Essays Tagged: "Book of Mormon"
Mormons in Utah
needs toput the true, pure forms of Christianity in a divine authority.The Mormons, who follow four books including The Bible, The Bookof Mormon, Doctrine of Covenants, and Pearl of a Great Price do b ... entury United States religious movement known as the 'SecondGreat Awakening'. On April 6, 1830, The Book of Mormon was completedand a new religion was born.Mormonism attracted many people and the firs ...
Subjects: Humanities Essays > Religion & Faith
Mormonism
ake Temple. In one hand the figure holds a trumpet: in the other are clasped plates symbolic of the Book of Mormon, the ancient religious record whose existence Smith claimed was revealed to him in 18 ... by millions in the United States.The governing scriptures of the Mormon Church are the Bibles, The Book of Mormon, Doctrine and Covenants and The Pearl of Great Price.The Bible is the first of the 'F ...
Subjects: Humanities Essays > Religion & Faith
Mormons history
late and he translated the "ReformedEgyptian" hieroglyphics. Smith's translation of the plates, the Book of Mormon, describesthe history, wars, and religious beliefs of a group of people living from 6 ... beliefs of a group of people living from 600 BC - AD 421who migrated from Jerusalem to America. The Book told the story of the Nephites andother Old Testament people who sailed to North America in anc ...
Subjects: Humanities Essays > Religion & Faith
The Assassination of Joseph Smith
what came to be known as his 'first' vision.'(Persuitte 21) After this he began his writing of the Book of Mormon. After this vision his life was supposedly interrupted two more times by God before h ... After this vision his life was supposedly interrupted two more times by God before he finished the Book of Mormon and created the Church of Jesus Christ of Latter Day Saints in 1830. After the creati ...
Subjects: Humanities Essays > Religion & Faith
The mormon society
assume they are just a religious group but Mormons are much more. I hope this paper fill this void of knowledge in the ways of their community.Basically the Mormons are in a very controlled community ... ve to get married and have kids, as it is essential for their spiritual needs after deathThe people of this society can't go out with some one before sixteen and even then sexual contact including mas ...
Subjects: Social Science Essays > Society and community
The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter Day Saints.
John GrayMr. Bunting W&W Rom.The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter Day SaintsThe book "MORMONISM Doctrines of devils" is book #2 in the volume "Exposing the cults of our day". It co ... nts (the Mormons) where organized on April 6, 1830 in New York with 6 members. Mormons recognizes 4 books: (1) The Book of Mormon, (2) Doctrine and Covenants, (3) Pearl of Great Price, and (4) the Bib ... s long as it is correctly translated, they consider the King James Version as there official bible. Book of Mormons is a collection of 15 books, supposedly covering the history of an ancient people in ...
Subjects: Humanities Essays > Religion & Faith
Adventures with a Dog named Nephi
m to settle Jack's stomach any. There is a verse flashing through Jack's mind now. A verse from the Book of Mormon: "I Nephi, being exceedingly young, nevertheless being large in stature, and also hav ... prophet that lived among the early inhabitants of the American continent. He's written about in the Book of Mormon.""Oh, then it's an important name." She responds. At this moment the Dachshund has ha ...
Subjects: Literature Research Papers > Creative Writing > Poems & Short Stories
Mormons Move West
in an ancient western language about Gods' other doings, in which Smith latter translated into the "Book of Mormon". On April 6th, 1830 Joseph Smith founded the Church Of Latter-Day Saint, on the doct ... 27, 1844, by an angry mob while in a Carthage, Illinois Jail.The Mormons believe the Bible is God's book, but they also believe the Bible is an incomplete record of the doings and miracles that god pe ...
Subjects: Humanities Essays > Religion & Faith
The Mormon Religion
the help of G-d, he was able to translate them into English. What he translated became known as the Book of Mormon.The Mormon religion is also known as the Church of Latter-Day Saints. The religion is ... gion is also known as the Church of Latter-Day Saints. The religion is based on the writings in the Book of Mormon. The Mormons believe that everyone is a child of G-d's. They believe that G-d is real ...
