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Sermon delivered at the funeral of King Follett held at the General Conference of the Church at Nauvoo, Ill. on Sunday Afternoon April 7, 1844 Sources: Joseph Smith diary (Willard Richards), Samuel W. Richards record, Thomas Bullock report, Wilford Woodruff journal, William Clayton report, George Laub record and Thomas Bullock’s official conference minutes compiled from …

Statement concerning the position of the Church on Communism, made by President David O. McKay at the general priesthood session of the 136th Annual Conference of the Church held in the Salt Lake Tabernacle, Saturday, April 9, 1966, at 7:00 pm, read by Robert R. McKay. In order that there may be no misunderstanding by …

Associated Locations: Plymouth, Massachusets Associated Dates: November 29, 1623 – date given Inasmuch as the great Father has given us this year an abundant harvest of Indian corn, wheat, peas, beans, squashes, and garden vegetables, and has made the forests to abound with game and the sea with fish and clams, and inasmuch as he …

Associated Locations: Church Office Building, Salt Lake City, Utah THE CHURCH OF JESUS CHRIST OF LATTER-DAY SAINTS OFFICE OF THE FIRST PRESIDENCY 47 EAST SOUTH TEMPLE STHEET. SALT LAKE CITY. UTAH 84150-1000 February 11, 1999 To: Members of the Church Throughout the World (To Be Read in Sacrament Meeting and Delivered by Home Teachers) Dear …

Statement published in the Improvement Era, July 1936 by the First Presidency, under date of July 3, 1936. Reprinted in “The Messenger Presiding Bishopric Publication, Oct. 1961 Associated Locations: Church Office Building, Salt Lake City, Utah WARNING TO CHURCH MEMBERS With great regret we learn from credible sources, governmental and others, that a few Church …

Associated locations: Hill Cumorah, New York The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints Office of the first Presidency Salt Lake City, Utah 84150   October 16, 1990 Bishop Darrell L. Brooks Moore Ward Oklahoma City Oklahoma South Stoke 1000 Windemere Moore, OK. 73160 Dear Bishop Brooks:

Associated Locations: Greyfriars Kirk, Edinburgh, Scotland - Signing of the National Covenant Associated Dates: February 28, 1638 – Signing of the National Covenant The confession of faith of the Kirk of Scotland, subscribed at first by the King’s Majesty and his household in the year of God 1580; thereafter by persons of all ranks in the …

Associated Locations: Eisleben, Saxony, Holy Roman Empire – Martin Luther’s Birthplace Luther Home (Lutherhaus) Altstadt, Wittenberg, Germany All Saints’ Church, Wittenberg, Germany - Martin Luther posts the “The Ninety-Five Theses” Associated Dates: November 10, 1483 - Martin Luther born 31 October 1517 – Martin Luther posts the “The Ninety-Five Theses” Disputation of Doctor Martin Luther on the …

Associated locations: Salt Lake City LDS Church Office: Document was issued from A Doctrinal Exposition by The First Presidency and The Twelve, June 30, 1916 The scriptures plainly and repeatedly affirm that God is the Creator of the earth and the heavens and all things that in them are. In the sense so expressed the …

In the early 1900s, questions concerning the Creation of the earth and the theories of evolution became the subject of much public discussion. In the midst of these controversies, the First Presidency issued the following in 1909, which expresses the Church’s doctrinal position on these matters. Inquiries arise from time to time respecting the attitude …