2008-11-22.</cite><span title="ctx_ver=Z39.88-2004&rft_val_fmt=info%3Aofi%2Ffmt%3Akev%3Amtx%3Abook&rft.genre=unknown&rft.btitle=Latter-day+politics&rft.pub=GetReligion&rft.date=2005-06-13&rft.au=Douglas+LeBlanc&rft_id=http%3A%2F%2Fwww.getreligion.org%2F%3Fp%3D847&rfr_id=info%3Asid%2Fen.wikipedia.org%3AMormonism+and+Nicene+Christianity" class="Z3988"> </li> <li id="cite_note-138"><a href="#cite_ref-138">^</a> <link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1238218222"><cite class="citation web cs1"><a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="http://bible1.crosswalk.com/OnlineStudyBible/bible.cgi?word=1+Peter+3:15&section=0&version=niv&new=1&showtools=1&oq=&NavBook=1pe&NavGo=3&NavCurrentChapter=31Peter3:15">"Read and Study the Bible Online - Search, Find Verses"</a>. Bible Study Tools.</cite><span title="ctx_ver=Z39.88-2004&rft_val_fmt=info%3Aofi%2Ffmt%3Akev%3Amtx%3Ajournal&rft.genre=unknown&rft.jtitle=Bible+Study+Tools&rft.atitle=Read+and+Study+the+Bible+Online+-+Search%2C+Find+Verses&rft_id=http%3A%2F%2Fbible1.crosswalk.com%2FOnlineStudyBible%2Fbible.cgi%3Fword%3D1%2BPeter%2B3%3A15%26section%3D0%26version%3Dniv%26new%3D1%26showtools%3D1%26oq%3D%26NavBook%3D1pe%26NavGo%3D3%26NavCurrentChapter%3D31Peter3%3A15&rfr_id=info%3Asid%2Fen.wikipedia.org%3AMormonism+and+Nicene+Christianity" class="Z3988"> </li> <li id="cite_note-139"><a href="#cite_ref-139">^</a> See<link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1238218222"><cite class="citation web cs1"><a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="http://www.bmm.org/BMM/WhereWeServe/NorthAmerica/mormonministries.htm">"Baptist Mid-Missions Mormon Ministries"</a>. Retrieved 2006-08-17.</cite><span title="ctx_ver=Z39.88-2004&rft_val_fmt=info%3Aofi%2Ffmt%3Akev%3Amtx%3Abook&rft.genre=unknown&rft.btitle=Baptist+Mid-Missions+Mormon+Ministries&rft_id=http%3A%2F%2Fwww.bmm.org%2FBMM%2FWhereWeServe%2FNorthAmerica%2Fmormonministries.htm&rfr_id=info%3Asid%2Fen.wikipedia.org%3AMormonism+and+Nicene+Christianity" class="Z3988"> </li> <li id="cite_note-140"><a href="#cite_ref-140">^</a> See<link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1238218222"><cite class="citation web cs1"><a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="http://www.bmm.org/BMM/WhereWeServe/NorthAmerica/jewishministries.htm">"Baptist Mid-Missions Jewish Ministries"</a>. Retrieved 2008-09-01.</cite><span title="ctx_ver=Z39.88-2004&rft_val_fmt=info%3Aofi%2Ffmt%3Akev%3Amtx%3Abook&rft.genre=unknown&rft.btitle=Baptist+Mid-Missions+Jewish+Ministries&rft_id=http%3A%2F%2Fwww.bmm.org%2FBMM%2FWhereWeServe%2FNorthAmerica%2Fjewishministries.htm&rfr_id=info%3Asid%2Fen.wikipedia.org%3AMormonism+and+Nicene+Christianity" class="Z3988"> </li> <li id="cite_note-141"><a href="#cite_ref-141">^</a> See<link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1238218222"><cite class="citation web cs1"><a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="http://www.bmm.org/BMM/WhereWeServe/NorthAmerica/nativeamericans.htm">"Baptist Mid-Missions Native American Ministries"</a>. Retrieved 2008-09-01.</cite><span title="ctx_ver=Z39.88-2004&rft_val_fmt=info%3Aofi%2Ffmt%3Akev%3Amtx%3Abook&rft.genre=unknown&rft.btitle=Baptist+Mid-Missions+Native+American+Ministries&rft_id=http%3A%2F%2Fwww.bmm.org%2FBMM%2FWhereWeServe%2FNorthAmerica%2Fnativeamericans.htm&rfr_id=info%3Asid%2Fen.wikipedia.org%3AMormonism+and+Nicene+Christianity" class="Z3988"> </li> <li id="cite_note-142"><a href="#cite_ref-142">^</a> Examples of such ministries include <a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="http://www.utlm.org/">Utah Lighthouse Ministries</a>, <a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="http://www.mrm.org/">Mormonism Research Ministries</a>, <a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="http://www.lhvm.org/LivingHope">Ministries</a>, <a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="http://www.bcmmin.org/">Berean Christian Ministries</a>, <a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="http://www.lifeafter.org/">Life After Ministries</a>, <a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="http://www.tilm.org/">Truth in Love Ministry</a> </li> <li id="cite_note-6_facts_about_U.S._Mormons-143">^ <a href="#cite_ref-6_facts_about_U.S._Mormons_143-0">a</a> <a href="#cite_ref-6_facts_about_U.S._Mormons_143-1">b</a> <link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1238218222"><cite id="CITEREFSandstorm" class="citation web cs1">Sandstorm, Aleksandra. <a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="https://www.pewresearch.org/fact-tank/2016/09/30/6-facts-about-u-s-mormons/">"6 facts about U.S. Mormons"</a>. Pew Research Center. Retrieved 2 January 2023.</cite><span title="ctx_ver=Z39.88-2004&rft_val_fmt=info%3Aofi%2Ffmt%3Akev%3Amtx%3Ajournal&rft.genre=unknown&rft.jtitle=Pew+Research+Center&rft.atitle=6+facts+about+U.S.+Mormons&rft.aulast=Sandstorm&rft.aufirst=Aleksandra&rft_id=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.pewresearch.org%2Ffact-tank%2F2016%2F09%2F30%2F6-facts-about-u-s-mormons%2F&rfr_id=info%3Asid%2Fen.wikipedia.org%3AMormonism+and+Nicene+Christianity" class="Z3988"> </li> <li id="cite_note-144"><a href="#cite_ref-144">^</a> <link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1238218222"><cite id="CITEREFKuhn2011" class="citation news cs1">Kuhn, Josef (10 October 2011). <a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="https://web.archive.org/web/20181222125419/https://www.washingtonpost.com/national/on-faith/poll-three-in-four-pastors-say-mormons-arent-christian/2011/10/10/gIQAHdlkaL_story.html">"Poll: Three in four pastors say Mormons aren't Christian"</a>. <a href="/wiki/The_Washington_Post" title="The Washington Post">The Washington Post</a>. <a href="/wiki/Religion_News_Service" title="Religion News Service">Religion News Service</a>. Archived from <a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="https://www.washingtonpost.com/national/on-faith/poll-three-in-four-pastors-say-mormons-arent-christian/2011/10/10/gIQAHdlkaL_story.html">the original</a> on 22 December 2018.</cite><span title="ctx_ver=Z39.88-2004&rft_val_fmt=info%3Aofi%2Ffmt%3Akev%3Amtx%3Ajournal&rft.genre=article&rft.jtitle=The+Washington+Post&rft.atitle=Poll%3A+Three+in+four+pastors+say+Mormons+aren%27t+Christian&rft.date=2011-10-10&rft.aulast=Kuhn&rft.aufirst=Josef&rft_id=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.washingtonpost.com%2Fnational%2Fon-faith%2Fpoll-three-in-four-pastors-say-mormons-arent-christian%2F2011%2F10%2F10%2FgIQAHdlkaL_story.html&rfr_id=info%3Asid%2Fen.wikipedia.org%3AMormonism+and+Nicene+Christianity" class="Z3988"> </li> <li id="cite_note-145"><a href="#cite_ref-145">^</a> <a href="/wiki/Richard_O._Cowan" title="Richard O. Cowan">Richard O. Cowan</a>. 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Zondervan. <a href="/wiki/ISBN_(identifier)" class="mw-redirect" title="ISBN (identifier)">ISBN</a> <a href="/wiki/Special:BookSources/978-0-310-59068-2" title="Special:BookSources/978-0-310-59068-2"><bdi>978-0-310-59068-2</bdi></a>.</cite><span title="ctx_ver=Z39.88-2004&rft_val_fmt=info%3Aofi%2Ffmt%3Akev%3Amtx%3Abook&rft.genre=book&rft.btitle=Understanding+the+Book+of+Mormon%3A+A+Quick+Christian+Guide+to+the+Mormon+Holy+Scripture&rft.pub=Zondervan&rft.date=2009&rft.isbn=978-0-310-59068-2&rft.aulast=Anderson&rft.aufirst=Ross&rft_id=https%3A%2F%2Fbooks.google.com%2Fbooks%3Fid%3DLQb5qQvKDfgC%26q%3DMormonism%2Bdownplay%2Bdifferences%2BChristianity%26pg%3DPT7&rfr_id=info%3Asid%2Fen.wikipedia.org%3AMormonism+and+Nicene+Christianity" class="Z3988"> </li> <li id="cite_note-150"><a href="#cite_ref-150">^</a> <link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1238218222"><cite id="CITEREFLimerick2000" class="citation book cs1">Limerick, Patricia Nelson (2000). <a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="https://books.google.com/books?id=JAh_LfqgU8AC&q=Mormonism+Christianity+similarities&pg=PA251">Something in the soil: legacies and reckonings in the New West</a>. W. W. Norton & Company. p. 251. <a href="/wiki/ISBN_(identifier)" class="mw-redirect" title="ISBN (identifier)">ISBN</a> <a href="/wiki/Special:BookSources/978-0-393-03788-3" title="Special:BookSources/978-0-393-03788-3"><bdi>978-0-393-03788-3</bdi></a>.</cite><span title="ctx_ver=Z39.88-2004&rft_val_fmt=info%3Aofi%2Ffmt%3Akev%3Amtx%3Abook&rft.genre=book&rft.btitle=Something+in+the+soil%3A+legacies+and+reckonings+in+the+New+West&rft.pages=251&rft.pub=W.+W.+Norton+%26+Company&rft.date=2000&rft.isbn=978-0-393-03788-3&rft.aulast=Limerick&rft.aufirst=Patricia+Nelson&rft_id=https%3A%2F%2Fbooks.google.com%2Fbooks%3Fid%3DJAh_LfqgU8AC%26q%3DMormonism%2BChristianity%2Bsimilarities%26pg%3DPA251&rfr_id=info%3Asid%2Fen.wikipedia.org%3AMormonism+and+Nicene+Christianity" class="Z3988"> </li> <li id="cite_note-151"><a href="#cite_ref-151">^</a> <link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1238218222"><cite id="CITEREFBushman2006" class="citation book cs1"><a href="/wiki/Claudia_Lauper_Bushman" title="Claudia Lauper Bushman">Bushman, Claudia</a> (2006). <a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="http://www.abc-clio.com/product.aspx?isbn=9780275989330">Contemporary Mormonism: Latter-day Saints in Modern America</a>. Westport, Connecticut: <a href="/wiki/Greenwood_Publishing_Group" title="Greenwood Publishing Group">Praeger Publishers</a>. p. 158. <a href="/wiki/ISBN_(identifier)" class="mw-redirect" title="ISBN (identifier)">ISBN</a> <a href="/wiki/Special:BookSources/0-275-98933-X" title="Special:BookSources/0-275-98933-X"><bdi>0-275-98933-X</bdi></a>. <a href="/wiki/OCLC_(identifier)" class="mw-redirect" title="OCLC (identifier)">OCLC</a> <a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="https://search.worldcat.org/oclc/61178156">61178156</a>.