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	Bishop (Mormonism) - Biocrawler (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-10)
		A bishop must be a High Priest in the Melchizedek Priesthood and serves as the Presiding High Priest of the ward.
		A bishop simultaneously serves as the president of the Aaronic Priesthood and President of the Priest's Quorum.
		The bishop is responsible to prepare each priest to worthily serve as a missionary and to prepare to receive the ordinances of the temple.
	www.biocrawler.com /encyclopedia/Bishop_%28Mormonism%29 (1316 words)

	NationMaster - Encyclopedia: Teacher (Mormonism) (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-10)
		Mormons are requested to fast the first Sunday of each month by forgoing two meals (usually breakfast and lunch) and then donating the money saved to the church for the benefit of the needy.
		Mormon doctrine asserts that the Lamanites are the ancestors of the native American (Indian) tribes.
		Mormons believe that Jesus is literally the son of God the Father, both spiritually and physically, his spirit first having been sired by God in the pre-existence, and his body of flesh later also sired by God the Father, through normal sexual relations with Mary.
	www.nationmaster.com /encyclopedia/Teacher-%28Mormonism%29 (754 words)

	The Evidence Bible
		Mormons teach that after the New Testament all churches became heretical and no true saints existed until the "Church of the Latter-day Saints" was organized, hence their name.
		A well-known statement within Mormonism is, "As man is god once was, as god is man may become." From a prior spirit existence in heaven, humans may be born on earth in order to exercise freedom to choose good or evil and to have a body for the resurrection.
		Additionally Mormons must keep the "Word of Wisdom" by abstaining from alcohol, tobacco, and caffeine; tithe to the church; attend weekly sacrament meetings; support the Mormon prophet; do temple works; and be active in their support of the church.
	www.livingwaters.com /witnessingtool/mormonism.shtml (2137 words)

	Bishop - MormonWiki - Mormonism - the LDS Church, Beliefs & Religion
		The bishop serves as president of the ward's Aaronic Priesthood holders (generally young men between twelve and eighteen years of age) and is responsible for all their activities.
		A bishop is a male member of the local congregation, called to his position by a stake president after being approved for that position by the President of the Church.
		The bishop is not elected; the vote is confirmatory in nature—a way for the local membership to indicate their approval of the calling issued by the stake president.
	www.mormonwiki.com /mormonism/Bishop (882 words)

	NationMaster - Encyclopedia: High council (Mormonism) (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-10)
		In Mormonism, a high council is one of several different governing bodies that have existed in the church hierarchy on many Latter Day Saint denominations.
		In Mormonism, the Quorum of the Twelve Apostles (also known as the Quorum of the Twelve, the Council of the Twelve, or the Twelve) is one of the governing bodies of church hierarchy in many Latter Day Saint denominations.
		In Mormonism, the Quorum of the Twelve Apostles (also known as the Quorum of the Twelve, the Council of the Twelve, or the Twelve) is one of the governing bodies of the church hierarchy in many Latter Day Saint denominations, members of which are considered to be Apostles, and special...
	www.nationmaster.com /encyclopedia/High-council-%28Mormonism%29 (1318 words)

	Bishop (Mormonism) Information
		In Mormonism, the Bishop is the leader of a local congregation and an office of the Aaronic Priesthood.
		The Mormon concept of the office differs significantly from the role of bishops in other Christian denominations being in some respects is more analogous to a pastor or parish priest.
		The bishop signs the Recommend to indicate that the member is following basic tenets of the Church and is worthy to enter the Temple.
	www.bookrags.com /Bishop_%28Mormonism%29 (1479 words)

	bishop - Hutchinson encyclopedia article about bishop (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-10)
		Originally, bishops were chosen by the congregation, but in the Roman Catholic Church they are appointed by the pope, although in some countries, such as Spain, the political authority nominates appointees.
		Bishops are responsible for meeting to settle matters of belief or discipline; they ordain priests and administer confirmation (as well as baptism in the Orthodox Church).
		In the Methodist and Lutheran churches the bishop's role is mostly that of a supervisory official.
	encyclopedia.farlex.com /bishop (268 words)

