Matthew Gardner and Dr. Dennis Wright, Church History How does the Lord view participation in something as controversial as war? In scriptural history, we read that He supports the righteous through added strength, prosperity, and oftentimes, victory. The Lord’s followers often fought due to the commandments of God, whereas today’s wars are fought for political […]
The Council House as a House for Sacred Ordinances in the Early Church
Gil Bradshaw and Dr. Fred E. Woods Church History and Doctrine With no available temples wherein they could perform their endowments, early Saints performed endowments for the living in various other places. For example, when Church members first entered the Salt Lake valley, their early endowments were performed on top of Ensign Peak. This was […]
A Pictorial Perspective of Isaiah
Jared Miller, Victor Ludlow (Ancient Scripture) and Jason Zimmer (Visual Arts) Jared Miller A Pictorial Perspective of Isaiah Faculty Mentors: Victor Ludlow, Ancient Scripture and Jason Zimmer, Visual Arts Taking a pictorial perspective of Isaiah, and glimpsing the visions of his painted poetry had always seemed to personally open a window of understanding to his […]
THE JOHANNESBURG SOUTH AFRICA TEMPLE
Mary Spear and Dr. Dale LeBaron, Religion On August 24, 1985, after months of preparation and anticipation, the Johannesburg South Africa Temple was dedicated. Prior to this, the closest temple for members of the Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints in Africa had been the London Temple. The dedication of the Johannesburg Temple marked […]
A Study of the Evolution of the Angel of Death in Jewish Literature
Carolyn Plocher and Dr. Jared Ludlow, Religious Education My original proposal was entitled “Ancient Near Eastern Perspectives on the Process of Death in the Hellenistic Period.” I initially chose this topic because the human fascination with death extends far back into history; in fact, it alone has been the reason for the founding of many […]
Martin Harris: “A Fals Charge of Standen”
Robert D. Palmer III and Dr. Steven C. Harper, Church History Though unjustly remembered by some mainly as the man who lost the first 116 pages of the Book of Mormon, Martin Harris was an instrumental character in helping to bring about the Book of Mormon and the beginning of the LDS Church. Not only […]
Orality, Social Memory, and the Apocryphal Acts
David M. Nielsen and Dr. Kristian Heal, Director, Center for the Study and Preservation of Ancient Religious Texts The corpus of texts that constitute the New Testament apocrypha is large, to make a gross understatement. It is a vast collection that spans the continents, languages, and centuries of the early Church and rightly so would […]
Santo Toribio: Religion, Politics, and Society
Thomas Evans and Dr. Alonzo Gaskill, Church History and Doctrine Santo Toribio is a saint who was canonized by the Roman Catholic Church, but whose cult (used here in the very general meaning as “following”) includes many beliefs and practices that would categorize him as a “folk saint”, or unofficial saint. He died as a […]
The Chrism in the Gospel of Philip
Christopher J. Dawe and Dr. Gaye Strathearn, Ancient Scripture The Gospel of Philip, while not the most famous of the Gnostic texts found with the lost documents of Nag Hammadi Library in 1945 does offer an exciting glimpse at the ritual sacraments used by Valentininian Gnostics. In the view of the anonymous author of Philip […]
Audio Restoration of Edison Diamond Discs and Historical L.D.S. Church Recordings
Daniel R. Thompson and Professor David Day, Library EDISON DIAMOND DISC RE-CREATIONS Thomas Edison, inventor of the phonograph, made a vast collection of recordings from around the world. He reissued many on what is known as clay records or “Edison Diamond Disc Re-Creations.” Brigham Young University owns a substantial collection of these recordings. Unfortunately, because of […]
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