Category: Changing World of Mormonism
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The Changing World of Mormonism: Chapter 3
Changes in the Revelations Mormon Apostle John A. Widtsoe dogmatically stated: “The Doctrine and Covenants is a compilation of the revelations received by Joseph Smith . . . “The book itself is a witness for the truth of the Prophet’s claims. . . . Enemies of the Church have rather carefully avoided the discussion of this book. They have been afraid…
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The Changing World of Mormonism: Chapter 2
Change, Censorship and Suppression The fact that Mormonism is changing is very obvious to anyone who studies the history of the church. Things that were approved of when Mormonism first began are now condemned, and things that are now approved were once condemned. For instance, the Mormon church has made a major doctrinal change with…
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The Changing World of Mormonism: Preface
The Apostle Paul admonishes Christians to “Prove all things; hold fast that which is good” (1 Thessalonians 5:21). In our research on Mormonism, which has stretched out to a period of over twenty years, we have always tried to keep this statement in mind. Many writers have lifted their pens to warn the outside world against…
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The Changing World of Mormonism: Chapter 9
Plural Marriage Mormon apologist John J. Stewart admits that “there are at least two points of doctrine and history of the Church about which many LDS themselves—to say nothing of non-members—feel apologetic or critical. One of these is its doctrine and history regarding plural marriage. There is probably no other Church subject on which there…
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The Changing World of Mormonism: Introduction
“Oh, this stuff is dynamite!”, exclaimed a prestigious director of a Mormon Institute of Religion. “I tell you, though you may not believe it, I have seen people get utterly crushed, almost devastated with some of the material that the Tanners have reproduced.” “I will tell you,” he continues, “there was an Institute teacher here,…
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The Changing World of Mormonism: Foreword
Those of us who have delved, over a period of many years, into the maze of Mormon doctrines and practices have looked with admiration and awe at the labors of Jerald and Sandra Tanner. Probably no pseudo-Christian cult has accumulated such a volume of literature, in the creation and defense of its doctrines, as has…
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The Changing World of Mormonism: Acknowledgments
We are very grateful to many people and a number of libraries for their assistance. Both members and non-members of the Mormon Church have given books, pamphlets and photographs to us. A number of people have given us access to their own research. Others have helped in various ways. We are particularly indebted, however, to…
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The Changing World of Mormonism: Chapter 1
A Marvelous Work? In 1830 the Mormon prophet Joseph Smith published the Book of Mormon—a book which purports to be a history of the “former inhabitants of this continent.” The same year he organized a church in the state of New York. Today, the two main groups which claim to base their teachings upon Joseph Smith’s…
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The Changing World of Mormonism: Chapter 23
Facing Reality Reality is sometimes very hard to face. For instance, on July 26, 1969, the Salt Lake Tribune reported that members of the International Flat Earth Research Society still do not believe that the earth is round. They feel that the moon landing was “part of a great deception by NASA” and that the “astronauts are…
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The Changing World of Mormonism: Bibliography
Works by Joseph Smith L.D.S. Church Periodicals and Newspapers (Listed chronologically by year of first issue) 563 Books, Pamphlets, and Newspapers 564 565 566 567 568 569 570 571 572 573 Table of Contents