Subjects: History Term Papers
Inside Polygamy, should it be outlawed?
is also proven that violence is running rampid in polygamist communities. In the scriptures of the Book of Mormon the wife is a mere object for the husband. One to bear children and put a hot meal on ...
Subjects: Humanities Essays > Religion & Faith > Paranormality & Spirituality
Mormon Essay
hem.Joseph Smith was the man who founded the Mormons. He translated the golden plates and wrote the book of Mormon. The angel Moroni visited him. He also established polygamy and tried to set-up Zion. ...
Subjects: History Term Papers > North American History
A Mormon experience : The history and fundamentals
http://www.mormon.org/). I will display how their beliefs and traditions are explained through holy books and are examined through practices at church services.HistoryThe Church of Jesus Christ of Lat ... f the prophet Joseph Smith as he was told to do so by the Lord.Smith claimed to have translated The Book of Mormon, the predominate scripture of the new church. He translated it from Egyptian characte ...
Subjects: Humanities Essays > Religion & Faith
Mormons
f Jesus Christ of Latter Day Saints. The LDS church has another addition to the Bible entitiled the Book of Mormon. In this book there are stories and teachings that were written in BC. These stories ...
Subjects: Humanities Essays > Religion & Faith
Mormonism
lion members of the church hold to be true. This commission attempting to prove the writings of The Book of Mormon has caught the eye of both the Mormon community, tourist companies and the skeptics o ... ints was founded by a man named Joseph Smith as a young farm boy, began the task of translating the book of Mormon, a listing of events written by the hand of Mormon upon golden plates taken from the ...
Subjects: Humanities Essays > Religion & Faith
The Mormons
f them. Soon after this Smith was visited by an angel named Moroni who told him of an ancient metal book buried in a hill in Cumorah which had Mormon, an ancient prophets sacred records from Jerusalem ... seers in ancient or former times, and that God had prepared them for the purpose of translating the book. Smith translated these writings and was finished in just 66 days. Smith gained support for a w ...
Subjects: Humanities Essays > Religion & Faith
The Mormons
f them. Soon after this Smith was visited by an angel named Moroni who told him of an ancient metal book buried in a hill in Cumorah which had Mormon, an ancient prophets sacred records from Jerusalem ... seers in ancient or former times, and that God had prepared them for the purpose of translating the book. Smith translated these writings and was finished in just 66 days. Smith gained support for a w ...
Subjects: Humanities Essays > Religion & Faith
Mormonism
e believe the Bible to be the word of God as far as it is translated correctly; we also believe the Book of Mormon to be the word of God.9. We believe all that God has revealed, all that He does now r ... orgiveness and peace through repentance and obedience.Unlike many other religions who have only one book that they use to follow the word of God. The Mormon faith has two books (The Bible, The Book of ...
Subjects: Humanities Essays > Religion & Faith
Mormonism : Legitimate Christianity?
oseph Smith Jr.) - All cults possess some scripture that is either added to or replaces the Bible. (Book of Mormon).- Rigid standards for membership, (tobacco, alcohol). ¨The necessity of weekly c ... stored from Christ.Reasons why… ¨If we were to accept any religion that has accepted new books of the bible, we would have to agree that Islamic religions are too Christian because they bel ...
Subjects: Humanities Essays > Religion & Faith
Mormonism report
Mormonism is a term to describe the doctrine and teachings, based on the Book of Mormon. Those that believe in the Book of Mormon are refered to as Mormons. Mormons believe ... ys of Gods original church were removed from the earth shortly after the death of the apostles. The Book of Mormon is a collection of writings by prophets in the Americas. Those plates, (never seen ag ... a collection of writings by prophets in the Americas. Those plates, (never seen again) became the "Book of Mormon." Outside the church, church members called Mormons because of their belief in the Bo ...
Subjects: Humanities Essays > Religion & Faith
Polygamy in the United States
olygamous sects can have negative effects on the women and children involved.According to The World Book Encyclopedia, polygamy can either refer to a system in which a woman is married to more than on ... Y by Joseph Smith. Followers of the church, more commonly called Mormons, base their beliefs on the Book of Mormon, the Bible and revelations made to Smith. Smith claimed that golden tablets containin ...
Subjects: Social Science Essays > Sociology