What the new LDS Church proclamation says (photo courtesy The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints) President Russell M. Nelson speaks during the Sunday morning session of General ...

This new book, published by Brigham Young University’s Neal A. Maxwell Institute, is an excellent resource for understanding the first-century world that gave rise to most of the New Testament.

Therefore, Bible readers ... In the New Testament, God as the “Rock” is further developed, representing the person of Jesus Christ and the foundation of the Church. Recorded in the Gospels ...

Moss’s meticulously researched and exquisitely written work makes the undeniable (but often unstated) case that there would be no New Testament without slave ... but realistic portrayal of the early ...

A New Testament “scholar on fire ... some of whom had spent their whole lives in church, didn’t know how to read the Bible. They understood chapters and verses, and may have even memorized ...

With Smith as their leader, adherents of the church he founded based on those texts traveled west from New York, stopping in Ohio, Missouri, and finally Illinois until Smith's murder in 1844.

Pope Francis gives his blessing to visitors in St. Peter's Square during his general audience at the Vatican May 29, 2024. (CNS photo/Lola Gomez) ...

the church took its time deciding on the New Testament. Finally, in 367 CE, authorities confirmed the 27 books that make it up. All Christians agree the Bible is authoritative. Many see it as the ...