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In general, the relationship of the Latter Day Saint movement (Mormonism) with black people has more or less mirrored the sentiments of many other White Protestant denominations in the United States. Initially incorporating the generally anti-slavery views of the Northern communities in which the movement was founded, the leadership and ranking members moderated their positions as early as 1833 in response to pro-slavery sentiments in M ...

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• Blacks and Mormonism - Blacks in early Mormonism
• Blacks and Mormonism - Historical and doctrinal background
• Blacks and Mormonism - Early black Latter Day Saints
• Blacks and Mormonism - Early church views on slavery
• Blacks and Mormonism - Treatment of blacks in The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints
• Blacks and Mormonism - Acceptance by church leaders of a combined curse of Ham/curse of Cain doctrine
• Blacks and Mormonism - Adoption of the priesthood ban
• Blacks and Mormonism - Other early Latter-day Saint views on race
• Blacks and Mormonism - Revelation or Policy?
• Blacks and Mormonism - Reversal of the priesthood ban

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In Mormonism, Zion is a term with numerous meanings, including the following: In one sense, Zion retains its Biblical meaning of Jerusalem. See Zion. In another sense, Zion refers to the New Jerusalem, a physical, Millennial city expected to be established in Jackson County, Missouri. In another sense, Zion is any city in which the people are unified and are "pure at heart". The term also refers to the central location to which Latter Day Saints have physically ...

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The Adamic language is a term for the hypothetical proto-language believed spoken by Adam and Eve in paradise, either identical with the language used by God to address Adam, or invented by Adam as nomothete (name-giver, Genesis 2:19). It is unclear whether the Bible assumes that this language was preserved by Adam's descendents until the confusion of tongues (Genesis 11:1-9), or that it began to evolve natu ...

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• Adamic language - The Adamic language in Mormonism
• Adamic language - Reference
• Adamic language - External link

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Baptism is any water purification ritual practiced in any of various religions including Christianity, Mandaeanism, and Sikhism, and has its origins with the Jewish ritual of mikvah. The word baptize derives from the Greek word βάπτειν (the infinitive; also listed as the 1st person singular present active indicative βαπτίζω), which loosely means "to dip, bathe, or wash". To some groups it is a matter of religious conviction to assert that baptism is precisely equivalent to, to plunge something entirely into th ...

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• Baptism - Background in Jewish ritual
• Baptism - Explanation
• Baptism - Ecumenical statement
• Baptism - Roman Catholic Eastern Orthodox Lutheran Anglican and Methodist baptism
• Baptism - Baptism and salvation
• Baptism - Conditions of the validity of a baptism
• Baptism - Baptism by other denominations
• Baptism - Who may administer a baptism
• Baptism - Baptist and other Protestant baptism
• Baptism - Reformed and Covenant Theology view
• Baptism - Latter Day Saint baptism
• Baptism - Baptism in The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints
• Baptism - Jehovah's Witnesses
• Baptism - Baptism in Churches of Christ
• Baptism - Other baptisms
• Baptism - Non-christian religions
• Baptism - Non-religious baptism
• Baptism - Related articles and subjects
• Baptism - People and ritual objects
• Baptism - Resources

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Seth or Shet (שֵׁת "Placed; appointed", Standard Hebrew Šet, Tiberian Hebrew Šēṯ, Arabic ÔíË), in the Book of Genesis of the Hebrew Bible, is the third son of Adam and Eve mentioned by name, and brother of Cain and Abel. He was born after Cain slew Abel. According to the Bible, all contemporary humans are descended from Seth through his great-great-great-great-great-great-grandson Noah. According to the Book of Jubilees, Seth married his younger sister Azura, was 105 when his son E ...

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• Seth - Biblical references

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In Abrahamic religions, pre-existence is the belief that each individual human soul existed before conception, and at conception (or later, depending on when it is believed that the soul enters the body) God places one of these pre-existent souls in the body. In Christianity, pre-existence contrasts with traducianism and the more widely accepted version of creationism which both hold that the individual human soul doe ...

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• Pre-existence - Pre-existence in Christianity
• Pre-existence - Early Christian writings on pre-existence
• Pre-existence - Pre-mortal existence in Mormonism
• Pre-existence - Pre-existence in Judaism
• Pre-existence - Pre-existence in Sufi Islam

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The Word of Wisdom is the common name of Section 89 of the Doctrine and Covenants of the Latter Day Saint movement (Mormonism). It is also the name of a mandatory health code based on that scripture practiced by The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints. According to author Joseph Smith, Jr., the scripture was received in 1833 as a revelation from God. The introduction and explanation as presented by Smith is "A Word of Wisdom, for the benefit of the council of high priests, assembled in Kirtland, and the church, and also ...