	Distinctive Beliefs of the Mormon Church
		A Mormon bishop can officiate at a civil marriage, but not at a "temple marriage," which can be performed only by a "sealer" in one of Mormonism’s temples.
		Mormonism, you should understand, is one of those religions which is peculiarly American.
		Mormons maintain that the need for divine guidance is as great or greater in our modern, complex world as it was in the comparatively simple times of the Hebrews." Thus, revelation continues.
	www.catholic.com /library/Distinctive_Beliefs_of_Mormon.asp (1887 words)

	Roles of a Bishop - MormonWiki - Mormonism - the LDS Church, Beliefs & Religion
		Bishops in the Mormon Church (The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints) are the ward (congregation) leaders.
		In this position the bishop presides over ward council meetings and priesthood executive council meetings (these two groups include members in various callings and help the bishop make decisions for the ward and know the needs of the members).
		To the bishop is given all the powers and responsibilities which the Lord has specifically prescribed in the Doctrine and Covenants for the caring of the poor.
	www.mormonwiki.com /mormonism/Roles_of_a_Bishop (823 words)

	Mormonism's Baptism for the Dead
		During this interview a Mormon is questioned by the bishop to see if he has been faithful in his commitment to the teachings and ordinances of the Mormon church.
		Mormons believe that their church has missionaries in the "spirit world" who are busy spreading the Mormon gospel to dead people who have not yet received it.
		Mormons infer that in 1 Corinthians, Paul speaks approvingly of living Christians receiving baptism on behalf of dead non-Christians; however, the context and construction of the verse indicate otherwise.
	www.catholic.com /library/Mormonism_Baptism_for_the_Dead.asp (2208 words)

	Mormonism Research Ministry - Articles - Leaving Mormonism (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-10)
		For any Latter-day Saint, the idea of becoming a "former Mormon" is probably the scariest, most difficult decision he or she could ever make.
		While Christians with no background in Mormonism and with no knowledge of the LDS faith may be very sincere, they may have a difficult time helping you break through the language barriers and theological differences.
		While leaving Mormonism may be one of the hardest decisions a person could ever make, there is nothing better than a biblical relationship with the true Jesus Christ.
	www.mrm.org /multimedia/text/leaving-mormonism.html (1486 words)

	My Spirituality as seen from both Inside and Outside of the Mormon Church
		Mormon scripture today teaches that polygamy will be required of those who dwell with God in the highest realm of heaven.
		Mormonism has a narrow, literal approach to most religious issues, and is authoritarian in the extreme.
		Mormonism attempts to demystify spiritual issues by providing unambiguous answers to many of the unanswerable questions that troubled people in the early 1800s when it was founded, and still trouble mankind now.
	mccue.cc /bob/spirituality.htm (2705 words)

	Mormonism Unveiled (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-10)
		The Mormon leaders were so greatly alarmed at the prospect of the publication of Lee's writings, and the consequent revelation of their secrets and crimes, that they sent their "Blood Atoners" to threaten the life of Mr.
		Mormonism is in part a conglomeration of illy cemented creeds from other religions, and in part founded upon the eccentric production of one Spaulding, who, having failed as a preacher and shopkeeper, undertook to write a historic novel.
		Mormon punishment for Mormon apostasy is like the old curse of former Popes, it extends from the soles of the feet to the hairs of the head.
	www.helpingmormons.org /Mormonism_Unveiled_1.htm (17352 words)

	Why We Left - Personal Accounts of Leaving Mormonism
		Many Mormons are similar to him in that they stay active for the sake of their families.
		A stereotypical Mormon, former missionary and married in the Mormon temple, discovers God to be the equivalent of a Cosmic Terrorist.
		She was in both groups - - This young woman was raised as a JW and converted to Mormonism.
	www.exmormon.org /stories.htm (4194 words)

	MORMONISM
		Mormon adherents seem untroubled by this fact, believing that it’s "just a matter of time" before such evidence is uncovered.
		Brigham Young identifies God the Father as Adam, and Mormons teach that is was not through the in-dwelling of the Holy Spirit but through the physical union of this immortal Adam-God and the mortal Virgin Mary that God the Son, "Jehovah" or Jesus Christ, was born in the flesh.
		The subject of things doesn’t change the fact that the Mormons consider one of the gods as the main one, but the fact that their god is limited and is not the unique.
	www.fatheralexander.org /booklets/english/mormon_e.htm (5282 words)

