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Welch, John W.

"All Their Creeds Were an Abomination" : A Brief Look at Creeds as Part of the Apostasy

Prelude to the Restoration: Apostasy to the Restored Church

Provo, UT and Salt Lake City

Religious Studies Center, BYU

2004

228–249

"On October 15, 1843, the Prophet Joseph Smith commented, 'I cannot believe in any of the creeds of the different denominations, because they all have some things in them I cannot subscribe to, though all of them have some truth. I want to come up into the presence of God, and learn all things: but the creeds set up stakes, and say, "Hitherto shalt thou come, and no further"; which I cannot subscribe to.'” This essay examines creeds from different denominations during the Great Apostasy and deconstructs the literary theologies present within these creeds and how they compare and contrast with LDS theology.

https://rsc.byu.edu/archived/prelude-restoration-apostasy-restored-church/all-their-creeds-were-abomination-brief-look

Non-Mormon churches
Doctrinal history, apostasy and dissent
Comparative religion
Doctrinal history, Great Apostasy

Standing Apart : Mormon Historical Consciousness And The Concept Of Apostasy
The Joseph Smith Papers : Documents, Volume 6 : February 1838–August 1839
"The Spiritual Concept of Form and Function as One" : Structure, Doctrine, and The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints

Articles of Faith
Encyclopedia of Mormonism : The History, Scripture, Doctrine, and Procedures of The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints
Modern Revelation : A Guide to Research about the Apostasy
Mormon Doctrine
Teachings of the Prophet Joseph Smith
The Early Accounts of Joseph Smith's First Vision
The Papers of Joseph Smith, Volume 1 : Autobiographical and Historical Writings