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• Word of Wisdom - The Word of Wisdom revelation
• Word of Wisdom - Interpretation and extension of the Word of Wisdom by the Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints
• Word of Wisdom - Adoption by Latter-day Saints as a binding health code
• Word of Wisdom - The Latter-day Saint health code
• Word of Wisdom - Ambiguous areas within the code
• Word of Wisdom - Purpose of the Latter-day Saint health code
• Word of Wisdom - The LDS health code and modern medicine
• Word of Wisdom - Views toward modern and alternative medicine
• Word of Wisdom - Footnotes

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The General Conference of The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints is the most important regular meeting of that religion. It is held twice annually, on the weekends containing the first Sundays in April and in October. The April meeting is known as the Annual General Conference, and includes annual statistical and financial reports not included in the October meeting, which is called the Semiannual General Conference. Both conferences in a given year are identified by the number of years since the Church was foun ...

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General conference Mormonism, General conference Mormonism - General Conferences of The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints, General conference Mormonism - World Conference in the Community of Christ, General conference Mormonism - External link

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According to Latter Day Saint doctrine, to exercise priesthood power or authority, a person must (1) be called by God, (2) be ordained or endowed with priesthood power, and (3) receive the necessary "keys", either through ordination to an office or through delegation or setting apart. Priesthood Mormonism - Calling to the priesthood. Latter Day Saints believe that as a prerequisite to receiving the priesthood, a person must be called to the priesthood. When a person is called, it is th ...

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Priesthood Mormonism, Priesthood Mormonism - Orders of Priesthood, Priesthood Mormonism - Calling and ordination, Priesthood Mormonism - Calling to the priesthood, Priesthood Mormonism - The gift of the priesthood and ordination to a particular priesthood office, Priesthood Mormonism - Priesthood keys, Priesthood Mormonism - Priesthood offices and quorums, Priesthood Mormonism - History of the priesthood in the Latter Day Saint tradition, Priesthood Mormonism - Restoration of the Aaronic Priesthood, Priesthood Mormonism - Restoration of the Melchizedek Priesthood, Priesthood Mormonism - Restoration of other Priesthood keys, Priesthood Mormonism - Priesthood in The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints, Priesthood Mormonism - Requirements for Ordination, Priesthood Mormonism - Offices of the Melchizedek and Aaronic Priesthood, Priesthood Mormonism - Priesthood leadership callings, Priesthood Mormonism - Church leadership Quorum organization and filling vacant callings

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By the 1960s and 1970s, as a consequence of its massive, international growth in the post-World War II era, the Church was no longer primarily a Utah-based church, but a world-wide organization. The church, mirroring the world around it, felt the disunifying strains of alien cultures and diverse points of view that had brought an end to the idealistic modern age. At the same time, the postmodern world was increasingly skeptical of traditional religion and authority, and driven by mass-media and public image. These influences awoke within the ...

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History of the Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints, History of the Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints - Migration to Utah and Colonization of the West c. 1846 to c. 1856, History of the Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints - Brigham Young's early theocratic leadership, History of the Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints - The Church's attempt to restructure society on the fringes of the United States c. 1856 to c. 1890, History of the Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints - The Mormon Reformation, History of the Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints - Early political conflicts between Mormons and outsiders, History of the Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints - Brigham Young's later years, History of the Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints - Polygamy and the United States Mormon question, History of the Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints - The Church and the modern world c. 1890 to c. 1960, History of the Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints - The beginnings of Mormon involvement in and attention to national politics, History of the Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints - The effect of modernism on Mormon doctrine, History of the Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints - The beginnings of the Church bureaucracy, History of the Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints - The Church and Lamanites, History of the Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints - Reacting and Adapting to the Postmodern World c. 1960 and later, History of the Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints - Latter-day Saint ecumenism, History of the Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints - Emerging Multiculturalism, History of the Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints - Centralization of Church Structure, History of the Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints - Making Church Participation More Convenient, History of the Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints - Reacting to pluralism, History of the Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints - The Church and the Information Age

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The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints (see also Mormon) instituted policies denying ordination of black men to the priesthood from 1849 to 1978 based on their race, and denying Blacks the ability to hold positions of authority in areas that were managed by LDS leaders, such as LDS Boy Scout troops. Originally Latter Day Saints, being primarily Northerners, had briefly professed their opposition to slavery in Missouri (a slave state) during a time when it was very unpopular and even dangerous to do so, but after an incident involvin ...

