Mormons, Jehovah's Witnesses -- class handout
Class date: 6/3/18
Here's the handout from the final class of this academic year, covering some important distinctive beliefs and general information on the Mormons and on the JW's.
June 2018
Jehovah's Witnesses — notes & resources
Class date: 6/3/18
Brief history
Founded: 1879 by Charles Taze Russell
Background:
Before he got his religious career well underway, Russell promoted what he called "miracle wheat," which he sold at sixty dollars per bushel. He claimed it would grow five times as well as regular wheat. In ...
Mormonism — notes & resources
Class date: 6/3/18
Brief history
Founded: 1830 by Joseph Smith, Jr.
Background: As a young man, Smith was confused by all the competing varieties of Protestantism (apparently Catholicism was out of the question for him).
Founding:
- Smith claimed that in 1820, in immediate response to prayer, he saw ...
Infallibility clarifications
Class date: 6/3/18
- The qualities of infallibility, authority, and indefectibility are closely intertwined.
- Authority means __? (Christ gives Church power to act in His name to teach, govern, and sanctify.)
- Infallibility means __? (When teaching ex cathedra, the Pope is protected from error by the Holy Spirit. A similar ...