	Patrick Madrid
		Mormonism's founder Joseph Smith, claimed that in 1820 God the Father and Jesus Christ appeared to him in the woods near his home in Palmyra, New York.
		In A.D. 110, Ignatius, bishop of Antioch and disciple of the apostle John, while on his way in chains to Rome to be martyred for the faith, composed letters to six major centers of Catholicism, along the route (Ephesus, Magnesia, Tralles, Philadelphia, Smyrna, Rome).
		Mormons might respond that, since Catholics gained the upper hand in the struggle for control of the true Church, they simply expunged any trace of the Mormons—a comforting but inviable argument.
	www.ewtn.com /library/ANSWERS/MORMON2.HTM (2685 words)

	INVESTIGATING MORMONISM
		Mormonism began in 1820 when a teen-aged boy in western New York named Joseph Smith was spurred by a Christian revival where he lived to pray to God for guidance as to which church was true.
		Although Mormons claim that God is guiding the LDS church through its president (who has the title "prophet, seer and revelator"), the successive "prophets" have repeatedly either led the church into undertakings that were dismal failures or failed to see approaching disaster.
		The role of the Mormon woman is to be a wife and mother and to obey and honor her priest husband (or father).
	www.exmormon.org /tract2.htm (7506 words)

	A Trial Lawyer Reviews Will Bagley's Blood of the Prophets - FARMS Review
		If Bishop asserts, which he really does not, that local church leaders agreed with him to dictate to jurors the outcome of the case, Bishop would be admitting to a crime at the most and grounds for disbarment at the least.
		Because Mormons outnumbered non-Mormons by a huge margin, and because challenges to jurors are typically limited to a certain number per side, it would have been relatively easy for one side to unilaterally control the religious makeup of the jury.
		It is more likely that Bishop had a list of potential jurors, with the ones he wanted marked with a star, and that is the story Amorah heard, and which she later repeated to Frank.
	farms.byu.edu /display.php?table=review&id=509 (17999 words)

	Glossary of Mormonism - ReligionFacts
		The lesser priesthood which includes the offices of deacon, teacher, priest and bishop; conferred on faithful male members beginning at age 12.
		A Mormon sacred text containing selected revelations given to Joseph Smith and his successors in the presidency of the Church.
		A code of health, revealed by God in 1833, which mandates abstention from alcohol, tobacco, tea, and coffee, and which encourages the use of fruits, vegetables, and grains.
	www.religionfacts.com /mormonism/glossary.htm (1667 words)

	Far West Cultural Center - Independence, Missouri, Farwesthistory.com, Log, House, Charles, C., Rich, FWCC, Jackson, ...
		Near this location, in November 1833, Mormons were forced to surrender their weapons to the Missouri Militia.
		Later, Flournoy sold 63 acres of land that came to be known as the Temple Lot to Bishop Edward Partridge for the Mormons.
		Prominent Mormons, Algernon S. Gilbert, William McLellin, John Corrill, and Isaac Morley, were jailed in the lower level in November 1833.
	www.farwesthistory.com /indep (835 words)

	Forty Years In Mormonism and Why I Left It - Preface (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-10)
		Mormons Teach Christ Had Many Wives, Was Not Begotten by the Holy Ghost but by Adam, and that Adam is the God of This World
		I have endeavored to give the true history of Mormonism, quoting very largely from their own works, and bringing into prominence the teaching of the Prophets, Seers and Revelators and other leading ministers.
		Their great sin is in denying that Joseph Smith, their prophet, seer and revelator, received revelations commanding the church to enter into that God dishonoring and woman debasing doctrine under pain of eternal damnation, in denying that he taught, practiced and advocated it, privately, while he denied it publicly.
	www.biblebelievers.net /Cults/Mormonism/FortyYears/kjcforty.htm (557 words)

	APOLOGETICA
		Bishop Muskens said that when he was a missionary to Indonesia the Christian missionaries there used the name ‘Allah’ almost exclusively.
		Also, in the recent Mormon KJV are footnotes with the ‘changes’ their first prophet Joseph Smith Jr.
		Mormons really believe that the book was altered by the church and many important things were left out of the record.
	answersforthefaith.com /apologetica (1792 words)

