Doctrine and Covenants

the ruling power and no longer controlled their ruler. Therefore, justice depended on people’s obedience to civil law. Consequently, Hobbes declared, “No action can be unjust. But when a covenant is made, then to break it is unjust: And the definition of Injustice is no other than the not performance of a covenant” (Oxford University Press…

God is playing dress up instead of acting as an all powerful being. On the other hand Tritheism states that God, Jesus and the holy Spirit are in fact, three different gods (Kidd, “The Trinity”). Obviously this ideology cannot fit within Christian doctrine since the First Commandment only allows for one God; it is a monotheistic religion. Because of the flaws within these two ideologies, Christians must find an in between explanation for the…

How does the doctrine of propitiation help us to understand each of the five “vital matters” that Packer lists? The difference between pagan and biblical views of God’s wrath has to do with the concept of satisfying the anger of their gods and the biblical view of propitiation…

There are many people and religious sects that resemble the Scribes and Pharisees from when Jesus was walking the earth. Even though there is plenty of evidence of the events that took place some two thousand years ago, people and religious groups do not believe they had taken place. Some groups that could resemble the Pharisees and Scribes of today lack some of the attributes of the teachers of the past. When Jesus was dealing with the questions of the different religious sects of the day, He…

adherent to the word of Muhammad. What does it mean to be a Muslim? Such a question is to be expected in the formation of Confessional Empires, as the same can be seen in the west with Christianity; is it right to follow the Nicene Creed or the Arian doctrine? But in the expansion of the Muslim Empire, the question is seen much differently as it could contain not just a religious component but also social and political components as well. As seen in many primary sources, the question of what it…

e boundaries felt rigid as we were organized, prepared and strived to be “a house of learning, a house of glory, a house of order, a house of God.” (The Doctrine and Covenants, 1989) Sometimes she is…

Since early 16 and 17th centuries, kings, religion, and the parliament have always confronted each other. Religion was enormously important than it is today. People once migrated, and now are still migrating due to religious differences. There was no clemency when it came to religion. It is believed that ancient civilizations had once considered the existence of a “God” because of the offerings they used to make to some God they had faith in. It was made law that everyone was supposed to be…

According to Islamic perspective, freedom of expression is allowed and permissible to everyone in this world regardless of their status, gender and belief as there is no Quranic verses that prohibit it. In Islam, freedom of expression can be in terms of criticism,thought,consultation speech and others. However there is some point where Islam restricted the freedom of expression when it refrain any truth from being revealed or the speech might be offensive in a way that caused hurtful. This is…

“For we do not have a high priest who is unable to empathize with our weaknesses, but we have one who has been tempted in every way, just as we are--yet he did not sin.” The author, provides a peculiar viewpoint contrasting the human will and the doctrine of original sin associated with Augustinian interpretation of original sin. Therefore, this article is relevant to my topic, because, allows a clear distinction for the argument of Christ fallen or unfallen human nature. McFarland said, “Even…

can be found in Judaism. What makes the Catholic confirmation so similar to the Jewish bar or bat mitzvah is that both rituals officially initiate a person into the religion. In a confirmation, you are confirming your faith and knowledge in the doctrines and one officially becomes a member of the Catholic church. In Judaism, the bar or bat mitzvah is a ceremony that signifies that one is officially a member of the Jewish community. However, both rituals differ in many obvious ways, one of which…