by mormonblogger on March 7, 2010
His Eminence Francis Cardinal George, O.M.I. delivered a message February 23 to thousands of students, faculty and Church leaders at Brigham Young University. His message emphasized that Catholics and Latter-day Saints (Mormons) are important partners in the defense of religious freedom in the public square.
Reflecting on Cardinal George’s visit to Utah and address at Brigham Young University, Bishop John Wester of the Salt Lake City Diocese said, “This is not the beginning, but the continuation of something that’s already begun — a very fine relationship between The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints and the Catholic Church.”
Bishop Wester was pleased to hear Cardinal George describe “parallels in our religions” associated with religious freedom.
Additional details of Cardinal George’s talk and Bishop Wester’s comments are available here:
by mormonblogger on February 28, 2010
Many people of other religions are either curious about what Mormon’s believe or have been told by non-Mormon’s what Mormons believe. Either way, accurate information from the Mormon Church or from someone who is a Mormon would be helpful to provide some clarification and a sufficient amount of “real” information about Mormon beliefs. Since providing information about Mormon beliefs is one of the key purposes of Mormon Blog there will be much shared on this topic in coming posts. To get things started I will refer readers what we call in the Mormon Church:
The Articles of Faith of The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints
The Articles of Faith describe the Mormon belief in God who is the Eternal Father, in His Son Jesus Christ, and in the Holy Ghost. They also describe our belief that men are responsible for their own sins and not for Adam’s transgression, and that through the Atonement of Christ all mankind may be saved, by obedience to the laws and ordinances of the Gospel. The first principles of the Gospel of Jesus Christ are these:
- Faith in the Lord Jesus Christ
- Repentance
- Baptism by immersion for the remission of sins
- Laying on of hands for the gift of the Holy Ghost
The Articles of Faith also describe our belief in the organization of the Church being the same as what existed in the Primitive Church with apostles, prophets, pastors, teachers, evangelists, etc., and the gifts of the Spirit such as tongues, prophecy, revelation, visions, healing, interpretation of tongues, etc.
An important Mormon belief that is expressed in the Articles of Faith is that Mormon’s believe in Modern Revelation. In other words, not only do we believe that God has revealed things to mankind, but we also believe that he is revealing and will yet reveal many great and important things pertaining to the Kingdom of God.
Mormons believe that the Bible is the word of God as far as it is translated correctly, and a distinguishing belief is that Mormon’s also believe the Book of Mormon to be the word of God – as a companion scripture to the Bible. Much more will be shared on this topic in future posts.
To see all 13 Articles of Faith, please visit The Articles of Faith of The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints.
Additional information about Mormon Beliefs can also be found at Mormon.org…
