Smaller class sizes at Luther College means more individualized attention and better connections with your professors, classmates, and academic advisors. The Luther Library has over 24, items in its collection , 5, books checked out per year, and 7, students who come through its door per month. Contact our Recruitment Office at The Saints, or Mormons as they are referred to by church outsiders, [1] assert that they are Christian as they believe in the Jesus Christ of the Bible.
However, many outsiders do not agree. The fact that twenty-two percent of recently polled Americans would oppose voting for a Mormon for President causes one to wonder why there is such opposition to Mormonism in its country of origin.
According to a standard dictionary definition of Christians "as believers and followers of Christ", Mormons are Christians. Jan Shipps, a Methodist and noted scholar of Mormonism, is often asked whether she believes Mormons are Christians and responds with questions of whether the question is analytical, analogical, historiographical or theological and religious.
From this viewpoint, Mormonism can be seen to diverge from traditional Christianity in four areas: its views on scripture, the nature of God and the deification of believers; the deity of Christ and the trinity, and finally, salvation.
With respect to scripture, Mormons differ from traditional Christian groups in that they accept extra books in their canon. The Doctrine and Covenants is a compilation of the revelations given to the Priesthood, namely those given to Joseph Smith.
The Book of Mormon is the most controversial addition to the canon. It is a supposed record of ancient groups in the Americas, and begins with a family moving from Jerusalem, shortly before its destruction, to the New World.
The climax of the record is a visit of the resurrected Jesus Christ in the Americas. Although the records, inscribed on gold plates, were lost shortly after this in the fourth century, the burier of the book, Moroni, is said to have returned in the early 19 th century as an angel in a revelation to Joseph Smith and led him to the plates. In response to Dr. First, Mormons are not Christians because they rely on their own works for salvation eternal life plus a relationship with God , rather than relying on the work that Jesus did for us.
Second, Mormons are not Christians because they believe in polytheism many gods rather than monotheism one God. In the Mormon belief system, the god of this world Earth was once a man, and has since been able to become a god and populate this planet.
Mormons hope to be able to become gods themselves, and thus populate their own planet. This chain of men-becoming-gods is polytheistic. In contrast, Christians believe in one eternal, unchanging God, without beginning or end, who created all things, including mankind in his own image.
Why Brown and other Mormons I have met do not mention this major doctrine up front is puzzling to me. Are they ignorant of it, or ashamed of it, or deceptively hiding it for the sake of good PR? Third, Mormons are not Christians because they base their faith on subjective criteria feelings rather than objective data evidence. But Mormon leaders have also sought to tie their unique theology to the earliest Christians, using the ancient past to sanction the present.
For example, arguing that Mormons are not Christians because they do not recite the Nicene Creed would leave Jesus and his disciples outside the Christian fold as well, argues Elder Jeffrey R. And, Holland says, the idea of a flesh-and-blood God should not sound strange to Christians, who, after all, believe in the bodily birth and resurrection of Jesus.
Christians who insist on a single, closed canon forget that Catholics and Protestants use different versions of the Bible, argues Stephen Robinson, a professor of religion at Mormon-run Brigham Young University in Utah. And didn't differing interpretations of the Trinity contribute to the Great Schism between the Roman Catholic and Eastern Orthodox churches in ? Mormon theologian Robert Millet has been laboring to convince Christians that the Mormon idea of deification -- humans becoming gods -- resembles the mystical union with the divine taught by early church fathers like St.
But Millet said he worries more about the opinions of Christians in the pews than the specialized scholars who read his books.
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Mobile Newsletter chat avatar. Mobile Newsletter chat subscribe. Western Spirituality. Now That's Interesting. Mormons are not allowed to have sex prior to marriage, consume alcohol, do drugs, swear or gamble. How many wives can Mormons have? However, some breakaway sects, particularly those in Utah, still follow plural marriage doctrine and encourage men to marry more than one woman.
What is the difference between Christianity and Mormonism? There are many differences between mainstream Christianity and Mormonism. Mormons also believe that salvation is possible through good deeds and works. Christians, on the other hand, claim the only way for salvation is through faith in Jesus.
Is Mormonism growing or declining? Mormonism is still growing, but at a far slower rate than previous years. According to released membership figures, the church experienced a growth of 0.
The total number of members of the LDS Church as of is Cite This!
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