Exam Bank for REL C 225- Questions with Correct Answers Fully Solved
5 Ways to measure validity of historical source - Answers Primary, Contemporary, Bias, Corroborate,
Factual Inference
What is doctrine - Answers all authoritative teachings
4 types of doctrine - Answers core, supportive, policy, esoteric
4 levels of evaluating if something is an official LDS teaching - Answers canonized scripture, united force
of first president, GA repeats, church publication
Why are there different first vision amounts? - Answers AMP, Audience (Context), Purpose (content),
memory (interpretation)
What are the years of the primary first vision accounts - Answers 1832, 35, 38, 42
The 1832 account (+ unique contributions) - Answers A: himself, journal. Age unknown, years of
searching, focuses on JS sins, only me
The 1835 Account (+ unique contributions) - Answers Audience: Jewish minister (he's not either), not a
dual divine appearance, but one and then the other. Adversary attacking him.
The 1838 Account (+ unique contributions) - Answers For official history of church, now in POGP
The 1842 Account (+unique contributions) - Answers Responding to Chicago Democrat editor
Wentworth in IL; articles of faith, taken away from objects of growth, father and son the same looks,
promise of future truths
Who wrote the 5 secondary accounts - Answers Orson Hide, Orson Pratt, David White, Levi Richards,
David Neibar
What are the two primary doctrinal messages from the first vision? - Answers Apostasy in doctrine
(through creeds)
Apostasy in ordinances
What is a creed? - Answers Creeds are statements of belief
What are the basic Christian creeds? - Answers Apostles creed, nicene creed, creed of chalcedon,
athanasian creed
How do creeds define a modern christian? - Answers Mormons are biblical Christians, not creedal
5 Ways to measure validity of historical source - Answers Primary, Contemporary, Bias, Corroborate,
Factual Inference
What is doctrine - Answers all authoritative teachings
4 types of doctrine - Answers core, supportive, policy, esoteric
4 levels of evaluating if something is an official LDS teaching - Answers canonized scripture, united force
of first president, GA repeats, church publication
Why are there different first vision amounts? - Answers AMP, Audience (Context), Purpose (content),
memory (interpretation)
What are the years of the primary first vision accounts - Answers 1832, 35, 38, 42
The 1832 account (+ unique contributions) - Answers A: himself, journal. Age unknown, years of
searching, focuses on JS sins, only me
The 1835 Account (+ unique contributions) - Answers Audience: Jewish minister (he's not either), not a
dual divine appearance, but one and then the other. Adversary attacking him.
The 1838 Account (+ unique contributions) - Answers For official history of church, now in POGP
The 1842 Account (+unique contributions) - Answers Responding to Chicago Democrat editor
Wentworth in IL; articles of faith, taken away from objects of growth, father and son the same looks,
promise of future truths
Who wrote the 5 secondary accounts - Answers Orson Hide, Orson Pratt, David White, Levi Richards,
David Neibar
What are the two primary doctrinal messages from the first vision? - Answers Apostasy in doctrine
(through creeds)
Apostasy in ordinances
What is a creed? - Answers Creeds are statements of belief
What are the basic Christian creeds? - Answers Apostles creed, nicene creed, creed of chalcedon,
athanasian creed
How do creeds define a modern christian? - Answers Mormons are biblical Christians, not creedal