	Bishop
		The Mormon Church is led by local men and women just like you who have jobs and families.
		It’s important to know that a bishop will keep everything you tell him strictly confidential (with the exception of what he is required to disclose by law).
		A bishop is good man who is called by the Lord to lead the congregation, so you can trust him, but remember that like all of us, he is not perfect and needs love and support in his difficult position.
	www.aboutmormonism.com /bishop.html (343 words)

	Former Mormon bishop explains the collapse of his faith
		"Mormon leaders or scholars" don't dispute these critical facts about Smith and McCue pointed out that there are affidavits from some of Smith's so-called "spiritual wives," which the LDS has within its archives.
		"Mormon leaders at the local level are sincere and generally unaware of the issues I had raised," said McCue.
		Mormonism, ironically, was relatively democratic in its beginnings, but became increasingly autocratic as time passed," McCue said.
	www.rickross.com /reference/mormon/mormon164.html (722 words)

	Mormonism's Problem with Child Sexual Abuse--The Salt Lake City Messenger, November 1996 (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-10)
		Mormon scholar Jessie L. Embry, of the church's Brigham Young University, acknowledged that as late as 1886 Lorenzo Snow, who became the fifth prophet of the Mormon Church, still secretly held to the belief that brothers and sisters could marry.
		One thing that has alarmed many people is the accounts of Mormon bishops who have either engaged in sexual abuse or have failed to properly deal with the matter when it was brought to their attention.
		Mormon children are supposed to be interviewed by the bishop when they are eight years old to see if they are ready for baptism.
	www.xmission.com /~country/reason/nov96_2.htm (15061 words)

	Issue 67 - Salt Lake City Messenger
		Mormons, likewise, are anxious to learn of those who leave important positions in other churches to become members of their church.
		Schnoebelen claimed that the Mormon Apostle James E. Faust admitted in a private interview in 1981 that the Mormon temple ceremony was a witchcraft ritual and that Lucifer was, in fact, the God of the temple.
		After the Mormons finally admitted that they were indeed practicing polygamy, their leaders tried to explain away the previous denials in a way that reminds one of William Schnoebelen's explanations of his statements made regarding the Lucifer-God doctrine.
	www.utlm.org /newsletters/no67.htm (17973 words)

	Mormon Blood Atonement: Fact of Fantasy?, Salt Lake City Messenger, April, 1997, Mormon History, Jerald and Sandra ... (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-10)
		During the early years of Mormonism it was frequently alleged that the leaders of the church sanctioned the practice of putting both Gentiles and Mormon apostates to death.
		Mormons today would be appalled if such a dastardly deed was committed and would demand that the persons responsible be severely punished.
		Sealing Men to Men: An Early Mormon Doctrine Known as the "ordinance of adoption," many Latter-day Saint men and their family members were "sealed" to prominent Church leaders in the 1800s in the hopes of obtaining a better position in this life and the life to come.
	www.xmission.com /~country/reason/blood.htm (4493 words)

	About Mormonism (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-10)
		Mormonism is an unofficial name used to refer to the Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints (also called Mormon Church).
		Mormonism refers to the doctrines taught by Joseph Smith and the succeeding prophets and leaders of the Church, but those doctrines are believed to be eternal and part of the original gospel preached by Jesus Christ.
		Mormon missionaries give one and a half to two years of service teaching about mormonism around the world between the ages of 19 and 25.
	www.aboutmormonism.com (140 words)

	BYU Special Collections
		The publications on Mormonism housed in Special Collections comprise one of the premiere collections of its kind in the world.
		The Mormon Americana Collection was first compiled from parts of the personal libraries of several LDS Church leaders: Newel K. Whitney (Presiding Bishop, 1847–50), James E. Talmage (Quorum of the Twelve, 1911–33), Heber J. Grant (President of the Church, 1918–45), and J. Reuben Clark, Jr.
		Added to this core collection are the libraries of prominent scholars of American history and Mormonism such as LeRoy R. Hafen, M. Wilford Poulsen, and Dale L. Morgan.
	sc.lib.byu.edu /collections/wmamericana.php (298 words)

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