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As Mormons open Rome temple, doctrinal hiccups with Vatican endure

Elise Harris

Feb 13, 2019

SENIOR CORRESPONDENT

The angel Moroni statue, silhouetted against a cloud-covered sky, sits atop the Salt Lake Temple, at Temple Square, in Salt Lake City. (Credit: AP Photo/Rick Bowmer.)

ROME - Last month Rome became home to Italy’s first Mormon temple, which sits just a few blocks from the Vatican. Yet while the Mormons say they’re planning to partner with the Catholic Church on several social initiatives, what they aren’t saying out loud is that technically speaking, the Vatican doesn’t even recognize the Church of Latter-Day Saints as Christian.

The 40,000-square-foot building, made of marble and granite, opened Jan. 14 and is located near the Porta di Roma shopping mall, just a few miles from St. Peter’s Basilica.

Complete with crystal chandeliers, stained-glass windows, solar panels and 24-karat gold, the temple is the 162nd Mormon temple in the world, and the 12th in Europe. It’s currently offering free tours to visitors - however, after a dedication ceremony in March, which will take place over several days, it will be open only to members of the Mormon faith.

Officially called the “Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-Day Saints,” the Mormon church was founded by an American named Joseph Smith in New York in 1830, after Smith claimed to have received a series of visions from God which, among other things, revealed the location of golden plates containing what would become the Book of Mormon.

Mormon temples are generally used for either baptisms or marriages. With some 16 million Mormons worldwide, roughly 500,000 live in Europe, and, of those, around 6,000 are in Italy.

In our opinion: Communities yearn for religious and secular Sabbaths

By Deseret News editorial boardPublished: Aug. 6, 2017 6:05 a.m. Updated: 8 hours ago

Stuart Burford
"While many expressed disappointment in the private company’s decision, what’s remarkable is there are still so many businesses in today’s secularized environment that still shut their doors on Saturday—the Jewish Sabbath—or Sunday."

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A local grocery store long known for keeping its doors closed on Sunday has decided to open in select locations on a day considered sacred within numerous Christian traditions, including The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints, which owns this paper.

While many expressed disappointment in the private company’s decision, what’s remarkable is there are many businesses in today’s secularized environment that still shut their doors on Saturday — the Jewish Sabbath — or Sunday.

Private companies are certainly entitled to make these decisions in order to compete for customers. For example, at the media companies like the Deseret News, round-the-clock news coverage demands a certain number of people are working to stay current and relevant and to deliver a morning report to your phone, computer or doorstep on Sunday and Monday. And the sacrifices of our emergency personnel as well as those who care for the infirm or less fortunate allow for others to enjoy this day of respite.

That’s why it’s all the more remarkable when companies put ethical and moral considerations above pure maximization of profits. Those companies should be commended. RC Willey Home Furnishings, for example, famously negotiated with a boss as big as Warren Buffett to keep its doors closed in Utah and elsewhere on Sundays. The famously family-friendly Maddox Ranch House in Perry, Utah, not only stays closed on Sunday but doesn't serve alcohol.

Utah, of course, is a diverse state, and not everyone shares Latter-day Saint values or a religious conception of the Sabbath. Indeed, long gone are most of America’s so-called blue laws — or Sunday laws — that restricted certain activities on Sunday. But that’s not to say that a societal day of rest is no longer needed.

In the famous Supreme Court case McGowan v. Maryland, Chief Justice Earl Warren wrote in defense of Maryland's "blue law" prohibiting commerce on Sunday.

“The state’s purpose is not merely to provide a one-day-seven work stoppage,” he wrote. "The State seeks to set one day apart from all others as a day of rest, repose, recreation and tranquility — a day which all members of the family and community have the opportunity to spend and enjoy together, a day on which there exists relative quiet and disassociation from the everyday intensity of commercial activities, a day on which people may visit friends and relative who are not available during working days."
We don’t advocate for a return to blue laws. But, in an age of digital devices and constant consumerism, the secular case couldn't be stronger for a day during which society takes a break from earning a buck and buying a widget. Now, more than ever, communities yearn for fellow residents to take one day to look at each other first as friends and fellow human beings before neighbors once again become customers and cashiers come Monday morning.