</cite><span title="ctx_ver=Z39.88-2004&rft_val_fmt=info%3Aofi%2Ffmt%3Akev%3Amtx%3Abook&rft.genre=book&rft.btitle=Contemporary+Mormonism%3A+Latter-day+Saints+in+Modern+America&rft.place=Westport%2C+Connecticut&rft.pages=158&rft.pub=Praeger+Publishers&rft.date=2006&rft_id=info%3Aoclcnum%2F61178156&rft.isbn=0-275-98933-X&rft.aulast=Bushman&rft.aufirst=Claudia&rft_id=http%3A%2F%2Fwww.abc-clio.com%2Fproduct.aspx%3Fisbn%3D9780275989330&rfr_id=info%3Asid%2Fen.wikipedia.org%3AMormonism+and+Nicene+Christianity" class="Z3988"> </li> <li id="cite_note-152"><a href="#cite_ref-152">^</a> <link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1238218222"><cite id="CITEREFGallagherAshcraft2006" class="citation book cs1">Gallagher, Eugene V.; Ashcraft, W. Michael (2006). <a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="https://books.google.com/books?id=ClaySHbUEogC&q=Mormonism+Christianity+downplay&pg=RA1-PA36">Introduction to New and Alternative Religions in America: African diaspora traditions and other American innovations</a>. Greenwood Publishing Group. p. 36. <a href="/wiki/ISBN_(identifier)" class="mw-redirect" title="ISBN (identifier)">ISBN</a> <a href="/wiki/Special:BookSources/978-0-275-98717-6" title="Special:BookSources/978-0-275-98717-6"><bdi>978-0-275-98717-6</bdi></a>.</cite><span title="ctx_ver=Z39.88-2004&rft_val_fmt=info%3Aofi%2Ffmt%3Akev%3Amtx%3Abook&rft.genre=book&rft.btitle=Introduction+to+New+and+Alternative+Religions+in+America%3A+African+diaspora+traditions+and+other+American+innovations&rft.pages=36&rft.pub=Greenwood+Publishing+Group&rft.date=2006&rft.isbn=978-0-275-98717-6&rft.aulast=Gallagher&rft.aufirst=Eugene+V.&rft.au=Ashcraft%2C+W.+Michael&rft_id=https%3A%2F%2Fbooks.google.com%2Fbooks%3Fid%3DClaySHbUEogC%26q%3DMormonism%2BChristianity%2Bdownplay%26pg%3DRA1-PA36&rfr_id=info%3Asid%2Fen.wikipedia.org%3AMormonism+and+Nicene+Christianity" class="Z3988"> </li> <li id="cite_note-153"><a href="#cite_ref-153">^</a> <a href="#CITEREFAbanes2007">Abanes (2007</a>, p. 433) </li> <li id="cite_note-154"><a href="#cite_ref-154">^</a> <link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1238218222"><cite id="CITEREFVan_Biema2001" class="citation magazine cs1">Van Biema, David (June 24, 2001). <a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="https://web.archive.org/web/20090814124048/http://www.time.com/time/magazine/article/0,9171,138108,00.html">"Kingdom Come"</a>. <a href="/wiki/Time_(magazine)" title="Time (magazine)">Time</a>. Archived from <a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="http://www.time.com/time/magazine/article/0,9171,138108,00.html">the original</a> on August 14, 2009. Retrieved 2011-01-24.</cite><span title="ctx_ver=Z39.88-2004&rft_val_fmt=info%3Aofi%2Ffmt%3Akev%3Amtx%3Ajournal&rft.genre=article&rft.jtitle=Time&rft.atitle=Kingdom+Come&rft.date=2001-06-24&rft.aulast=Van+Biema&rft.aufirst=David&rft_id=http%3A%2F%2Fwww.time.com%2Ftime%2Fmagazine%2Farticle%2F0%2C9171%2C138108%2C00.html&rfr_id=info%3Asid%2Fen.wikipedia.org%3AMormonism+and+Nicene+Christianity" class="Z3988"> </li> <li id="cite_note-155"><a href="#cite_ref-155">^</a> <a href="/wiki/M._Russell_Ballard" title="M. Russell Ballard">M. Russell Ballard</a>, <a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="https://www.churchofjesuschrist.org/study/liahona/2008/06/news-of-the-church/sharing-the-gospel-using-the-internet?lang=eng">"Sharing the Gospel Using the Internet"</a>, <a href="/wiki/Liahona_(magazine)" title="Liahona (magazine)">Liahona</a>, June 2008. </li> <li id="cite_note-156"><a href="#cite_ref-156">^</a> See these articles (published in the church magazines) on various other faiths: <a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="https://www.churchofjesuschrist.org/study/ensign/1972/03/islam-and-mormonism-a-comparison?lang=eng">Islam</a>, <a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="https://www.churchofjesuschrist.org/study/ensign/1971/04/roman-catholicism?lang=eng">Catholicism</a> (see also these <a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="https://www.churchofjesuschrist.org/study/general-conference/2005/04/opening-remarks?lang=eng">remarks</a> by Hinckley about the passing of Pope John Paul II), <a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="https://www.churchofjesuschrist.org/study/ensign/1971/09/the-church-of-england?lang=eng">The Church of England</a>. </li> <li id="cite_note-157"><a href="#cite_ref-157">^</a> "We recognize the good in all churches. We recognize the value of religion generally. We say to everyone: live the teachings which you have received from your church. We invite you to come and learn from us, to see if we can add to those teachings and enhance your life and your understanding of things sacred and divine. Now we work with people of other faiths on common causes, many of them across the world. We recognize theological differences. We believe that we can disagree theologically without being disagreeable, and we hope to do so. We have been rather careful about surrendering in any way our doctrinal standards, anything of that kind as part of an ecumenical effort, but we certainly have worked with people, and do work with people, and want to work with other groups in tackling common social problems, things of that kind which are so much in need of attention these days throughout the world" (Gordon B. Hinckley, interview with Lawrence Spicer, London News Service, 28 August 1995). </li> <li id="cite_note-158"><a href="#cite_ref-158">^</a> <link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1238218222"><cite id="CITEREFRhodes2001" class="citation book cs1">Rhodes, Ron (2001). <a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="https://books.google.com/books?id=0as2jKcboaIC&q=Mormonism+Christianity+downplay&pg=PA17">The 10 Most Important Things You Can Say to a Mormon</a>. Harvest House Publishers. p. 17. <a href="/wiki/ISBN_(identifier)" class="mw-redirect" title="ISBN (identifier)">ISBN</a> <a href="/wiki/Special:BookSources/978-0-7369-0534-3" title="Special:BookSources/978-0-7369-0534-3"><bdi>978-0-7369-0534-3</bdi></a>.</cite><span title="ctx_ver=Z39.88-2004&rft_val_fmt=info%3Aofi%2Ffmt%3Akev%3Amtx%3Abook&rft.genre=book&rft.btitle=The+10+Most+Important+Things+You+Can+Say+to+a+Mormon&rft.pages=17&rft.pub=Harvest+House+Publishers&rft.date=2001&rft.isbn=978-0-7369-0534-3&rft.aulast=Rhodes&rft.aufirst=Ron&rft_id=https%3A%2F%2Fbooks.google.com%2Fbooks%3Fid%3D0as2jKcboaIC%26q%3DMormonism%2BChristianity%2Bdownplay%26pg%3DPA17&rfr_id=info%3Asid%2Fen.wikipedia.org%3AMormonism+and+Nicene+Christianity" class="Z3988"> </li> <li id="cite_note-159"><a href="#cite_ref-159">^</a> See Craig L. Blomberg and <a href="/wiki/Stephen_E._Robinson" title="Stephen E. Robinson">Stephen E. Robinson</a>, How Wide the Divide? A Mormon & an Evangelical in Conversation Inter-Varsity Press, March 1997 and<link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1238218222"><cite class="citation web cs1"><a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="https://web.archive.org/web/20061010214339/http://www.standingtogether.org/dialogue.html">"Faith Dialogue by Greg Johnson"</a>. Archived from <a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="http://www.standingtogether.org/dialogue.html">the original</a> on 2006-10-10. Retrieved 2006-08-15.</cite><span title="ctx_ver=Z39.88-2004&rft_val_fmt=info%3Aofi%2Ffmt%3Akev%3Amtx%3Abook&rft.genre=unknown&rft.btitle=Faith+Dialogue+by+Greg+Johnson&rft_id=http%3A%2F%2Fwww.standingtogether.org%2Fdialogue.html&rfr_id=info%3Asid%2Fen.wikipedia.org%3AMormonism+and+Nicene+Christianity" class="Z3988"> </li> <li id="cite_note-160"><a href="#cite_ref-160">^</a> <link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1238218222"><cite id="CITEREFMoore2004" class="citation news cs1">Moore, Carrie A. (November 15, 2004). <a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="https://www.deseret.com/2004/11/15/19861624/evangelical-preaches-at-salt-lake-tabernacle#christian-philosopher-ravi-zacharias-speaks-at-the-salt-lake-tabernacle-in-an-event-organized-by-standing-together-ministries">"Evangelical preaches at Salt Lake Tabernacle"</a>. Deseret Morning News. Retrieved 2008-11-22.</cite><span title="ctx_ver=Z39.88-2004&rft_val_fmt=info%3Aofi%2Ffmt%3Akev%3Amtx%3Ajournal&rft.genre=article&rft.jtitle=Deseret+Morning+News&rft.atitle=Evangelical+preaches+at+Salt+Lake+Tabernacle&rft.date=2004-11-15&rft.aulast=Moore&rft.aufirst=Carrie+A.&rft_id=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.deseret.com%2F2004%2F11%2F15%2F19861624%2Fevangelical-preaches-at-salt-lake-tabernacle%23christian-philosopher-ravi-zacharias-speaks-at-the-salt-lake-tabernacle-in-an-event-organized-by-standing-together-ministries&rfr_id=info%3Asid%2Fen.wikipedia.org%3AMormonism+and+Nicene+Christianity" class="Z3988"> </li> <li id="cite_note-161"><a href="#cite_ref-161">^</a> <link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1238218222"><cite id="CITEREFWalch2019" class="citation news cs1">Walch, Tad (10 March 2019). <a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="https://www.deseret.com/2019/3/10/20668250/pope-francis-meets-with-president-nelson-in-the-vatican/">"Pope Francis meets with President Nelson in the Vatican"</a>. Deseret News. Retrieved 18 April 2024.