Item Detail
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27883
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3
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English
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The Source of God's Authority : One Argument for an Unambiguous Doctrine of Preexistence
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Dialogue : A Journal of Mormon Thought
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Fall 2016
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49
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3
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Cambridge, MA
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Dialogue Foundation
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89-107
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The famous couplet coined by Lorenzo Snow in 1840, "As man now is, God once was: As God now is, man may be," rears its head every now and then, inspiring both awe and some confusion among rank-and-file Latter-day Saints while causing at least a degree of discomfort for Church leaders and spokespeople who are trying to make Mormonism more palatable for our mainstream Christian friends and critics. Some observers have even suggested that the Church is intentionally downplaying this doctrine. Nevertheless, the couplet found its way into the 2013 Melchizedek Priesthood/Relief Society manual Teaching of Presidents of the Church: Lorenzo Snow, and this distinctive doctrine also appeared prominently in previous manuals containing the teachings of Brigham Young and Joseph Smith. Here, Terry argues that without this doctrine, the boundary between Mormonism and mainstream Christianity blurs in certain ways, because it has inescapable ramifications not only for how people understand their own eternal nature and potential, but also how they view their relationship with God, including the question of why and how God is able to exercise authority over the people.
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A Rational Theology : As Taught by the Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints
Believing Adoption
Biography and Family Record of Lorenzo Snow, One of the Twelve Apostles of The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints
History of The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints, Period I : History of Joseph Smith, the Prophet, by Himself
Rethinking Retrenchment : Course Corrections in the Ongoing Campaign for Respectability
Revelation, Reason, and Faith : Essays in Honor of Truman G. Madsen
Scriptural Theology
The Development of the Doctrine of Preexistence, 1830-1844
The Idea of Pre-Existence in the Development of Mormon Thought
Theosophy and Mormonism
The Reconstruction of Mormon Doctrine : From Joseph Smith to Progressive Theology
The Words of Joseph Smith : The Contemporary Accounts of the Nauvoo Discourses of the Prophet Joseph
Wrestling the Angel : The Foundations of Mormon Thought : Cosmos, God, Humanity