No one should shame a local grocer for its private business decisions — after all, for the better part of a century they sacrificed to stay closed on Sunday when their competition remained open. What’s more, they are still continuing to stay closed on Sunday in many locations throughout the state.

But, we concur with former Sen. Joe Lieberman, who writes: “The Sabbath is an old but beautiful idea that, in our frantically harried and meaning-starved culture, cries out to be rediscovered and enjoyed by people of all faiths” or, we would add, none at all.

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Gnostic Mormon Glen Beck Supports Gnostic Fake Evangelical Ted Cruz With Gnostic False Gospel

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Glen beck is not only a deceived acting radio broadcaster, but a false prophet and false teacher.

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Church Partners With Other Faith Communities in “Faith Counts” Initiative

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10 OCTOBER 2014 — POSTED by SAMUEL B. HISLOP


Religion is an important part of our social fabric and civil society. It calls on us toserve our fellow man, to focus more on family and to contribute to the common good of the community. What’s more, it provides the structure for the inner longing for meaning that many seek in life.

With a recent poll suggesting that religion is losing influence in America, The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints knows that it’s more important than ever to strengthen faith’s role and prominence in society. The Church recognizes that this can’t happen without locking arms (as it has done for many, many years) with other faiths. Sure, differences in belief and opinion have and will continue to exist in our pluralistic society, but love for one’s neighbor surpasses these differences.

In that spirit, the Church has partnered with Faith Counts, an organization comprised of faith communities representing over 100 million Americans. Launched this week, its website (FaithCounts.net) includes videos and social media memes aimed at telling powerful stories about how faith inspires, empowers, motivates and comforts billions of people. You can find these stories on the website, Facebook, Twitter, YouTube, Pinterest and Google+. You can also share your own experiences about how faith has influenced your life.



Faith Counts spokeswoman Kerry Troup says she hopes “people who see our work, regardless of what religion they are, will have a better appreciation for the value of faith, feel inspired to share these stories and ultimately feel good about expressing how faith makes them who they are.”

Current Faith Counts partners include:

Hillel International
The U.S. Conference of Catholic Bishops Ad Hoc Committee For Religious Liberty

The Seventh-day Adventist Church 

Sikh American Legal Defense and Education Fund
The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints
Franciscan University of Steubenville
1st Amendment Partnership

Speaking on behalf of the U.S. Conference of Catholic Bishops, Archbishop William Lori says, “Religious faith is an integral part of our society and needs to be lifted up and celebrated. Faith prompts acts of kindness every day, in every community of our nation. It also connects us to God and to each other as members of the human family. We are so pleased to be a part of Faith Counts, which can make a real difference in the lives of so many.”

Elder Daniel R. Jackson, president of the Seventh-day Adventist Church in North America, notes that “millions of Americans of every religion are motivated by their faith to go and serve the most vulnerable among us. Their gracious acts can be seen in soup kitchens, hospitals, schools, homeless shelters and many other humanitarian causes. Faith Counts will serve as a gentle reminder about these and other positive and meaningful attributes of faith in society.”

The Church’s commitment to look past differences and contribute to the common good is a divinely required, longstanding reality. One of the Church’s Articles of Faith says, “We claim the privilege of worshiping Almighty God according to the dictates of our own conscience, and allow all men the same privilege, let them worship how, where, or what they may.”

Visit FaithCounts.net for more details.


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Churches urge high court to act on gay marriage

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FILE - This photo taken on Monday, May 12, 2014, shows the certificate of marriage presented to Kathy Chambery, and her partner, Marilyn Haring of 23 years, after they were married at Magistrate Court in Santa Fe, N.M. More than half of marriage licenses issued from Santa Fe County in the last year have gone to same-sex couples. Data from the Santa Fe County Clerk's Office shows that the number of licenses given out doubled and 55 percent went to same-sex couples. New Mexico became the 17th state to legalize same-sex marriage on Dec. 19, through a unanimous ruling by the state Supreme Court.THE SANTA FE NEW MEXICAN, JANE PHILLIPS/AP PHOTO


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The Mormon church and four religious organizations are asking the U.S. Supreme Court to intervene and settle once and for all the question of whether states can outlaw gay marriage.

