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Articles of Faith: (An exact photomechanical reproduction of the first edition)

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The Articles of Faith of the Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints is the closest thing to a "creed" the church has. The Articles of Faith were written in 1842 to John Wentworth by church founder Joseph Smith. Smith outlined 13 beliefs of the Latter-day Saints in that (and yes it was originally 13 and not 14 which has somehow inaccurately been circulated). In this book James Talmage who was a Mormon Church Apostle in the late 19th and early 20th century outlines a greater understanding of these Articles of Faith. Talmage explains them very well doing a great job in outlining the Mormon Churches general beliefs and basic theology. Talmage was a very educated man and there is no better person qualified in explaining these beliefs. Anyone interested in knowing what the Mormon Church really believes should have this book.

I thought Jesus the Christ by Talmage was excellent so I decided to read this. WOW what more can you say! I'm a convert to the Church for the last 2 1/2 years, I'm 28 years old and was sealed to my son and my wife who has been a member her whole life. I've have been with her for about 9 years and I finally got my act together and was sealed last year (2003) in Sept. I remember telling my wife "you knew the church was true the whole time and never told me anything." Problem was I wasn't listening and shut my mind to greater things the Church has to offer. What a Blessing reading this book!

If you are going to put forth attention, energy, time and assets to determine what they do and don't believe and practice this would be the way without any 'spin'. It comes straight from the "horses mouth". This however, has an attractive artistic cover for those of us wanting to make our libraries look cool.

So Few Books can be written and have been written by the founding father of a faith that describes in a honest, methodical and descriptive way, the foundation, the beginnings and endings & the touch stone of their faith. This is the core, the deep things of Mormondom if one is really interested in what Mormon's believe!

This book is a first edition reprint of the first edition not an actual first edition book. The product title is misleading and I was unsatisfied with the purchase.