</cite><span title="ctx_ver=Z39.88-2004&rft_val_fmt=info%3Aofi%2Ffmt%3Akev%3Amtx%3Ajournal&rft.genre=article&rft.atitle=Pope+Francis+meets+with+President+Nelson+in+the+Vatican&rft.date=2019-03-10&rft.aulast=Walch&rft.aufirst=Tad&rft_id=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.deseret.com%2F2019%2F3%2F10%2F20668250%2Fpope-francis-meets-with-president-nelson-in-the-vatican%2F&rfr_id=info%3Asid%2Fen.wikipedia.org%3AMormonism+and+Nicene+Christianity" class="Z3988"> </li> <li id="cite_note-162"><a href="#cite_ref-162">^</a> <link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1238218222"><cite id="CITEREFStackNoyce2019" class="citation news cs1">Stack, Peggy; Noyce, David (9 March 2019). <a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="https://www.sltrib.com/religion/2019/03/09/pope-francis-latter-day/">"Pope Francis, Russell Nelson share a hug, discuss global relief in first-ever meeting between a Latter-day Saint prophet and a Catholic pontiff"</a>. Retrieved 29 September 2023.</cite><span title="ctx_ver=Z39.88-2004&rft_val_fmt=info%3Aofi%2Ffmt%3Akev%3Amtx%3Ajournal&rft.genre=article&rft.atitle=Pope+Francis%2C+Russell+Nelson+share+a+hug%2C+discuss+global+relief+in+first-ever+meeting+between+a+Latter-day+Saint+prophet+and+a+Catholic+pontiff&rft.date=2019-03-09&rft.aulast=Stack&rft.aufirst=Peggy&rft.au=Noyce%2C+David&rft_id=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.sltrib.com%2Freligion%2F2019%2F03%2F09%2Fpope-francis-latter-day%2F&rfr_id=info%3Asid%2Fen.wikipedia.org%3AMormonism+and+Nicene+Christianity" class="Z3988"> </li> <li id="cite_note-163"><a href="#cite_ref-163">^</a> Joseph Smith, <a href="/wiki/History_of_the_Church_(Joseph_Smith)" class="mw-redirect" title="History of the Church (Joseph Smith)">History of the Church</a>, vol. 1, ch. 1. "Corrupt" here is taken to refer to their beliefs rather than personal morality. See <a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="https://web.archive.org/web/20151022001150/https://www.lds.org/manual/doctrine-and-covenants-student-manual/section-30-40/section-33-declare-my-gospel">"Section 33: Declare My Gospel"</a>, Doctrine and Covenants Student Manual (Salt Lake City, Utah: LDS Church, 2002) p. 68. </li> <li id="cite_note-164"><a href="#cite_ref-164">^</a> <a href="/wiki/The_Contributor_(LDS_magazine)" title="The Contributor (LDS magazine)">The Contributor</a>, August 1895, pp. 636–37. </li> <li id="cite_note-165"><a href="#cite_ref-165">^</a> <link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1238218222"><cite class="citation web cs1"><a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="https://www.churchofjesuschrist.org/study/scriptures/pgp/a-of-f/1.11?lang=eng">"Articles of Faith"</a>. lds.org. Retrieved 2008-11-22.</cite><span title="ctx_ver=Z39.88-2004&rft_val_fmt=info%3Aofi%2Ffmt%3Akev%3Amtx%3Abook&rft.genre=unknown&rft.btitle=Articles+of+Faith&rft.pub=lds.org&rft_id=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.churchofjesuschrist.org%2Fstudy%2Fscriptures%2Fpgp%2Fa-of-f%2F1.11%3Flang%3Deng&rfr_id=info%3Asid%2Fen.wikipedia.org%3AMormonism+and+Nicene+Christianity" class="Z3988"> </li> <li id="cite_note-166"><a href="#cite_ref-166">^</a> History of the Church, 5:498. </li> <li id="cite_note-167"><a href="#cite_ref-167">^</a> "The Kingdom of the Cults" <a href="/wiki/Walter_Ralston_Martin" title="Walter Ralston Martin">Walter Martin</a> (Revised 2003) <a href="/wiki/Bethany_House_Publishers" class="mw-redirect" title="Bethany House Publishers">Bethany House Publishers</a>, Grand Rapids Michigan </li> <li id="cite_note-168"><a href="#cite_ref-168">^</a> "Mormonism 101" Bill McKeever & Eric Johnson -Grand Rapids: <a href="/wiki/Baker_Publishing_Group" title="Baker Publishing Group">Baker Publishing Group</a>, 2000 </li> <li id="cite_note-169"><a href="#cite_ref-169">^</a> "Mormonism Unmasked" Phillip Roberts -Nashville: <a href="/wiki/Broadman_%26_Holman" class="mw-redirect" title="Broadman & Holman">Broadman & Holman</a> 1998 </li> <li id="cite_note-170"><a href="#cite_ref-170">^</a> <link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1238218222"><cite class="citation news cs1"><a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="https://web.archive.org/web/20070926211822/http://kutv.com/topstories/local_story_254185802.html">"Slovakian Bishops Urge Rejection Of LDS Church"</a>. KUTV. Associated Press. 2006-09-11. Archived from <a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="http://kutv.com/topstories/local_story_254185802.html">the original</a> on 2007-09-26. Retrieved 2006-09-12.</cite><span title="ctx_ver=Z39.88-2004&rft_val_fmt=info%3Aofi%2Ffmt%3Akev%3Amtx%3Ajournal&rft.genre=article&rft.atitle=Slovakian+Bishops+Urge+Rejection+Of+LDS+Church&rft.date=2006-09-11&rft_id=http%3A%2F%2Fkutv.com%2Ftopstories%2Flocal_story_254185802.html&rfr_id=info%3Asid%2Fen.wikipedia.org%3AMormonism+and+Nicene+Christianity" class="Z3988"> </li> </ol></div> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="References">References</h2>[<a href="/w/index.php?title=Mormonism_and_Nicene_Christianity&action=edit&section=26" title="Edit section: References">edit</a>]</div> <ul><li><link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1238218222"><cite id="CITEREFAbanes2007" class="citation book cs1">Abanes, Richard (2007). <a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="https://books.google.com/books?id=SuCrKAc6i6kC">Inside Today's Mormonism</a>. 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Are Mormons Christians?. <a href="/wiki/Bookcraft,_Inc." class="mw-redirect" title="Bookcraft, Inc.">Bookcraft, Inc.</a> <a href="/wiki/ISBN_(identifier)" class="mw-redirect" title="ISBN (identifier)">ISBN</a> <a href="/wiki/Special:BookSources/0-88494-784-X" title="Special:BookSources/0-88494-784-X"><bdi>0-88494-784-X</bdi></a>.</cite><span title="ctx_ver=Z39.88-2004&rft_val_fmt=info%3Aofi%2Ffmt%3Akev%3Amtx%3Abook&rft.genre=book&rft.btitle=Are+Mormons+Christians%3F&rft.pub=Bookcraft%2C+Inc.&rft.date=1991&rft.isbn=0-88494-784-X&rft.au=Stephen+E.+Robinson&rfr_id=info%3Asid%2Fen.wikipedia.org%3AMormonism+and+Nicene+Christianity" class="Z3988"></li></ul> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="Further_reading">Further reading</h2>[<a href="/w/index.php?title=Mormonism_and_Nicene_Christianity&action=edit&section=27" title="Edit section: Further reading">edit</a>]</div> <ul><li><link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1238218222"><cite id="CITEREFBeckwith,_Francis_J.Carl_MosserPaul_Owen2002" class="citation book cs1">Beckwith, Francis J.; Carl Mosser; Paul Owen, eds. (2002). The New Mormon Challenge: Responding to the Latest Defenses of a Fast-Growing Movement. Zondervan. <a href="/wiki/ISBN_(identifier)" class="mw-redirect" title="ISBN (identifier)">ISBN</a> <a href="/wiki/Special:BookSources/0-310-23194-9" title="Special:BookSources/0-310-23194-9"><bdi>0-310-23194-9</bdi></a>.</cite><span title="ctx_ver=Z39.88-2004&rft_val_fmt=info%3Aofi%2Ffmt%3Akev%3Amtx%3Abook&rft.genre=book&rft.btitle=The+New+Mormon+Challenge%3A+Responding+to+the+Latest+Defenses+of+a+Fast-Growing+Movement&rft.pub=Zondervan&rft.date=2002&rft.isbn=0-310-23194-9&rfr_id=info%3Asid%2Fen.wikipedia.org%3AMormonism+and+Nicene+Christianity" class="Z3988"></li> <li><link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1238218222"><cite id="CITEREFBloomberg1997" class="citation book cs1">Bloomberg, Craig (1997). How Wide the Divide? A Mormon & an Evangelical in Conversation. IVP Academic. <a href="/wiki/ISBN_(identifier)" class="mw-redirect" title="ISBN (identifier)">ISBN</a> <a href="/wiki/Special:BookSources/0-8308-1991-6" title="Special:BookSources/0-8308-1991-6"><bdi>0-8308-1991-6</bdi></a>.</cite><span title="ctx_ver=Z39.88-2004&rft_val_fmt=info%3Aofi%2Ffmt%3Akev%3Amtx%3Abook&rft.genre=book&rft.btitle=How+Wide+the+Divide%3F+A+Mormon+%26+an+Evangelical+in+Conversation&rft.pub=IVP+Academic&rft.date=1997&rft.isbn=0-8308-1991-6&rft.aulast=Bloomberg&rft.aufirst=Craig&rfr_id=info%3Asid%2Fen.wikipedia.org%3AMormonism+and+Nicene+Christianity" class="Z3988"></li> <li><link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1238218222"><cite id="CITEREFGellinek,_ChristianHans-Wilhelm_Kelling2001" class="citation book cs1">Gellinek, Christian; Hans-Wilhelm Kelling (2001). Avenues to Christianity: Mormonism in Comparative Church History. Studies of the Latter-Day Saint Religion. Global Publications, Binghamton University. <a href="/wiki/ISBN_(identifier)" class="mw-redirect" title="ISBN (identifier)">ISBN</a> <a href="/wiki/Special:BookSources/1-58684-128-9" title="Special:BookSources/1-58684-128-9"><bdi>1-58684-128-9</bdi></a>.</cite><span title="ctx_ver=Z39.88-2004&rft_val_fmt=info%3Aofi%2Ffmt%3Akev%3Amtx%3Abook&rft.genre=book&rft.btitle=Avenues+to+Christianity%3A+Mormonism+in+Comparative+Church+History&rft.series=Studies+of+the+Latter-Day+Saint+Religion&rft.pub=Global+Publications%2C+Binghamton+University&rft.date=2001&rft.isbn=1-58684-128-9&rft.au=Gellinek%2C+Christian&rft.au=Hans-Wilhelm+Kelling&rfr_id=info%3Asid%2Fen.wikipedia.org%3AMormonism+and+Nicene+Christianity" class="Z3988"></li> <li><link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1238218222"><cite id="CITEREFHopkins,_Richard_R.1994" class="citation book cs1">Hopkins, Richard R. (1994). Biblical Mormonism: Responding to Evangelical Criticism of L.D.S. Theology. Harvest Publishers. <a href="/wiki/ISBN_(identifier)" class="mw-redirect" title="ISBN (identifier)">ISBN</a> <a href="/wiki/Special:BookSources/0-88290-482-5" title="Special:BookSources/0-88290-482-5"><bdi>0-88290-482-5</bdi></a>.