A Reflection on Joseph Smith's Restorationist Vision of Truth
I "Truth, the sum of existence... " i I - John Jaques, 1851 i [1] The way of viewing truth in the Church differs from the common philosophical concept of truth as something that corresponds to the historical or present facts of a given situation. Because this theology considers all of our...
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| Format: | Electronic Article |
| Language: | English |
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Foundation
2022
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Dialogue
Year: 2022, Volume: 55, Issue: 2, Pages: 93-102 |
| RelBib Classification: | KDH Christian sects NBB Doctrine of Revelation NCA Ethics |
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Smith, Joseph, 1805-1844
B LGBTQ+ people B RELIGIOUS educators B Human Behavior B Vision B Reconciliation B SPANISH Inquisition, 1478-1820 |
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| Summary: | I "Truth, the sum of existence... " i I - John Jaques, 1851 i [1] The way of viewing truth in the Church differs from the common philosophical concept of truth as something that corresponds to the historical or present facts of a given situation. Because this theology considers all of our experience in mortality as helping us to become like God - indeed, gods in our own right - we can therefore view God as the potentiality of humanity and creation. The revelation taught that all humankind existed in the beginning with God and Christ as intelligences - autonomous agents organized by God: "Man was also in the beginning with God. According to the current interpretation, God cannot create truth because truth is independent of God. |
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| Contains: | Enthalten in: Dialogue
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| Persistent identifiers: | DOI: 10.5406/15549399.55.2.05 |