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Blacks and Mormonism, Blacks and Mormonism - Blacks in early Mormonism, Blacks and Mormonism - Historical and doctrinal background, Blacks and Mormonism - Early black Latter Day Saints, Blacks and Mormonism - Early church views on slavery, Blacks and Mormonism - Treatment of blacks in The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints, Blacks and Mormonism - Acceptance by church leaders of a combined curse of Ham/curse of Cain doctrine, Blacks and Mormonism - Adoption of the priesthood ban, Blacks and Mormonism - Other early Latter-day Saint views on race, Blacks and Mormonism - Revelation or Policy?, Blacks and Mormonism - Reversal of the priesthood ban

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The liturgy of baptism in the Catholic, Eastern Orthodox, Lutheran, Anglican, and Methodist traditions makes clear reference to baptism as not only a symbolic burial and resurrection, but an actual supernatural transformation, one that draws parallels to the experience of Noah and the passage of the Israelites through the Red Sea divided by Moses. Thus baptism is literally and symbolically not only cleansing, but also dying and rising again with Christ. Catholics believe that baptism is necessary for the cleansing of the taint of original si ...

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Baptism, Baptism - Background in Jewish ritual, Baptism - Explanation, Baptism - Ecumenical statement, Baptism - Roman Catholic Eastern Orthodox Lutheran Anglican and Methodist baptism, Baptism - Baptism and salvation, Baptism - Conditions of the validity of a baptism, Baptism - Baptism by other denominations, Baptism - Who may administer a baptism, Baptism - Baptist and other Protestant baptism, Baptism - Reformed and Covenant Theology view, Baptism - Latter Day Saint baptism, Baptism - Baptism in The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints, Baptism - Jehovah's Witnesses, Baptism - Baptism in Churches of Christ, Baptism - Other baptisms, Baptism - Non-christian religions, Baptism - Non-religious baptism, Baptism - Related articles and subjects, Baptism - People and ritual objects, Baptism - Resources

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The early men and women who came together to form what became known as the Latter Day Saint movement, shared some beliefs in common with other Restorationists, but certain factors made them unique. Although the movements shared a belief in the need to "restore" the "true church" of Jesus Christ, the early Latter Day Saints also believed that direct authority from God was essential for such a restoration to be valid. History of ...

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History of the Latter Day Saint movement, History of the Latter Day Saint movement - The movement's historical context, History of the Latter Day Saint movement - Origins of the Movement, History of the Latter Day Saint movement - The movement's early charismatic experiences, History of the Latter Day Saint movement - Organization of the Church of Christ, History of the Latter Day Saint movement - The Movement in Ohio, History of the Latter Day Saint movement - The Movement in Missouri, History of the Latter Day Saint movement - Church Headquarters Established in Far West, History of the Latter Day Saint movement - The Movement in Illinois, History of the Latter Day Saint movement - The Death of Joseph Smith, History of the Latter Day Saint movement - Succession Crisis of 1844, History of the Latter Day Saint movement - Further Schisms and the Mormon War in Illinois, History of the Latter Day Saint movement - The Movement Divided, History of the Latter Day Saint movement - The Movement Today

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The liturgy of baptism in the Catholic, Eastern Orthodox, Lutheran, Anglican, and Methodist traditions makes clear reference to baptism as not only a symbolic burial and resurrection, but an actual supernatural transformation, one that draws parallels to the experience of Noah and the passage of the Israelites through the Red Sea divided by Moses. Thus baptism is literally and symbolically not only cleansing, but also dying and rising again with Christ. Catholics believe that baptism is necessary for the cleansing of the taint of original si ...

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Baptism, Baptism - Background in Jewish ritual, Baptism - Explanation, Baptism - Ecumenical statement, Baptism - Roman Catholic Eastern Orthodox Lutheran Anglican and Methodist baptism, Baptism - Baptism and salvation, Baptism - Conditions of the validity of a baptism, Baptism - Baptism by other denominations, Baptism - Who may administer a baptism, Baptism - Baptist and other Protestant baptism, Baptism - Reformed and Covenant Theology view, Baptism - Latter Day Saint baptism, Baptism - Baptism in The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints, Baptism - Jehovah's Witnesses, Baptism - Baptism in Churches of Christ, Baptism - Other baptisms, Baptism - Non-Christian religions, Baptism - Methaphorical Baptisms, Baptism - Related articles and subjects, Baptism - People and ritual objects, Baptism - Resources

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The Community of Christ, formerly the RLDS church, has published Smith's translation as the 'Inspired Version' of the Bible. Smith was killed prior to the publication of the translation, and he led some early Latter Day Saint leaders to believe that he was not finished with his inspired translation, as he continued to work on the documents throughout his lifetime. In addition, there is some evidence that Smith's wife Emma and others may have removed Smith's references to plural marriage to protect his character. This may have been don ...

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Joseph Smith Translation of the Bible, Joseph Smith Translation of the Bible - Process of translation, Joseph Smith Translation of the Bible - Content of the translation, Joseph Smith Translation of the Bible - Publication and use, Joseph Smith Translation of the Bible - Additional resources

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In Mormonism, the Adamic language has been thought by some Latter Day Saints to be the language of God. Though different from Hebrew, the Hebrew language was thought to contain remnants of this ancient language, including the words Elohim and Jehovah. According to Joseph Smith, Jr.'s translation of the Bible, this language was "pure and undefiled" (Book of Moses 6:6). Some early leaders of the Latter Day Saint movement, including founder Joseph Smith, Jr. (JD 2:342), and Latter-day Saint leaders Brigham Young (HC 1:297) and Eli ...

