What makes mormons different from christianity

Download a photo or video by clicking or tapping on it. To download all photos or videos related to this article, select the links at the bottom of each section. Restoration Because Latter-day Saints believe that divine apostolic authority was lost from the earth after the death of the ancient apostles, a restoration of that authority was necessary. Trinity Among the most important differences with other Christian churches are those concerning the nature of God and Jesus Christ and the Holy Spirit.

Modern prophets, continuing revelation and new scriptures Latter-day Saints believe that God still speaks to humankind, that He has called new apostles and prophets and that revelation flows today as it did anciently. Missionary program This is a difference in practice rather than in doctrinal belief, since many Christian churches send out missionaries to preach the gospel. Lay ministry The Church of Jesus Christ has no full-time professional clergy at the congregational level.

Health practices Abstinence from alcohol among religious faiths is not unique to Latter-day Saints. The Place of Faith Today. Download Media Close. But the Bible proposes a different relationship between faith and reason. Knowledge is not the opposite of belief, as the Mormon scriptures suggest. Rather, the Bible presents a view of faith that is based upon what we do know.

Jesus healed the paralytic so the people would know that he has the authority of God Mark As Biola professor J. Moreland often says, faith involves trusting what we have reason to believe is true. The cities mentioned in the Book of Mormon have not been located i. When there is no convincing external evidence corroborating a belief, it must be based upon experience, feeling and blind faith.

This may be the view of faith in the Book of Mormon, but it is decidedly not the biblical view see John — There are many more differences between Christianity and Mormonism some more central than others. Consider a few beliefs of the LDS church:. This raises the troubling question for Mormons of why Jesus even had to die. Much more could be said about salvation, heaven, the Trinity, revelation and the person of Christ.

When those who are saved by faith in Christ die, they depart to be with Christ Phil Those who perish in their sin will suffer eternal punishment, away from the presence of God 2 Thessalonians A person who will suffer eternal damnation is essentially forfeiting, by his misdeeds and unfaithfulness, the benefits of eternal life see comments on eternal progression below.

They are not allowed to progress on to eventually become gods. Those who do attain to eternal life are eligible for eternal progression, the process over time of becoming gods. Just as God the Father progressed to become God, so they themselves will eventually attain deity. Christians believe that man is made in the image of God.

Mormons believe that all people had a pre-mortal existence. They also believe that all people were spiritually born on a planet near Kolob, the great star.

All of these should be interpreted together, and from them the true teaching of God can be made clear. Mormons also hold the infallibility of the sitting President of the Church, at least when acting in his official teaching and prophetic capacity.

As noted above, a true Christian is one who trusts in the finished work of Christ alone see Ephesians A person is a Christian only by faith in Jesus Christ.

Mormons explicitly deny this truth they do, at least, if they are consistent with what the Mormon church teaches. Their view of salvation is a mix of works and grace, with the heaviest emphasis placed on works.

Thus, while generally being very kind and moral people, we cannot call Mormons Christians in the biblical sense of Christianity. Very little to be true in this article. It would be a good thing to talk to the missionaries or an active member to get the true facts. We believe that it is only because of Jesus that we can be saved. A person must also keep His commandments and practice being like Him, in order to be His true disciple. Thank you for your response.

I encourage you to read the Book of Mormon and compare it to the Bible. You will find major differences. It is excluded. By what kind of law? By a law of works? No, but by the law of faith.

We do compare the Book of Mormon and the Bible. Though there are different translations. We also believe the Book of Mormon to be the word of God.

The Book of Mormon completely contradicts the Scriptures. In the Journal of Discourses, vol. The Bible teaches there is one God. In the Teachings of the Prophet Joseph Smith, p. It teaches that you can become a god. Once again, this is a direct contradiction to Scripture. These are just some clear differences. Please Gracie keep on comparing the Bible to the Book of Mormon and you will find more contradictions.

I have found that the Mormon doctrines cannot be authenticated as being from God like the Bible can. Mormonism stands or falls on the Book of Mormon which it is easy to see had more than one contributor. For one the influence of Sidney Rigdon is undeniable. Rigdon defected from the Disciples of Christ over the problem of Owenism, a utopian scheme.

He brought to the Mormons the Disciples doctrine of Baptism for the forgiveness of sins, which permeates the Book of Mormon etc. Rigdon would have also rejected Justification since he was a student of Alex. Campbell the founder of the Disciples movement. The plagiarizing of Swedenborg was more than apparent which led to defections because his teachings were readily available on the frontier.

It became obvious that Smith was stitching together his own theology and that he was not truly a Revelator as he claimed. Eventually Smith shed much of the influence of Rigdon and came out as a polytheist.