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What Does the Book of Mormon Say About the Name of the Church?

Jesus Christ and the Book of Mormon via Book of Mormon Central
Submitted by Kwaku El on August 21, 2018.
In the 1830s, Joseph Smith struggled with what should be the name of the church he restored. The church was first called The Church of Christ, which was a bit confusing because many Christian churches used that name. We were then, variously, The Church of Jesus Christ, The Church of the Latter Day Saints, and The Church of Christ of Latter Day Saints. We didn’t get our current name until Jesus...

Why Are Lehi’s First Visions So Similar to Much Later Apocalyptic Writings?

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Submitted by Anonymous (not verified) on Thu, 08/16/2018 - 00:00
“And being thus overcome with the Spirit, he was carried away in a vision, even that he saw the heavens open, and he thought he saw God sitting upon his throne, surrounded with numberless concourses of angels in the attitude of singing and praising their God.”
1 Nephi 1:8

Foremost Scholar of the Book of Mormon Witnesses Passes Away

Richard Lloyd Anderson and the Testimony of Three Witnesses
Submitted by Neal Rappleye on August 13, 2018.
LDS historian and scholar Richard Lloyd Anderson (1926–2018) passed away late in the night on Sunday, August 12, 2018, at the age of 92. Anderson was among the foremost historians of the early Restoration throughout the later half of the 20th century. Anderson’s work covered a broad range of topics , including the early family history of Joseph Smith, the reliability of the First Vision, Joseph...

Elder Pearson Says Independent Organizations are Needed to Sustain Faith

“More needs to be done to increase awareness of, access to and confidence in trusted resources by Latter-day Saints and seekers of truth,” said Elder Kevin W. Pearson of the Seventy of The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints. The general authority spoke Friday, August 3, 2018, at the FairMormon Conference held in Provo, Utah. This is the first time a senior leader of the Church has addressed the conference. Speakers at the annual event cover thought-provoking Church topics in the areas of history, science and theology.