</cite><span title="ctx_ver=Z39.88-2004&rft_val_fmt=info%3Aofi%2Ffmt%3Akev%3Amtx%3Abook&rft.genre=book&rft.btitle=Biblical+Mormonism%3A+Responding+to+Evangelical+Criticism+of+L.D.S.+Theology&rft.pub=Harvest+Publishers&rft.date=1994&rft.isbn=0-88290-482-5&rft.au=Hopkins%2C+Richard+R.&rfr_id=info%3Asid%2Fen.wikipedia.org%3AMormonism+and+Nicene+Christianity" class="Z3988"></li> <li><link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1238218222"><cite id="CITEREFShuster2009" class="citation book cs1">Shuster, Eric (2009). Catholic roots, Mormon Harvest. Cedar Fort, Inc. <a href="/wiki/ISBN_(identifier)" class="mw-redirect" title="ISBN (identifier)">ISBN</a> <a href="/wiki/Special:BookSources/978-1-59955-257-6" title="Special:BookSources/978-1-59955-257-6"><bdi>978-1-59955-257-6</bdi></a>.</cite><span title="ctx_ver=Z39.88-2004&rft_val_fmt=info%3Aofi%2Ffmt%3Akev%3Amtx%3Abook&rft.genre=book&rft.btitle=Catholic+roots%2C+Mormon+Harvest&rft.pub=Cedar+Fort%2C+Inc.&rft.date=2009&rft.isbn=978-1-59955-257-6&rft.aulast=Shuster&rft.aufirst=Eric&rfr_id=info%3Asid%2Fen.wikipedia.org%3AMormonism+and+Nicene+Christianity" class="Z3988"></li> <li><link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1238218222"><cite id="CITEREFRobinson1998" class="citation book cs1">Robinson, Stephen (1998). Are Mormons Christians?. Bookcraft. <a href="/wiki/ISBN_(identifier)" class="mw-redirect" title="ISBN (identifier)">ISBN</a> <a href="/wiki/Special:BookSources/1-57008-409-2" title="Special:BookSources/1-57008-409-2"><bdi>1-57008-409-2</bdi></a>.</cite><span title="ctx_ver=Z39.88-2004&rft_val_fmt=info%3Aofi%2Ffmt%3Akev%3Amtx%3Abook&rft.genre=book&rft.btitle=Are+Mormons+Christians%3F&rft.pub=Bookcraft&rft.date=1998&rft.isbn=1-57008-409-2&rft.aulast=Robinson&rft.aufirst=Stephen&rfr_id=info%3Asid%2Fen.wikipedia.org%3AMormonism+and+Nicene+Christianity" class="Z3988"></li> <li><link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1238218222"><cite class="citation web cs1"><a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="https://www.churchofjesuschrist.org/topics/christians">"Are Mormons Christian?"</a>. lds.org. LDS Church.</cite><span title="ctx_ver=Z39.88-2004&rft_val_fmt=info%3Aofi%2Ffmt%3Akev%3Amtx%3Ajournal&rft.genre=unknown&rft.jtitle=lds.org&rft.atitle=Are+Mormons+Christian%3F&rft_id=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.churchofjesuschrist.org%2Ftopics%2Fchristians&rfr_id=info%3Asid%2Fen.wikipedia.org%3AMormonism+and+Nicene+Christianity" class="Z3988"></li> <li><link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1238218222"><cite id="CITEREFRicks1992" class="citation journal cs1">Ricks, Stephen (1992). <a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="https://eom.byu.edu/index.php/Matter">"Creation, Creation Accounts"</a>. Encyclopedia of Mormonism.</cite><span title="ctx_ver=Z39.88-2004&rft_val_fmt=info%3Aofi%2Ffmt%3Akev%3Amtx%3Ajournal&rft.genre=article&rft.jtitle=Encyclopedia+of+Mormonism&rft.atitle=Creation%2C+Creation+Accounts&rft.date=1992&rft.aulast=Ricks&rft.aufirst=Stephen&rft_id=https%3A%2F%2Feom.byu.edu%2Findex.php%2FMatter&rfr_id=info%3Asid%2Fen.wikipedia.org%3AMormonism+and+Nicene+Christianity" class="Z3988"></li></ul> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="External_links">External links</h2>[<a href="/w/index.php?title=Mormonism_and_Nicene_Christianity&action=edit&section=28" title="Edit section: External links">edit</a>]</div> <ul><li><a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="http://www.comeuntochrist.org">ComeUntoChrist.org</a> official informational website of the <a href="/wiki/LDS_Church" class="mw-redirect" title="LDS Church">LDS Church</a>.</li> <li><a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="https://web.archive.org/web/20091113080904/http://www.firstthings.com/article/2008/09/003-is-mormonism-christian-31">"Is Mormonism Christian?"</a> A debate between <a href="/wiki/Bruce_D._Porter" title="Bruce D. 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href="/wiki/William_Bickerton" title="William Bickerton">William Bickerton</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Granville_Hedrick" title="Granville Hedrick">Granville Hedrick</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Alpheus_Cutler" title="Alpheus Cutler">Alpheus Cutler</a></li></ul> </div></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="navbox-group" style="width:1%"><a href="/wiki/List_of_denominations_in_the_Latter_Day_Saint_movement" title="List of denominations in the Latter Day Saint movement">LDS denominations</a></th><td class="navbox-list-with-group navbox-list navbox-odd" style="width:100%;padding:0"><div style="padding:0 0.25em"> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/The_Church_of_Jesus_Christ_of_Latter-day_Saints" title="The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints">The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints</a> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/Outline_of_the_Church_of_Jesus_Christ_of_Latter-day_Saints" title="Outline of the Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints">outline</a></li></ul></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Community_of_Christ" title="Community of Christ">Community of Christ</a> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/Restoration_branches" title="Restoration branches">Restoration branches</a></li></ul></li> <li><a href="/wiki/The_Church_of_Jesus_Christ_(Bickertonite)" title="The Church of Jesus Christ (Bickertonite)">Bickertonite</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Church_of_Jesus_Christ_of_Latter_Day_Saints_(Strangite)" title="Church of Jesus Christ of Latter Day Saints (Strangite)">Strangite</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Church_of_Christ_(Temple_Lot)" title="Church of Christ (Temple Lot)">Hedrickite</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Christian_fellowships_of_%22the_Remnants%22_movement" title="Christian fellowships of "the Remnants" movement">Christian fellowships of "the Remnants" movement</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Mormon_fundamentalism" title="Mormon fundamentalism">Mormon fundamentalism</a> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/Fundamentalist_Church_of_Jesus_Christ_of_Latter-Day_Saints" title="Fundamentalist Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-Day Saints">FLDS Church</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Apostolic_United_Brethren" title="Apostolic United Brethren">Apostolic United Brethren</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Latter_Day_Church_of_Christ" title="Latter Day Church of Christ">Latter Day Church of Christ</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Centennial_Park_group" title="Centennial Park group">Centennial Park group</a></li></ul></li> <li><a href="/wiki/List_of_churches_in_the_Latter_Day_Saint_Reorganization_movement" title="List of churches in the Latter Day Saint Reorganization movement">List of Reorganized Restorationist churches</a></li></ul> </div></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="navbox-group" style="width:1%">Doctrines and practices</th><td class="navbox-list-with-group navbox-list navbox-even" style="width:100%;padding:0"><div style="padding:0 0.25em"> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/Adam%E2%80%93God_doctrine" title="Adam–God doctrine">Adam–God doctrine</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Agency_in_Mormonism" title="Agency in Mormonism">Agency</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Articles_of_Faith_(Latter_Day_Saints)" title="Articles of Faith (Latter Day Saints)">Articles of Faith</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Confirmation_(Latter_Day_Saints)" title="Confirmation (Latter Day Saints)">Confirmation</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Mormon_cosmology" title="Mormon cosmology">Cosmology</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Degrees_of_glory" title="Degrees of glory">Degrees of glory</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Death_in_19th-century_Mormonism" title="Death in 19th-century Mormonism">Early views on death</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Exaltation_(Mormonism)" title="Exaltation (Mormonism)">Exaltation</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Gifts_of_the_Spirit_in_Mormonism" title="Gifts of the Spirit in Mormonism">Gifts of the Spirit</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/God_in_Mormonism" title="God in Mormonism">Views on God</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Heavenly_Parents" title="Heavenly Parents">Heavenly Parents</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Heavenly_Mother_(Mormonism)" title="Heavenly Mother (Mormonism)">Heavenly Mother</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Islam_and_Mormonism" title="Islam and Mormonism">Islam and Mormonism</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Judaism_and_Mormonism" title="Judaism and Mormonism">Judaism and Mormonism</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Law_of_consecration" title="Law of consecration">Law of consecration</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Melchizedek_priesthood_(Latter_Day_Saints)" title="Melchizedek