BYU REL C 225 MIDTERM QUESTIONS & ANSWERS
Who is the chief cornerstone of the restored Church? - Answer -Jesus Christ
Why and how is Jesus Christ considered the chief cornerstone of the Church? - Answer
--the cornerstone anchors and aligns the other stones
-the cornerstone is the base of all the other stones
How are Latter-day Saints unique in their beliefs about Christ when compared with other
Christians? - Answer --we believe Christ's church was apostate until Joseph Smith
restored it
-we don't have a creed
-we denounce the Trinity because we believe Christ and God have physical bodies
1820-1831 - Answer -Beginnings
1831-1838 - Answer -Two Church Centers
1838-1846 - Answer -Nauvoo
1846-1950 - Answer -Church in the West
1950-1989 - Answer -Expansion
1990-present - Answer -Worldwide Church
Church headquarters in Beginnings - Answer -Palmyra, Manchester, Mendon, Fayette,
Colesville, Harmony
Church headquarters in Two Church Centers - Answer -Kirtland and Independence
Church headquarters in Nauvoo - Answer -Commerce
Church headquarters in Church in the West - Answer -Nauvoo to Iowa to Winter
Quarters to Utah
Church headquarters in Expansion & Worldwide - Answer -Salt Lake City
Why was a second Church center established in Independence, Missouri? - Answer -
Revelation o Joseph (now D&C 57) that Independence is to be the city of Zion
What databases and online resources are available to aid in your search for learning
about Church doctrine and history? - Answer --Religious Studies Center
-BYU Studies
-Joseph Smith Papers
, HBLL Collections
What is "doctrine"? - Answer -Teachings of the Church
What are the four types of doctrine? - Answer -Core, supportive, policy, esoteric
What are the four levels of evaluating an official Latter-day Saint teaching? - Answer -
Church Publications < Repeated Teachings of GA's < United Voice of First Presidency
and Twelve < Harmonized Scriptures
What is Protestant Reformation? - Answer -16th century attempt to reform the practices
of the Catholic Church
What is the Second Great Awakening? - Answer -A period of religious revival beginning
in 1799
What is the Burned-over District? - Answer -Western New York where many religious
preachers taught at camp meetings
Why are there different First Vision accounts? - Answer --Joseph didn't record the
account when it happened
-There are secondary accounts from when Joseph told others about his experience
-Joseph dictated several and only wrote one
How many primary acounts of the First Vision did Joseph write, and when did he write
them? - Answer --1832
-1835
-1838
-1842
Audience/context for 1832 account - Answer -Written by Joseph himself, focus was on
being forgiven of his sins
Audience/context for 1835 account - Answer -told to Robert Matthews in Kirtland,
emphasizes his attempt to discover the true church and the opposition he felt
Audience/context for 1838 account - Answer -best known today, pubslished in the
Times and Seasons, focus was on beginning the true church
Audience/context for 1842 account - Answer -written to Chicago Democrat and printed
in Times and Seasons (Wentworth letter), focus on two personages and confusion of
which church
Who wrote the secondary accounts of the First Vision, and what unique information
does each of those accounts give us? - Answer --Orson Pratt: first written account, a lot
of detail
Who is the chief cornerstone of the restored Church? - Answer -Jesus Christ
Why and how is Jesus Christ considered the chief cornerstone of the Church? - Answer
--the cornerstone anchors and aligns the other stones
-the cornerstone is the base of all the other stones
How are Latter-day Saints unique in their beliefs about Christ when compared with other
Christians? - Answer --we believe Christ's church was apostate until Joseph Smith
restored it
-we don't have a creed
-we denounce the Trinity because we believe Christ and God have physical bodies
1820-1831 - Answer -Beginnings
1831-1838 - Answer -Two Church Centers
1838-1846 - Answer -Nauvoo
1846-1950 - Answer -Church in the West
1950-1989 - Answer -Expansion
1990-present - Answer -Worldwide Church
Church headquarters in Beginnings - Answer -Palmyra, Manchester, Mendon, Fayette,
Colesville, Harmony
Church headquarters in Two Church Centers - Answer -Kirtland and Independence
Church headquarters in Nauvoo - Answer -Commerce
Church headquarters in Church in the West - Answer -Nauvoo to Iowa to Winter
Quarters to Utah
Church headquarters in Expansion & Worldwide - Answer -Salt Lake City
Why was a second Church center established in Independence, Missouri? - Answer -
Revelation o Joseph (now D&C 57) that Independence is to be the city of Zion
What databases and online resources are available to aid in your search for learning
about Church doctrine and history? - Answer --Religious Studies Center
-BYU Studies
-Joseph Smith Papers
, HBLL Collections
What is "doctrine"? - Answer -Teachings of the Church
What are the four types of doctrine? - Answer -Core, supportive, policy, esoteric
What are the four levels of evaluating an official Latter-day Saint teaching? - Answer -
Church Publications < Repeated Teachings of GA's < United Voice of First Presidency
and Twelve < Harmonized Scriptures
What is Protestant Reformation? - Answer -16th century attempt to reform the practices
of the Catholic Church
What is the Second Great Awakening? - Answer -A period of religious revival beginning
in 1799
What is the Burned-over District? - Answer -Western New York where many religious
preachers taught at camp meetings
Why are there different First Vision accounts? - Answer --Joseph didn't record the
account when it happened
-There are secondary accounts from when Joseph told others about his experience
-Joseph dictated several and only wrote one
How many primary acounts of the First Vision did Joseph write, and when did he write
them? - Answer --1832
-1835
-1838
-1842
Audience/context for 1832 account - Answer -Written by Joseph himself, focus was on
being forgiven of his sins
Audience/context for 1835 account - Answer -told to Robert Matthews in Kirtland,
emphasizes his attempt to discover the true church and the opposition he felt
Audience/context for 1838 account - Answer -best known today, pubslished in the
Times and Seasons, focus was on beginning the true church
Audience/context for 1842 account - Answer -written to Chicago Democrat and printed
in Times and Seasons (Wentworth letter), focus on two personages and confusion of
which church
Who wrote the secondary accounts of the First Vision, and what unique information
does each of those accounts give us? - Answer --Orson Pratt: first written account, a lot
of detail