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Adamic language, Adamic language - The Adamic language in Mormonism, Adamic language - Reference, Adamic language - External link

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Mormonism and Judaism - Nature of God. Although monotheism is a fundamental tenet of Judaism, the Jewish religion arose and was codified during a time when polytheism and idolatry was the norm. In polytheistic religions, gods are typically ascribed human or human/animal bodies (including gender and even race), family relationships, and human failings (including intra-familial struggles, jealousy, revenge, and a whole host of negative human traits). It was the break from this mindset that marked Abraham's founding of the Jewish religion. Judaism does not a ...

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Mormonism and Judaism, Mormonism and Judaism - Mormon claims of House of Israel descent, Mormonism and Judaism - Jewish symbolism in Mormonism, Mormonism and Judaism - Calendar, Mormonism and Judaism - Mormons and Jews, Mormonism and Judaism - Jews in Utah, Mormonism and Judaism - Baptism for the Dead, Mormonism and Judaism - Jewish Mormons, Mormonism and Judaism - Mormons and Israel, Mormonism and Judaism - Mormons in Israel, Mormonism and Judaism - Comparison between Mormonism and Judaism, Mormonism and Judaism - Nature of God, Mormonism and Judaism - Jesus, Mormonism and Judaism - Idols, Mormonism and Judaism - Prophecy and the Messiahs, Mormonism and Judaism - Temples, Mormonism and Judaism - Priesthood and clergy, Mormonism and Judaism - Diet, Mormonism and Judaism - Sabbath, Mormonism and Judaism - Holy books, Mormonism and Judaism - Afterlife, Mormonism and Judaism - Conversion and proselytization, Mormonism and Judaism - Water purification, Mormonism and Judaism - Polygamy, Mormonism and Judaism - Plurality within the religions, Mormonism and Judaism - Demographics

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In The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints, the original Word of Wisdom has been extended into a mandatory health code required for baptism or to receive a recommend allowing entry into Mormon temples. Word of Wisdom - Adoption by Latter-day Saints as a binding health code. Originally, the Word of Wisdom was given in 1833 as a "principle with [a] promise", and was not mandatory. Indeed, observance of the principle was not widespread. After Smith's death, his successor Brigham Young pr ...

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Word of Wisdom, Word of Wisdom - The Word of Wisdom revelation, Word of Wisdom - Interpretation and extension of the Word of Wisdom by the Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints, Word of Wisdom - Adoption by Latter-day Saints as a binding health code, Word of Wisdom - The Latter-day Saint health code, Word of Wisdom - Ambiguous areas within the code, Word of Wisdom - Purpose of the Latter-day Saint health code, Word of Wisdom - The LDS health code and modern medicine, Word of Wisdom - Views toward modern and alternative medicine, Word of Wisdom - Footnotes

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Most early Latter Day Saints came from a Protestant background, believing in the Trinity. The early public teachings of Joseph Smith, Jr. contained little to contradict this view; however, Smith's public teachings regarding the nature of the Godhead slowly developed during his lifetime, becoming more fully elaborated in the few years prior to his assassination in 1844. Beginning as an unelaborated description of the Father, Son, and Holy Spirit as being "one", Smith's public teachings later described a Father and Son with physical bodies, being one together wi ...

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Godhead Mormonism, Godhead Mormonism - The Godhead in Early Latter Day Saint History, Godhead Mormonism - Teachings in the 1820s and early 1830s, Godhead Mormonism - Teachings in the mid- to late-1830s, Godhead Mormonism - Teachings in the 1840s, Godhead Mormonism - Conceptions of the Godhead after the Death of Joseph Smith, Godhead Mormonism - The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints, Godhead Mormonism - The Community of Christ and Protestant-Oriented Denominations, Godhead Mormonism - Alternative Latter Day Saint Conceptions of the Godhead

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Pre-existence - Early Christian writings on pre-existence. The earliest surviving Christian writings on the preexistence were from the Platonist Origen, who derived the doctrine from the writings of Plato. Origen believed that the soul was assigned a body as a penalty for its sin of looking downward toward the corrupt earth. The doctrine also derives in part from a repudiation of Greek thought by Tertullian, who argued that for each immaterial soul, a material body was created for it. See also:

Pre-existence, Pre-existence - Pre-existence in Christianity, Pre-existence - Early Christian writings on pre-existence, Pre-existence - Pre-mortal existence in Mormonism, Pre-existence - Pre-existence in Judaism, Pre-existence - Pre-existence in Sufi Islam

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