“Infant Baptism-The Latter-day Saints are opposed to the practise (sic) of infant baptism, which indeed they believe to be a sacrilege.
That the authority of the Holy Priesthood was to be taken from the earth as the apostles of old were slain, and that of necessity it would have to be restored from heaven before the Church could be reestablished, may be shown by scripture” (James Talmage, Articles of Faith, pp. “ Divine Authority in the Present Dispensation–We claim that the authority to administer in the name of God is operative in The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints today and that this power or commission was conferred upon the first offices of the Church by ordination under the hands of those who had held the same power in earlier dispensations. “The Individual Effect of the Atonement makes it possible for any and every soul to obtain absolution from the effect of personal sins, through the mediation of Christ but such saving intercession is to be invoked by individual effort as manifested through faith, repentance, and continued works of righteousness” (James Talmage, Articles of Faith, p.
The doctrine of the atonement comprises proof of the divinity of Christ’s earthly ministry, and the vicarious nature of His death as a foreordained and voluntary sacrifice, intended for and efficacious as a propitiation for the sins of mankind, thus becoming the means whereby salvation may be secured” (James Talmage, Articles of Faith, p. The expression is so common a one, and the essential point of its significance is so generally admitted, that definitions may appear to be superfluous nevertheless, there is a particular importance attached to the use of the word ‘atonement’ in a theological sense. “ The Atonement of Christ is taught as a leading doctrine by all sects professing Christianity. “Restoration of the Church-From the facts already stated it is evident that the Church was literally driven from the earth in the first ten centuries immediately following the ministry of Christ the authority of the Holy Priesthood was lost among men, and no human power could restore it” (James Talmage, Articles of Faith, p. To visit the site with all of the books and quotes from these, go here. This was an employee gift by the First Presidency in 1984 and again in 2010. W hile there are several different versions of this the book, originally published in 1899, this is the 1982 version, going back to 1924. The book features Talmage’s c ommentary on the 1842 “Articles of Faith” creed penned by LDS founder Joseph Smith. The following quotes come from the book A Study of the Articles of Faith: Being a Consideration of the Principal Doctrines of The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints authored by Apostle James E. Teachings of the Presidents of the Church.Mormon Objections to Christian Evangelism.Doctrine and Covenants / Pearl of Great Price.
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