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Please stop calling us Mormons, says leader of church
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| Contributor | IndyGeorgia |
| Last Edited | IndyGeorgia Aug 20, 2018 04:42pm |
| Category | Statement |
| News Date | Aug 20, 2018 03:55pm |
| Description | “The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints” doesn’t exactly roll of the tongue, which is probably why both followers of the church and the general public have tended to refer to the religion as Mormonism, after the group’s most holy text, the Book of Mormon.
Russell M Nelson, president of the church and the world’s most senior member, says this cannot go on. In a statement released on Friday, he demanded that only the church’s full name be used from now on.
Nelson gave little reasoning for the decision but says God communicated it to him directly. “Lord has impressed upon my mind the importance of the name He has revealed for His Church, even The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints,” he wrote. “We have work before us to bring ourselves in harmony with His will.”
Followers believe that Nelson, who will turn 94 next month, is a prophet who communicates directly with God.
The changes are bound to take some time to set in. Nelson’s own statement, for example, was made on the church’s official press site, mormonnewsroom.org. The religion’s main website remains mormon.org. |
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