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The Articles of Faith A Series of Lectures on the...

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Project Gutenberg EPUB3 edition Talmage, James E. (James Edward)
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The Church and its Plan of Organization.
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The Church In former and latter days.—The Primitive Church.—Apostasy from the Primitive Church.—The great apostasy was foretold.—Restoration of the Church in the dispensation of the Fulness of Times.—Plan of Government in the restored Church.—Orders and offices in the priesthood.—The Aaronic, including the Levitical.—The Melchizedek order.—Specific offices in the priesthood.—Deacons, Teachers, Priests.—Elders, Seventies, High Priests.—Patriarchs, or Evangelists.—Apostles.—The First Presidency.—The Twelve Apostles.—The Presiding Quorum of Seventy.—The Presiding Bishopric.—Local organizations, Stakes and Wards.—Stake Presidency.—High Council.—Ward Bishopric.—Helps in Government
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Spiritual gifts characteristic of the Church.—Nature of these gifts.—Miracles.—Partial enumeration of the gifts.—Tongues and Interpretation.—Healing.—Visions and Dreams.—Prophecy.—Revelation.—The testimony of miracles not an infallible guide.—Imitations of spiritual gifts.—Miracles wrought by evil powers.—Devils working miracles.—Spiritual gifts to-day
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LECTURE XIII, ARTICLE 8.
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The first of our standard works.—The name "Bible."—The Old Testament.—Its origin and growth.—Language of the Old Testament.—The Septuagint.—Pentateuch.—Historical books.—Poetical books.—Books of the prophets.—Apocrypha.—The New Testament.—Its origin and authenticity.—Classification of its books.—Early versions of the Bible.—Modern versions.—Genuineness and authenticity.—Book of Mormon testimony concerning Bible
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Description and origin.—Moroni's visit to Joseph Smith.—The inspired title-page.—The Nephite nation.—The Jaredites.—The ancient plates.—Mormon's abridgment of the plates of Nephi.—The translation of the record.—Classification and arrangement of the books.—Genuineness of the Book of Mormon.—Testimony of the witnesses.—Theories of its origin.—"The Spaulding Story"
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The Book of Mormon.—Continued.
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Authenticity of the Book of Mormon.—The Book of Mormon and the Bible.—Ancient prophecy fulfilled in the coming forth of the Book of Mormon.—Consistency of the book.—Its contained prophecies.—External evidence.—Archeological evidence of the early occupation of America.—Israelitish origin of the American aborigines.—Common origin of all the native "races."—Language of the Book of Mormon compared with the language of the ancient Americans.—Survival of the Egyptian and the Hebrew.—Testimony of investigators
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Revelation, past, present, and future.
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What is revelation?—Revelation and inspiration.—God's means of communication.—Ancient revelators.—Christ, a Revelator.—Doctrine of continual revelation.—Well-established, scriptural, and reasonable.—Alleged scriptural objections met and answered.—Modern revelation.—Without revelation there can be no true Church.—Revelation yet awaited
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LECTURE XVII, ARTICLE 10.
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The Dispersion of Israel.
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Israel.—Brief History of the nation.—Dispersion fore-told.—Biblical prophecies.—Book of Mormon predictions.—Fulfillment of these dire prophecies.—Fate of the kingdom of Israel.—Scattering of Judah.—The lost Tribes
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LECTURE XVIII, ARTICLE 10.
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The Gathering of Israel.
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Predictions of the gathering.—Prophecies in Bible and Book of Mormon.—Modern revelation concerning the gathering.—Extent and purpose of the gathering.—Israel a chosen people.—All nations blessed through Israel.—Restoration of the Ten Tribes.—Zion to be first established.—Gathering now in progress
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LECTURE XIX, ARTICLE 10.
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Two gathering places designated.—Jerusalem and the New Jerusalem.—Meaning of "Zion."—The Zion of Enoch.—The Lord's definition of "Zion."—Modern revelation concerning Zion.—Establishment delayed.—Center-place in Missouri.—The founding of Zion in the last days
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Christ's Reign on Earth.
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Christ's first and second advents compared.—Predictions of His second coming.—Signs described.—Modern revelation on the matter.—Precise time not known.—Christ's reign.—The Kingdom of God.—The Kingdom of Heaven.—Kingdom and Churh.—Millennium.—Satan's power to be curtailed

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The Articles of Faith A Series of Lectures on the Principal Doctrines of the Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-Day Saints, Project Gutenberg eBook #42238

Publishers' Note to Eleventh Edition OF THE CHURCH OF JESUS CHRIST OF LATTER-DAY SAINTS.