Midterm Flashcards

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What are the 6 foundational time periods of Church History?

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  1. Beginnings
  2. Two Church Centers
  3. Nauvoo
  4. The Church in the West
  5. Expansion
  6. The World-Wide Church
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When did the following period start: Beginnings

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1820

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3
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When did the following period start: Two Church Centers

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1831

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4
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When did the following period start: Nauvoo

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1839

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5
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When did the following period start: The Church in the West

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1846

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When did the following period start: Expansion

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1950

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When did the following period start: The World-Wide Church

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1990

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8
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Four sources of evaluating an official Latter-day Saint teaching

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  1. repeated in canonized scriptures
  2. united statement from first presidency and 12
  3. consistently taught by GA acting in official capacity
  4. found in recent Church publications
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9
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5 factors for evaluating a historical source

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  1. Is it a primary account
  2. What is its relationship to other sources?
  3. Is it a contemporary account?
  4. Does it seek an objective perspective?
  5. Are its claims supported by evidence?
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10
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3 explanations for why there are different First Vision accounts

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  1. Audience and context
  2. Purpose and content
  3. memory
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11
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What years where the four primary First Vision accounts written?

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1832, 1835, 1838, 1842

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12
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1832 account

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-focuses most on personal redemption
-unpublished autobiography
-only mentions “the Lord”

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1835 account

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-focuses on visionary, otherworldly experience
-many angels
-two personages, not at the same time

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1838

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-focuses mostly on which Church to join
-officially canonized as part of the Pearl of Great Price

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1842

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-focuses most on concise summary for non-LDS audience

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17
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Who wrote the secondary accounts of the First Vision? (5)

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  1. Orson Pratt
  2. Orson Hyde
  3. Levi Richards
  4. David Nigh White
  5. Alexander Neibaur
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18
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Two primary doctrinal messages from the first Vision

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  1. There had been a “Doctrinal Apostasy” through the creeds of Christianity
  2. There had been an apostasy in authorized ordinances and covenants
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19
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4 Christian creeds

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  1. The apostles creed
  2. The Nicene Creed
  3. The chalcedonian creed
  4. THe athanasian creed
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20
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What could it mean that churches “deny God’s power?”

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deny ordinances, covenants, priesthood

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21
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Where did Joseph Smith obtain the brown stone and how old was he?

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-Willard Chase’s yard
-16 yo
-digging a well

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22
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Why did Joseph go to Harmony PA

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dig gold for Josiah Stool in 1825

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23
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How many years passed from Moroni’s first visit until Joseph could obtain the plates?

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4

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24
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What did Joseph need to repent of to obtain the plates?

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coveting

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25
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What year did Joseph obtain the plates?

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1827

26
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What year was BOM translation completed

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1829

27
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What is the broader definition of Urim and Thummim?

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divinely prepared instrument

28
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one word summary from DyC 22 on why the Church was established and is true?

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Covenants

29
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Four priesthood offices that existed when the church was organized in 1830?

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  1. deacon
  2. teacher
  3. priest
  4. elder
30
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3 keys that Peter, James, and John restored

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  1. Keys of the apostleship
  2. Keys of the Kingdom
  3. Keys of the dispensation of the fulness of times
31
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What occurred in the “chamber of father Whitmer” and what is its relationship to the office of elder?

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-praying about how to receive the HG
-ordained to the office of Elder

32
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What DyC is known as the Church’s Constitution, or its “Articles and Covenants?”

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20

33
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6 foundational doctrine found in the Church’s constitution in Doctrine and Covenants 20

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  1. We have a God in Heaven
  2. God is the Creator
  3. Man is fallen
  4. AOJC
  5. obey the gospel
  6. Justification and sanctification
34
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Original doctrine in Book of commandments

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theology/ Lectures on Faith

35
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Which edition of DyC removed lectures on faith

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1921 James Talmage

36
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Ways DyC revelations were received

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-journal entries
-minutes of meetings
-church meetings
-direct revelation dictated
-urim and thumim
-letters

37
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What book of scripture is the foundation of the Church?

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Doctrine and Covenants

38
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3 step approach to studying the Doctrine and Covenants

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  1. Learn background and historical context
  2. Study for original intent
  3. explain and apply the truths
39
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Examples of canonization in DyC

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1874 Orson Pratt adds 2, 13, 121-123; later 137-138 added

40
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De-canonization

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-article on marriage and article on gov’t added by Oliver Cowdery
-remove Lectures on Faith

41
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How did we get the Pearl of Great Price and when was it canonized?

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Franklin D. Richards, British Mission, 1880

42
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Where does the Book of Moses come from?

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vision/revelation shortly after the Church was organized

43
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What types of changes to the Bible did Joseph Smith make?

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-clairifications
-correcting errors
-addition
-explanation
-deletions
-removing contradictions
-modern application
-grammatical changes

44
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How many changes did Joseph Smith make to the Bible

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3,400

45
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What fraction of changes of the JST are included in the LDS Bible today?

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1/3

46
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How is JST connected to DyC

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-questions JS had while reading the Bible prompted revelations found in DyC
-1/2 DyC Revelations came during the time that JS was translating the Bible

47
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Four steps for interpreting scripture

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  1. Read mindfully
  2. listen reverently
  3. restate personally
  4. substantiate externally
48
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Where does the Book of Abraham come from?

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Egyptian papyri

49
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Abraham “blessings of the father”=

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priesthood

50
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Abrahamic covenant (blessings of exaltation)

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  1. Promised land
  2. Priesthood
  3. Posterity
51
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What do the three facsimiles represent?

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  1. Deliverance
  2. Knowledge
  3. Judgment or Exaltation
52
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Main gospel themes present in the Book of Abraham? (4)

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  1. Becomes a priest to god
  2. Makes eternal covenants
  3. Taught and instructed
  4. Brought back to the presence of God
53
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What is the Lamanite mission?

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Oliver Cowdery and others sent to Missouri to establish Zion and teach the Native Americans

54
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effect of the Lamanite Mission on the Church

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  1. Many people baptized on the way in Ohio (3x members as NY and PA, stronghold of key families and leaders)
  2. Lamanite missionaries set up camp in Independence MO
55
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Where was the church first commanded to gather in this dispensation?

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Ohio

56
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Where will the latter-day city of Zion be built?

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Independence/Jackson County, MO

57
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JS vision for Zion

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  1. city like Enoch
  2. care for the poor
  3. centered on a temple
  4. one heart
  5. church to gather in Zion
58
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3 ways saints disobeyed the Lord in gathering to Zion

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  1. went w/o permission
  2. gathered too quickly
  3. refused to consecrate
59
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DyC Law of the Church section

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42

60
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“more perfect” non-10 commandment laws listed in DyC 42 (5)

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  1. Preach the gospel
  2. Love spouse
  3. not speak evil of neighbor or do them harm
  4. consecration
  5. use time wisely
61
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“All things common” means

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-redistribution
-application of Law of Consecration

62
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“the united firm” means

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-consecration-based business organization
-application of Law of Consecration

63
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“Law of consecration” means

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-law
-dedicate time, talents, means to build up Kingdom of God on the earth

64
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Three celestial principles of consecration

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  1. ownership
  2. stewardship
  3. agency and accountability