The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints, in a statement Friday, said it joined a friend-of-the-court brief asking the high court to hear Utah's marriage case.

Also taking part in the filing were The United States Conference of Catholic Bishops, the National Association of Evangelicals, the Ethics & Religious Commission of the Southern Baptist Convention and the Lutheran Church-Missouri Synod.

Each teaches that marriage is between a man and a woman.



FILE In this photo taken on Monday, May 12, 2014, Kathy Chambery, left, and her partner, Marilyn Haring of 23 years, show off their rings after they were married at Magistrate Court in Santa Fe, N.M. More than half of marriage licenses issued from Santa Fe County in the last year have gone to same-sex couples. Data from the Santa Fe County Clerk's Office shows that the number of licenses given out doubled and 55 percent went to same-sex couples. New Mexico became the 17th state to legalize same-sex marriage on Dec. 19, through a unanimous ruling by the state Supreme Court | The Santa Fe New Mexican, Jane Phillips/AP Photo


"The time has come to end the divisive national debate as to whether the Constitution mandates same-sex marriage," the brief states.

Multiple organizations and governmental entities on both sides of the debate have filed similar briefs asking the court to take up the issue.

The religious groups urged the Supreme Court on the basis of tradition and religious freedom to uphold a state's right to disallow gay and lesbian couples to wed.

"Legal uncertainty is especially burdensome for religious organizations and religious believers increasingly confronted with thorny questions," the brief says. "Is their right to refrain from participating in, recognizing or facilitating marriages between persons of the same sex, contrary to their religious convictions, adequately shielded by the First Amendment and other legal protections? Or is further legislation needed to guard religious liberties in these and other sensitive areas?"

Last month, attorneys for three Utah gay and lesbian couples formally asked the U.S. Supreme Court to take Utah's appeal of a favorable gay marriage ruling.

The plaintiffs said they asked for the review even though they won at the federal appellate court level because they want the Supreme Court to weigh in on whether state same-sex marriage bans violate the Constitution.

The high court is under no obligation to take Utah's case or the others.


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LDS leaders meet with Seventh-day Adventist leaders

Recommended by Emily Eyring

For the Deseret News

Published: Friday, May 2 2014 1:20 p.m. MDT

Updated: Saturday, May 3 2014 8:07 a.m. MDT




Leaders of The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints, including Elder L. Tom Perry, center, met with leaders of the Seventh-day Adventist Church on Thursday, April 24.

Ansel Oliver, Adventist News Network


Summary


Leaders of two religious groups that are committed to defending religious freedom and families met in Maryland last week.

Leaders of two religious groups that are committed to defending religious freedom and families met in Maryland last week.

"On Thursday, 24 April, Mormon leaders Elder L. Tom Perry and Elder Ronald A. Rasband met with senior leaders of the Seventh-day Adventist Church at their worldwide headquarters in Silver Spring, Maryland. Elder Perry and Elder Rasband were warmly received, enjoyed a tour of the faith’s headquarters facilities and discussed opportunities for partnering on religious freedom initiatives," according to mormonnewsroom.org.

Adventist Church Vice President Lowell Cooper expressed appreciation for the visit.

Read more about this meeting on mormonnewsroom.org.


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Wayne Dodge Starts Church Brawl Over ‘Seat Saving’ Practices

Posted: July 2, 2013

Church attendee Wayne Dodge was booked into Weber County Jail this week on suspicion of aggravated assault, a third-degree felony, and disorderly conduct, a class C misdemeanor.

Dodge was arrested after he caused a church brawl over a few seats that were being saved for other parishioners during an unusually packed service.

An argument broke out in the pews because more than 400 people were attempting to fit inside the church for a missionary’s farewell and a baby blessing.

A deputy for the Plain City police department said it was the “seat saving” practice that led to the initial argument. The officer then revealed that a fistfight broke out in the church’s parking and that one man was hit by a car.

The Weber County Sheriff’s deputies received numerous 911 calls from members of the LDC chapel.

The bishop of The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints’ Meadows Ward told FOX 13:

“There was some seats that were allegedly saved, and there was a disagreement over whether they were saved or not and an individual sitting there. This continued to escalate throughout the day.”

