Table of Contents
- 1 How did Christianity influence Western civilization?
- 2 How has Christianity influenced the development of the United States?
- 3 What kind of influence did Christianity have on America in the late 19th century?
- 4 What do Mormons believe about the Old Testament?
- 5 What are the distinctive doctrines of the LDS Church?
- 6 When was the first edition of the Book of Mormon?
How did Christianity influence Western civilization?
The Bible and Christian theology have also strongly influenced Western philosophers and political activists. The teachings of Jesus, such as the Parable of the Good Samaritan, are among the most important sources of modern notions of human rights and the welfare commonly provided by governments in the West.
How has Christianity influenced the development of the United States?
It helped shape the early government, the first educational schools, and established a principal on which many political and activist groups would change the American landscape for generations to come. It gave Americans the concepts of freedom, equality, and liberty.
How did Christianity spread to South America?
Christianity was brought to Latin America by the Spanish and Portuguese conquerors of North, Central, and South America in the 16th cent. Franciscan, Dominican, and Augustinian friars, and later the Jesuits, preached among the indigenous groups of the Americas, with varying degrees of success.
What kind of influence did Christianity have on America in the late 19th century?
Characteristic of Christianity in the 19th century were evangelical revivals in some largely Protestant countries and later the effects of modern biblical scholarship on the churches. Liberal or modernist theology was one consequence of this.
What do Mormons believe about the Old Testament?
The faith incorporates many Old Testament ideas into its theology, and the beliefs of Mormons sometimes parallel those of Judaism and certain elements of Jewish culture. In the earliest days of Mormonism, Joseph Smith taught that the Indigenous peoples of the Americas were members of some of the Lost Tribes of Israel.
What does the Book of Mormon say about the United States?
The Book of Mormon alludes to the United States as being the Biblical Promised Land, with the Constitution of the United States being divinely inspired, and argues that America is an exceptional nation. Joseph Smith argued that the millennial New Jerusalem was to be built in America (10th Article of Faith ).
What are the distinctive doctrines of the LDS Church?
These distinctive doctrines include the following: (The last two were taught by Joseph Smith but are not official doctrines of the LDS church.) God the Father, God the Son, and the Holy Ghost are three separate divine beings (Mormonism is anti-Trinitarian).
When was the first edition of the Book of Mormon?
1841 British edition of the Book of Mormon. Mormonism is the predominant religious tradition of the Latter Day Saint movement of Restorationist Christianity started by Joseph Smith in Western New York in the 1820s and 30s.