PHIL 2400 1st editionLecture 19Unit: Latter-Day Saints A Quick Overview Required readings:“Albanese” p. 157-165Outline of Current Lecture I. 1820II. Joseph Smith – age 17III. Important TextsIV. Mormon FollowersV. The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter Day SaintsCurrent Lecture 1820 Height of the 2nd Great Awakening A lot of people were converting between new religious movements and then attempting to convert their neighbors, family, friends etc. to their religion New York – western and central regions known as the Burned-Over District, referencing the highly evangelized fire raising spirit that engulfed the area Joseph Smith – 14 years old in 1820 Wondered which religious movements were true Had visions of God and Jesus Christ informing him of the fallacy of the current religious movements Joseph Smith – age 17 Became afraid that he hadn’t lived a good life and was straying from the prophecy that he’d be a religious leader Had a vision of the angel Moroni informing him of the location of the Golden Plates Eventually uses a form of divination known as the Seer stones to translate the Golden Plates into English Published the Book of Mormon in 1830 Important Texts Bible- Hebrew Bible, New Testament Book of Mormon Pearl of Great Price Doctrine and Covenants – provided mostly by Smith but also included ideas of later presidentsThese notes represent a detailed interpretation of the professor’s lecture. GradeBuddy is best used as a supplement to your own notes, not as a substitute. Articles of Faith Mormon Followers 1830 – 6 followers Today Approx. 12 million followers Approx. = 1.2-2.7 % of current US population, roughly equal to amount of Jewish followers About 50% of Mormons practice in the US The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter Day Saints History Body and Spirit Life Before you are born, you exist in a primordial world as a spiritual child Once born, you forget the knowledge you held in primordial world so that you can freely choose the faith After death, you exist in a post-mortal world where you can continue to grow spiritually until the rapture Saving by Proxy The idea that you can baptize ancestors in real world while they exist in the post-mortal world so that they can have the ability to move on after the rapture takes place Caused many Mormon converts to research ancestors extensively and baptize them Caused friction with Jewish community because Mormons began to baptize Jews who died in the
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