priesthood (Latter Day Saints)">Melchizedek priesthood</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Patriarchal_blessing" title="Patriarchal blessing">Patriarchal blessing</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Plan_of_salvation_in_Mormonism" title="Plan of salvation in Mormonism">Plan of salvation</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Premortal_life_(Latter_Day_Saints)" title="Premortal life (Latter Day Saints)">Premortal life</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Priesthood_(Latter_Day_Saints)" title="Priesthood (Latter Day Saints)">Priesthood</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Restoration_(Mormonism)" title="Restoration (Mormonism)">Restoration</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Revelation_in_Mormonism" title="Revelation in Mormonism">Revelation</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Second_anointing" title="Second anointing">Second anointing</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Spirit_world_(Latter_Day_Saints)" title="Spirit world (Latter Day Saints)">Spirit world</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Mormon_spectrums_of_orthodoxy_and_practice" title="Mormon spectrums of orthodoxy and practice">Spectrums of orthodoxy and practice</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Son_of_perdition_(Mormonism)" title="Son of perdition (Mormonism)">Son of perdition</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Temple_(Latter_Day_Saints)" title="Temple (Latter Day Saints)">Temples</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Tithing_in_Mormonism" title="Tithing in Mormonism">Tithing</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Mormonism_and_women" title="Mormonism and women">Women and Mormonism</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Word_of_Wisdom" class="mw-redirect" title="Word of Wisdom">Word of Wisdom</a></li></ul> </div></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="navbox-group" style="width:1%">Controversies</th><td class="navbox-list-with-group navbox-list navbox-odd" style="width:100%;padding:0"><div style="padding:0 0.25em"> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/Mormonism_and_polygamy" title="Mormonism and polygamy">Polygamy</a> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/Current_state_of_polygamy_in_the_Latter_Day_Saint_movement" title="Current state of polygamy in the Latter Day Saint movement">current state</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Origin_of_Latter_Day_Saint_polygamy" title="Origin of Latter Day Saint polygamy">origin</a></li></ul></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Mormon_teachings_on_skin_color" title="Mormon teachings on skin color">Race</a> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/Black_people_and_Mormonism" title="Black people and Mormonism">Black people</a> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/Black_people_and_early_Mormonism" title="Black people and early Mormonism">Black people and early Mormonism</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Civil_rights_and_Mormonism" title="Civil rights and Mormonism">Civil rights</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Joseph_Smith%27s_views_on_Black_people" title="Joseph Smith's views on Black people">Joseph Smith's views</a></li></ul></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Native_American_people_and_Mormonism" title="Native American people and Mormonism">Native Americans</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Mormonism_and_Pacific_Islanders" class="mw-redirect" title="Mormonism and Pacific Islanders">Pacific Islanders</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Phrenology_and_the_Latter_Day_Saint_movement" title="Phrenology and the Latter Day Saint movement">Phrenology</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Mormonism_and_slavery" title="Mormonism and slavery">Slavery</a></li></ul></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Timeline_of_LGBT_Mormon_history" title="Timeline of LGBT Mormon history">LGBT people</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Mormonism_and_violence" title="Mormonism and violence">Violence</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Historicity_of_the_Book_of_Mormon" title="Historicity of the Book of Mormon">Historicity of the Book of Mormon</a> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/Archaeology_and_the_Book_of_Mormon" title="Archaeology and the Book of Mormon">archaeology</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Origin_of_the_Book_of_Mormon" title="Origin of the Book of Mormon">origin</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Proposed_Book_of_Mormon_geographical_setting" title="Proposed Book of Mormon geographical setting">Geographical setting</a></li></ul></li> <li><a href="/wiki/List_of_prophecies_of_Joseph_Smith" class="mw-redirect" title="List of prophecies of Joseph Smith">List of prophecies of Joseph Smith</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Universalism_and_the_Latter_Day_Saint_movement" title="Universalism and the Latter Day Saint movement">Universalism</a></li></ul> </div></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="navbox-group" style="width:1%">Culture</th><td class="navbox-list-with-group navbox-list navbox-even" style="width:100%;padding:0"><div style="padding:0 0.25em"> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/Ex-Mormon" title="Ex-Mormon">Ex-Mormon</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Jack_Mormon" title="Jack Mormon">Jack Mormon</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Lost_boys_(Mormon_fundamentalism)" title="Lost boys (Mormon fundamentalism)">Lost boys</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Mormon_art" title="Mormon art">Mormon art</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Mormon_blogosphere" title="Mormon blogosphere">Mormon blogosphere</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Mormon_cinema" title="Mormon cinema">Mormon cinema</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Mormon_folklore" title="Mormon folklore">Mormon folklore</a> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/Cunning_folk_traditions_and_the_Latter_Day_Saint_movement" title="Cunning folk traditions and the Latter Day Saint movement">Cunning folk traditions and the Latter Day Saint movement</a></li></ul></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Mormon_foodways" title="Mormon foodways">Mormon foodways</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Mormon_literature" title="Mormon literature">Mormon literature</a> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/Mormon_poetry" title="Mormon poetry">Mormon poetry</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Mormon_fiction" title="Mormon fiction">Mormon fiction</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Association_for_Mormon_Letters" title="Association for Mormon Letters">Association for Mormon Letters</a></li></ul></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Mormon_music" title="Mormon music">Mormon music</a> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/Mormon_folk_music" title="Mormon folk music">Mormon folk music</a></li></ul></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Placement_marriage" title="Placement marriage">Placement marriage</a></li></ul> </div></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="navbox-group" style="width:1%">The Mormon Image</th><td class="navbox-list-with-group navbox-list navbox-odd" style="width:100%;padding:0"><div style="padding:0 0.25em"> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/Mormon_studies" title="Mormon studies">Mormon studies</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Latter_Day_Saints_in_popular_culture" title="Latter Day Saints in popular culture">Latter Day Saints in popular culture</a> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/Portrayal_of_Mormons_in_comics" title="Portrayal of Mormons in comics">Portrayal of Mormons in comics</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Mormon_pornography" title="Mormon pornography">Mormon pornography</a></li></ul></li></ul> </div></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="navbox-group" style="width:1%">Places</th><td class="navbox-list-with-group navbox-list navbox-even" style="width:100%;padding:0"><div style="padding:0 0.25em"> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/Cumorah" title="Cumorah">Cumorah</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Kirtland,_Ohio" title="Kirtland, Ohio">Kirtland, Ohio</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Mormon_corridor" title="Mormon corridor">Mormon corridor</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Nauvoo,_Illinois" title="Nauvoo, Illinois">Nauvoo, Illinois</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Salt_Lake_City" title="Salt Lake City">Salt Lake City</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Sacred_Grove_(Latter_Day_Saints)" title="Sacred Grove (Latter Day Saints)">Sacred Grove</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Smith_Family_Farm" title="Smith Family Farm">Smith Family Farm</a></li></ul> </div></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="navbox-group" style="width:1%">Related</th><td class="navbox-list-with-group navbox-list navbox-odd" style="width:100%;padding:0"><div style="padding:0 