Weber County Sheriff’s Lt. Mark Lowther explains what happened to the man who was hit by a car:

“He ended up on the hood of the car. We did an investigation, there was conflicting stories (between the two men), but according to witness accounts there was enough probable cause to make an arrest for aggravated assault.”

Here’s a mugshot of Wayne Dodge:

Nobody was hospitalized because of the church brawl.

According to the church’s bishop: “This is a place of worship. The bottom line is we have to come back to church next Sunday.”

It’s still not clear why Wayne Dodge resorted to an outright fist fight over a simple seat saving issue.



Source: http://www.inquisitr.com/826336/wayne-dodge-starts-church-brawl-over-seat-saving-practices/#6FCT7CejuL0bWwSA.99

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The Mormon Cult - Founded by (Jesuit Controlled) High Level Freemasonry

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Published on Oct 22, 2012


Exellent video exposing The Mormons and Jehovah Witnesses for what cults they are and who created them.
Walter Veith - (23) The New Age Agenda / Total Onslaught
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The Mormons were founded by High Level Freemasonry (alway's using and discrediting the name of Jesus Christ (Yahuasha Messiach)) the evidence for that is to see in this video @ 03:28http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=oiY4rA...

The Jehovah Witnesses idem dito ! Charles Taze Russell was a 33rd degree Freemason
Watch this video:The Jehovah's Witnesses - Watch Tower (Founded by The Jesuits ) Cults Exposed (Look in the description box for even more revealing truths)
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Video by Alan Lamont http://www.youtube.com/Universe6807
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Tension pervades relationship of Southern Baptists, Mormons

By Terry Mattingly

GetReligion,org

Posted Jan 16, 2012 @ 07:00 AM

If Southern Baptists gather for a seminar on what Mormons believe, the odds are good that one of the teachers will be a former member of the Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints.

Then again, if Mormons gather for a seminar on what Southern Baptists believe, the odds are good that one of the teachers will be a former Southern Baptist.

“There’s an important word that people forget when they start talking about Southern Baptists and Mormons, and that word is ‘competition,’ ” said the Rev. Richard Land, one of the most outspoken leaders of America’s largest non-Catholic flock. He leads the Southern Baptist Convention’s Ethics and Religious Liberty Commission.

“We are talking about the two most evangelistic churches in North America and most of the world,” he said.

“There are lots of Mormons who used to be Baptists and lots of Baptists who used to be Mormons. ... It’s natural to see some tensions now and then.”

Meanwhile, some Mormons and Baptists keep colliding in the public square every four years or so — just about the time White House wannabes butt heads in Republican debates.

‘NOT A REAL CHRISTIAN’

Last fall, the Rev. Robert Jeffress of the First Baptist Church of Dallas, a supporter of Rick Perry of Texas, told the crowd at the Values Voters Summit that Mormon Mitt Romney is “not a real Christian” and later insisted on calling the Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints a “theological cult.”

Obviously, that language offends Mormons, said Land. Truth is, no one in today’s Southern Baptist leadership believes that modern Mormons should be described with the word “cult” as most Americans would understand this hot-button term, defined according to “psychological or sociological” factors.

“Clearly the Mormons are anything but that,” he said. “They’re the president of your Rotary Club and the leaders of your local bank. No one thinks they’re one of the dangerous, separatistic cults that you read about in headlines — people like Jim Jones or the Branch Davidians.”

However, most Baptists and members of many other Christian churches have grown up hearing Mormonism described in “theological or doctrinal” terms. A Southern Baptist website on new religious movements states: “A cult ... is a group of people polarized around someone’s interpretation of the Bible and is characterized by major deviations from orthodox Christianity relative to the cardinal doctrines of the Christian faith, particularly the fact that God became man in Jesus Christ.”

In recent years, Land has numbered himself among those who describe Mormonism as a kind of fourth Abrahamic tradition, a new faith that has reinterpreted the past under the guidance of its own prophet and its own scriptures. In this case, he said, “Joseph Smith is like Muhammad, and the Book of Mormon is like the Koran.” Mormons believe they have restored true Christianity, while Trinitarian churches reject this claim that they have lost the faith.

