Bible Test: Mormonism Flashcards
a local church
Ward
Several wards
Stake
The lesser priesthood, includes offices of deacon, teacher, and priest
Aaronic Priesthood
3 ages of offices for the Aaronic priesthood
Deacon-12
Teacher-14
Priest-16
When one becomes a Mormon, their blood changes to Jewish blood
Adoption
Ability to choose and act for yourself; free will
Agency
Spirit childen of Father and Mother God in pre-existence
Angel
Person called to be a special witness for Christ
Apostle
Provides remission from sins and membership to LDS Church, gate to celestial kingdom and sanctification
Baptism
Baptism by a living person for a dead person for someone who is already dead to become an LDS member and be able to be sanctified
Proxy Baptism/Baptism of the Dead
Includes the Book of Mormon, KJV Bible, Pearl of Great Price, Doctrines and Covenants
Scriptures, “The Bible” in the Mormon church
Less valiant fighters in pre-existence who were cursed
African Americans
Spilling your own blood for the remission of sins that are so bad Jesus’ blood cannot cover them
Blood Atonement
Power of the Holy Spirit, confirmation of the truth
“Burning in the Bosom” (tingling in the tits)
Non-LDS churches
Church of the Devil
To organize already existing elements in a new form; God doesn’t create out of nothing
Create
Al matter and intelligence are eternal, God hasn’t always been God but he’s always existed
Eternal God
Process of going from pre-existence to being a mortal on earth to exaltation
Eternal Progression
Becoming a god
exaltation
Change to morality when Adam and Eve ate the fruit, Mormons see this as good because they could now have children
Fall of Adam
non-member of LDS church
Gentile
exalted man with a body and flesh and sexual desires
God
Temporary holding place where the wicked are tormented
Hell/Spirit Prison
Jehovah; his atonement provided immortality, but men still work for their salvation
Jesus
Star nearest the throne of Elohim
Kolob