0.25em"> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/Anti-Mormonism" title="Anti-Mormonism">Anti-Mormonism</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Angel_Moroni" title="Angel Moroni">Angel Moroni</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Bibliography_of_the_Latter_Day_Saint_movement" title="Bibliography of the Latter Day Saint movement">Bibliography</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Bibliography_of_books_critical_of_Mormonism" title="Bibliography of books critical of Mormonism">Bibliography of books critical of Mormonism</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Criticism_of_the_Church_of_Jesus_Christ_of_Latter-day_Saints" title="Criticism of the Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints">Criticism of the Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/First_Vision" title="First Vision">First Vision</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Golden_plates" title="Golden plates">Golden plates</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Joseph_Smith_Papyri" title="Joseph Smith Papyri">Joseph Smith Papyri</a> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/Eyewitness_accounts_associated_with_the_Joseph_Smith_Papyri" title="Eyewitness accounts associated with the Joseph Smith Papyri">Eyewitness accounts associated with the Joseph Smith Papyri</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Kirtland_Egyptian_papers" title="Kirtland Egyptian papers">Kirtland Egyptian papers</a></li></ul></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Kolob" title="Kolob">Kolob</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Mormonism_and_history" title="Mormonism and history">Mormonism and history</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Reformed_Egyptian" title="Reformed Egyptian">Reformed Egyptian</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Temple_architecture_(LDS_Church)" title="Temple architecture (LDS Church)">Temple architecture (LDS Church)</a></li> <li><a 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of the Bible">Holy Bible</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Book_of_Mormon" title="Book of Mormon">Book of Mormon</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Doctrine_and_Covenants" title="Doctrine and Covenants">Doctrine and Covenants</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Pearl_of_Great_Price_(Mormonism)" title="Pearl of Great Price (Mormonism)">Pearl of Great Price</a> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/Book_of_Moses" title="Book of Moses">Book of Moses</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Book_of_Abraham" title="Book of Abraham">Book of Abraham</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Joseph_Smith%E2%80%93Matthew" title="Joseph Smith–Matthew">Joseph Smith–Matthew</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Joseph_Smith%E2%80%93History" title="Joseph Smith–History">Joseph Smith–History</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Articles_of_Faith_(Latter_Day_Saints)" title="Articles of Faith (Latter Day Saints)">Articles of Faith</a></li></ul></li></ul> </div></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="navbox-group" style="background: #002E5D; color:white;;width:1%"><a href="/wiki/Beliefs_and_practices_of_the_Church_of_Jesus_Christ_of_Latter-day_Saints" title="Beliefs and practices of the Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints">Beliefs and practices</a></th><td class="navbox-list-with-group navbox-list navbox-odd hlist" style="width:100%;padding:0"><div style="padding:0 0.25em"> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/Apostolic_succession_(LDS_Church)" title="Apostolic succession (LDS Church)">Apostolic succession</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Restoration_(Mormonism)" title="Restoration (Mormonism)">Apostasy and restoration</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Religious_calling#Latter-day_Saints" class="mw-redirect" title="Religious calling">Calling</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Mormon_cosmology" title="Mormon cosmology">Cosmology</a> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/Adam_and_Eve_in_Mormonism" title="Adam and Eve in Mormonism">Adam and Eve</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Mormon_views_on_evolution" title="Mormon views on evolution">Evolution</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Plan_of_salvation_in_Mormonism" title="Plan of salvation in Mormonism">Plan of salvation</a> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/Degrees_of_glory" title="Degrees of glory">Degrees of glory</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Exaltation_(Mormonism)" title="Exaltation (Mormonism)">Exaltation</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Premortal_life_(Latter_Day_Saints)" title="Premortal life (Latter Day Saints)">Premortal life</a></li></ul></li></ul></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Family_Home_Evening" title="Family Home Evening">Family Home Evening</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Fast_Sunday" title="Fast Sunday">Fast Sunday</a></li> <li>"<a href="/wiki/For_the_Strength_of_Youth_(pamphlet)" title="For the Strength of Youth (pamphlet)">For the Strength of Youth</a>"</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Mormonism_and_women" title="Mormonism and women">Gender</a> <ul><li>"<a href="/wiki/The_Family:_A_Proclamation_to_the_World" title="The Family: A Proclamation to the World">Family Proclamation</a>"</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Gender_minorities_and_the_Church_of_Jesus_Christ_of_Latter-day_Saints" title="Gender minorities and the Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints">Transgender</a></li></ul></li> <li><a href="/wiki/God_in_Mormonism" title="God in Mormonism">God in Mormonism</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Heavenly_Mother_(Mormonism)" title="Heavenly Mother (Mormonism)">Heavenly Mother</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Ministering" title="Ministering">Ministering</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Marriage_in_the_Church_of_Jesus_Christ_of_Latter-day_Saints" title="Marriage in the Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints">Marriage</a> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/Celestial_marriage" title="Celestial marriage">Celestial</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Interracial_marriage_and_the_Church_of_Jesus_Christ_of_Latter-day_Saints" title="Interracial marriage and the Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints">Interracial</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Mormonism_and_polygamy" title="Mormonism and polygamy">Polygamy</a></li></ul></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Ordinance_(Latter_Day_Saints)" title="Ordinance (Latter Day Saints)">Ordinances</a> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/Baptism_for_the_dead" title="Baptism for the dead">Baptism for the dead</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Sealing_(Mormonism)" title="Sealing (Mormonism)">Marriage sealing</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Second_anointing" title="Second anointing">Second anointing</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Endowment_(Mormonism)" title="Endowment (Mormonism)">Temple endowment</a> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/Temple_garment" title="Temple garment">Temple garment</a></li></ul></li></ul></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Priesthood_(LDS_Church)" title="Priesthood (LDS Church)">Priesthood</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Mormon_teachings_on_skin_color" title="Mormon teachings on skin color">Race</a> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/Black_people_and_Mormonism" title="Black people and Mormonism">Black people</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Black_Mormons" title="Black Mormons">Black Mormons</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Black_people_and_temple_and_priesthood_policies_in_the_Church_of_Jesus_Christ_of_Latter-day_Saints" title="Black people and temple and priesthood policies in the Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints">Black temple and priesthood restrictions</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Curses_of_Cain_and_Ham_and_the_Church_of_Jesus_Christ_of_Latter-day_Saints" title="Curses of Cain and Ham and the Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints">Curses of Cain and Ham</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Native_American_people_and_Mormonism" title="Native American people and Mormonism">Native Americans</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Mormonism_and_Pacific_Islanders" class="mw-redirect" title="Mormonism and Pacific Islanders">Pacific Islanders</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Mormonism_and_slavery" title="Mormonism and slavery">Slavery</a></li></ul></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Revelation_in_Mormonism" title="Revelation in Mormonism">Revelation</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Reformed_Egyptian" title="Reformed Egyptian">Reformed Egyptian</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Sexuality_and_the_Church_of_Jesus_Christ_of_Latter-day_Saints" title="Sexuality and the Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints">Sexuality</a> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/Views_on_birth_control_in_the_Church_of_Jesus_Christ_of_Latter-day_Saints" title="Views on birth control in the Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints">Birth control</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Law_of_chastity" title="Law of chastity">Law of chastity</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Homosexuality_and_the_Church_of_Jesus_Christ_of_Latter-day_Saints" title="Homosexuality and the Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints">Homosexuality</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Sexual_orientation_change_efforts_and_the_Church_of_Jesus_Christ_of_Latter-day_Saints" title="Sexual orientation change efforts and the Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints">Sexual orientation change efforts</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Views_on_masturbation_in_the_Church_of_Jesus_Christ_of_Latter-day_Saints" title="Views on masturbation in the Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints">Masturbation</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Soaking_(sexual_practice)" title="Soaking (sexual practice)">Soaking</a></li></ul></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Mormon_spectrums_of_orthodoxy_and_practice" title="Mormon spectrums of orthodoxy and practice">Spectrums of orthodoxy and practice</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Views_on_suicide_in_the_Church_of_Jesus_Christ_of_Latter-day_Saints" title="Views on suicide in the Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints">Suicide</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Tithing_in_Mormonism" title="Tithing in Mormonism">Tithing</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Word_of_Wisdom" class="mw-redirect" title="Word of Wisdom">Word of Wisdom</a></li></ul> </div></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="navbox-group" style="background: #002E5D; color:white;;width:1%"><a href="/wiki/Culture_of_the_Church_of_Jesus_Christ_of_Latter-day_Saints" title="Culture of the Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints">Culture and worship</a></th><td class="navbox-list-with-group navbox-list navbox-even hlist" style="width:100%;padding:0"><div style="padding:0 0.25em"> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/Latter_Day_Saints_in_popular_culture" title="Latter Day Saints in popular culture">Cultural depictions</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Especially_for_Youth" title="Especially for Youth">Especially for Youth</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/LDS_Family_Services" title="LDS Family Services">Family Services</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Mormon_feminism" title="Mormon feminism">Feminism</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Mormon_cinema" title="Mormon cinema">Films</a> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/List_of_films_of_the_Church_of_Jesus_Christ_of_Latter-day_Saints" title="List of films of the Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints">List</a></li></ul></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Mormon_foodways" title="Mormon foodways">Foodways</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/General_Conference_(LDS_Church)" title="General Conference (LDS Church)">General Conference</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Mormon_Helping_Hands" title="Mormon Helping Hands">Helping Hands</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/LDS_Humanitarian_Services" title="LDS Humanitarian Services">Humanitarian services</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Hymns_in_the_Church_of_Jesus_Christ_of_Latter-day_Saints" title="Hymns in the Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints">Hymns</a> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/Hymns_of_the_Church_of_Jesus_Christ_of_Latter-day_Saints_(1985_book)" title="Hymns of the Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints (1985 book)">Book</a></li></ul></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Latter-day_Saints_Channel" title="Latter-day Saints Channel">Latter-day Saints Channel</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Liahona_(magazine)" title="Liahona (magazine)">Liahona magazine</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Mormon_missionary" title="Mormon missionary">Missionary service</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Mormons" title="Mormons">Mormons</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Mormon_music" title="Mormon music">Music</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/List_of_pageants_of_the_Church_of_Jesus_Christ_of_Latter-day_Saints" title="List of pageants of the Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints">Pageants</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Pioneer_Day" title="Pioneer Day">Pioneer Day</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Tabernacle_(LDS_Church)" title="Tabernacle (LDS Church)">Tabernacles</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Tabernacle_Choir" title="Tabernacle Choir">Tabernacle Choir</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Temple_(LDS_Church)" title="Temple (LDS Church)">Temples</a> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/List_of_temples_of_the_Church_of_Jesus_Christ_of_Latter-day_Saints" title="List of temples of the Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints">List</a></li></ul></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Worship_services_of_the_Church_of_Jesus_Christ_of_Latter-day_Saints" title="Worship services of the Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints">Worship services</a> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/Sacrament_(LDS_Church)" title="Sacrament (LDS Church)">Sacrament</a></li></ul></li></ul> </div></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="navbox-group" style="background: #002E5D; color:white;;width:1%"><a href="/wiki/General_authority" title="General authority">Leadership</a></th><td class="navbox-list-with-group navbox-list navbox-odd hlist" style="width:100%;padding:0"><div style="padding:0 0.25em"> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/President_of_the_Church_(LDS_Church)" title="President of the Church (LDS Church)">President</a> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/Russell_M._Nelson" title="Russell M. Nelson">Russell M. Nelson</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/List_of_presidents_of_the_Church_of_Jesus_Christ_of_Latter-day_Saints" title="List of presidents of the Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints">List</a></li></ul></li> <li><a href="/wiki/First_Presidency_(LDS_Church)" title="First Presidency (LDS Church)">First Presidency</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Quorum_of_the_Twelve_Apostles_(LDS_Church)" title="Quorum of the Twelve Apostles (LDS Church)">Quorum of the Twelve Apostles</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Seventy_(LDS_Church)" title="Seventy (LDS Church)">Quorums of the Seventy</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Presiding_Bishop_(LDS_Church)" title="Presiding Bishop (LDS Church)">Presiding Bishop</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Relief_Society" title="Relief Society">Relief Society</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Sunday_School_(LDS_Church)" title="Sunday School (LDS Church)">Sunday School</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Young_Women_(organization)" title="Young Women (organization)">Young Women</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Young_Men_(organization)" title="Young Men (organization)">Young Men</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Primary_(LDS_Church)" title="Primary (LDS Church)">Primary</a></li></ul> </div></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="navbox-group" style="background: #002E5D; color:white;;width:1%"><a href="/wiki/Demographics_of_the_Church_of_Jesus_Christ_of_Latter-day_Saints" title="Demographics of the Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints">Demographics</a></th><td class="navbox-list-with-group navbox-list navbox-even hlist" style="width:100%;padding:0"><div style="padding:0 0.25em"> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/Membership_history_of_the_Church_of_Jesus_Christ_of_Latter-day_Saints" title="Membership history of the Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints">Membership history</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Membership_statistics_of_the_Church_of_Jesus_Christ_of_Latter-day_Saints" title="Membership statistics of the Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints">Statistics by country</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Mormon_corridor" title="Mormon corridor">Mormon corridor</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Less-active_Mormon" title="Less-active Mormon">Less-active Mormon</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Ex-Mormon" title="Ex-Mormon">Ex-Mormon</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/LGBT_Mormon_people_and_organizations" title="LGBT Mormon people and organizations">LGBT Mormons</a></li></ul> </div></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="navbox-group" style="background: #002E5D; color:white;;width:1%">Organization</th><td class="navbox-list-with-group navbox-list navbox-odd