Thus, it’s not surprising that a 2011 LifeWay Research survey of 1,000 liberal and conservative Protestant clergy in America found that 75 percent disagreed with this statement: “I personally consider Mormons (Church of Jesus Christ of Latter Day Saints) to be Christians.” The surprise was that 48 percent of mainline Protestant pastors strongly agreed that Mormons are not Christians.

BAPTISM ‘NOT VALID’

In 2001, the Vatican posted its stance on this issue: “Whether the baptism conferred by the community (of) the Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints, called Mormons in the vernacular, is valid.”

The response from Pope John Paul II was blunt: “Negative.”

His verdict validated that of scholar Cardinal Joseph Ratzinger, who is now Pope Benedict XVI.

Of course, the reason these issues are being debated in the first place is that Romney — a prominent Mormon leader — is a Republican frontrunner in an era in which conservative Catholic and Protestant voters play a prominent role in Iowa, South Carolina and numerous other primary contests. Mormon voters and donors are crucial, as well.

Land, who had urged Romney to seek the presidency in 2008, is convinced most conservative believers will have no trouble backing the former Massachusetts governor when push comes to shove.

“Most people know that they’re voting for a president, not a Bible-study leader,” he said. “Actually, the problem Romney is having in the primaries is not that he’s a Mormon but that many GOP voters are not sure that he’s Mormon enough.”



Terry Mattingly is the director of the Washington Journalism Center at the Council for Christian Colleges and Universities and leads the GetReligion.org project to study religion and the news


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Prominent Mormons

Glenn Lee Beck (born February 10, 1964) is an American radio and television host, political commentator, author, and entrepreneur. He hosts The Glenn Beck Program, a nationally syndicated talk radio show that airs throughout the United States on Premiere Radio Networks. Beck also hosts a self-titled television show on Fox News Channel. He refers to himself as a libertarian[2] and a conservative[3] who is "fighting for individual rights."[2]

Glenn Beck was born in February, 1964 in Everett, Washington. His parents, William and Mary, lived in Mountlake Terrace, Washington at the time of Beck's birth[4] and sometime later moved their family to the Skagit County town of Mount Vernon, Washington.[5] There, his parents owned and operated City Bakery in downtown Mount Vernon.[6] Beck was raised as a Roman Catholic and attended Mount Vernon's private Immaculate Conception Catholic school. At 13, Beck won a contest that landed him his first broadcast gig as a deejay for his hometown radio station, KBRC.[7]

In 1999, Beck married his second wife, Tania.[15] They joined The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints in October 1999, partly at the urging of his daughter Mary.[17][18] The couple have two children, Raphe and Cheyenne, and currently live in New Canaan, Connecticut.

Willard Mitt Romney (born March 12, 1947) is an American businessman and former Governor of Massachusetts. Romney was CEO of Bain & Company, a management consulting firm, and co-founder of Bain Capital, a private equity investment firm. After his business career Romney served one term as Governor from 2003 to 2007,[2] and was a candidate for the Republican nomination in the 2008 United States presidential election.

Romney graduated from the Cranbrook School in Bloomfield Hills, Michigan in 1965.[7] After attending Stanford University for two quarters, Romney served in France for 30 months as a missionary for The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints.[8]
Subsequently, Romney attended Brigham Young University, where he graduated as valedictorian, earning his Bachelor of Arts degree summa cum laude in English in 1971. Romney received a ministerial deferment from the military draft while in France, and three years of deferments while a student. When he became eligible for military service in 1970, his high number in the annual draft lottery meant he would not be drafted.[9]

Orrin Grant Hatch (born March 22, 1934) is a Republican United States Senator from Utah, serving since 1977.
Political party
Republican
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Elaine Hatch
Residence
Salt Lake City, Utah
Alma mater
Brigham Young UniversityUniversity of Pittsburgh School of Law
Occupation
Attorney
Religion
The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints
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U.S. Senator Orrin Hatch

Harry Mason Reid (born December 2, 1939) is the senior United States Senator from Nevada and a member of the Democratic Party. He has been the Senate's Majority Leader since January 2007.
Reid has been leader of the Senate Democrats since 2005, serving as Minority Leader from 2005 until the Democrats won control of the Senate in the 2006 congressional elections. He is the first member of The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints to serve as Majority Leader.

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