hlist" style="width:100%;padding:0"><div style="padding:0 0.25em"> <ul><li>Congregational <ul><li><a href="/wiki/Area_(LDS_Church)" title="Area (LDS Church)">Area</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/District_(LDS_Church)" title="District (LDS Church)">District</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Stake_(Latter_Day_Saints)" title="Stake (Latter Day Saints)">Stake</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Ward_(LDS_Church)" title="Ward (LDS Church)">Ward</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Membership_statistics_of_the_Church_of_Jesus_Christ_of_Latter-day_Saints#Congregations" title="Membership statistics of the Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints">Statistics</a></li></ul></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Church_Educational_System" title="Church Educational System">Church Educational System</a> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/Brigham_Young_University" title="Brigham Young University">BYU</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Brigham_Young_University%E2%80%93Idaho" title="Brigham Young University–Idaho">BYU-Idaho</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Brigham_Young_University%E2%80%93Hawaii" title="Brigham Young University–Hawaii">BYU-Hawaii</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/BYU%E2%80%93Pathway_Worldwide" title="BYU–Pathway Worldwide">BYU–Pathway Worldwide</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Ensign_College" title="Ensign College">Ensign College</a></li></ul></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Deseret_Management_Corporation" title="Deseret Management Corporation">Deseret Management Corporation</a> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/Deseret_Book_Company" title="Deseret Book Company">Deseret Book Company</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Deseret_Industries" title="Deseret Industries">Deseret Industries</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Deseret_Digital_Media" title="Deseret Digital Media">Deseret Digital Media</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Temple_Square_Hospitality" title="Temple Square Hospitality">Temple Square Hospitality</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Deseret_News_Publishing_Company" title="Deseret News Publishing Company">Deseret News Publishing Company</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Bonneville_International" title="Bonneville International">Bonneville International</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Beneficial_Financial_Group" title="Beneficial Financial Group">Beneficial Financial Group</a></li></ul></li> <li><a href="/wiki/FamilySearch" title="FamilySearch">FamilySearch</a> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/RootsTech" title="RootsTech">RootsTech</a></li></ul></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Philanthropies" title="Philanthropies">Philanthropies</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Finances_of_the_Church_of_Jesus_Christ_of_Latter-day_Saints" title="Finances of the Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints">Finances</a> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/Ensign_Peak_Advisors" title="Ensign Peak Advisors">Ensign Peak Advisors</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Perpetual_Emigration_Fund" title="Perpetual Emigration Fund">Perpetual Emigration Fund</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Perpetual_Education_Fund" title="Perpetual Education Fund">Perpetual Education Fund</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Utah_Property_Management_Associates" class="mw-redirect" title="Utah Property Management Associates">Utah Property Management Associates</a></li></ul></li> <li><a href="/wiki/AgReserves" title="AgReserves">AgReserves</a> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/Deseret_Ranches" title="Deseret Ranches">Deseret Ranches</a></li></ul></li></ul> </div></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="navbox-group" style="background: #002E5D; color:white;;width:1%"><a href="/wiki/Criticism_of_the_Church_of_Jesus_Christ_of_Latter-day_Saints" title="Criticism of the Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints">Criticism</a></th><td class="navbox-list-with-group navbox-list navbox-even hlist" style="width:100%;padding:0"><div style="padding:0 0.25em"> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/Anti-Mormonism" title="Anti-Mormonism">Anti-Mormonism</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Criticism_of_the_Book_of_Abraham" title="Criticism of the Book of Abraham">Book of Abraham</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Criticism_of_the_Book_of_Mormon" title="Criticism of the Book of Mormon">Book of Mormon</a> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/Archaeology_and_the_Book_of_Mormon" title="Archaeology and the Book of Mormon">Archeology</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Genetics_and_the_Book_of_Mormon" title="Genetics and the Book of Mormon">Genetics</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Proposed_Book_of_Mormon_geographical_setting" title="Proposed Book of Mormon geographical setting">Geographical setting</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Historicity_of_the_Book_of_Mormon" title="Historicity of the Book of Mormon">Historical authenticity</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Linguistics_and_the_Book_of_Mormon" title="Linguistics and the Book of Mormon">Linguistics</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Origin_of_the_Book_of_Mormon" title="Origin of the Book of Mormon">Origin</a></li></ul></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Fawn_M._Brodie" title="Fawn M. Brodie">Fawn M. Brodie</a> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/No_Man_Knows_My_History" title="No Man Knows My History">No Man Knows My History: The Life of Joseph Smith</a></li></ul></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Christian_Research_Institute" title="Christian Research Institute">Christian Research Institute</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Ed_Decker" title="Ed Decker">Ed Decker</a> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/The_God_Makers" title="The God Makers">The God Makers</a></li></ul></li> <li><a href="/wiki/John_Dehlin" title="John Dehlin">John Dehlin</a> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/Mormon_Stories_Podcast" title="Mormon Stories Podcast">Mormon Stories Podcast</a></li></ul></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Jeremy_Runnells" title="Jeremy Runnells">Jeremy Runnells</a> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/CES_Letter" title="CES Letter">CES Letter</a></li></ul></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Kinderhook_plates" title="Kinderhook plates">Kinderhook plates</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Salamander_letter" title="Salamander letter">Salamander letter</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/September_Six" title="September Six">September Six</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Jerald_and_Sandra_Tanner" title="Jerald and Sandra Tanner">Jerald and Sandra Tanner</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Truth_%26_Transparency_Foundation" title="Truth & Transparency Foundation">Truth & Transparency Foundation</a></li></ul> </div></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="navbox-group" style="background: #002E5D; color:white;;width:1%"><a href="/wiki/Category:The_Church_of_Jesus_Christ_of_Latter-day_Saints" title="Category:The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints">Related</a></th><td class="navbox-list-with-group navbox-list navbox-odd hlist" style="width:100%;padding:0"><div style="padding:0 0.25em"> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/Mormon_blogosphere" title="Mormon blogosphere">Bloggernacle</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/ComeUntoChrist.org" title="ComeUntoChrist.org">ComeUntoChrist.org</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/List_of_Book_of_Mormon_translations" title="List of Book of Mormon translations">List of Book of Mormon translations</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Joseph_Smith_Translation_of_the_Bible" title="Joseph Smith Translation of the Bible">Joseph Smith Translation</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/The_Joseph_Smith_Papers" title="The Joseph Smith Papers">The Joseph Smith Papers</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Dialogue:_A_Journal_of_Mormon_Thought" title="Dialogue: A Journal of Mormon Thought">Dialogue</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/FAIR_(Mormon_apologetics_organization)" title="FAIR (Mormon apologetics organization)">FAIR organization</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Foundation_for_Ancient_Research_and_Mormon_Studies" title="Foundation for Ancient Research and Mormon Studies">FARMS organization</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/I%27m_a_Mormon" title="I'm a Mormon">I'm a Mormon campaign</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/LGBT_Mormon_suicides" title="LGBT Mormon suicides">LGBT Mormon suicides</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Mormon_fundamentalism" title="Mormon fundamentalism">Mormon fundamentalism</a></li> <li><a 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