Although the various tribes mentioned in the Book of Mormon were generally known as Nephites and Lamanites, their still retained their tribal identities as Nephites, Jacobites, Josephites, Zoramites, Lamanites, Lemuelites and Ishmaelites.
The Ark of the Covenant was captured by the Babylonians, and has never been heard of since.
When the Savior says “he who puts away his wife causes her to commit adultery,” he is referring to a separation without a legal divorce. When the Savior refers to a legal divorce he uses the term “writing of divorcement.”
A physical body is essential for man’s progress through mortality to an eternal adulthood, where, as husband and wife, exalted in the Celestial Kingdom, they may continue procreation as eternal parents of their own spirit children.
When the Mormon saints were forced to leave the city of Nauvoo their exodus was so abrupt that they had no time to make any disposition of their temple nor it contents.
Baptism for the dead is a true doctrine practiced by the early Saints. See 1 Cor. 15:29
God revealed the Word of Wisdom in the Mormon scriptures for the health and happiness of his believing children. The Book of Mormon substantiates and clarifies the doctrines announced in the Bible.
In 1908 the First Presidency of the Mormon Church defined minimum ages for the Aaronic Priesthood in the Mormon Church to be 12 years for Deacons, 15 years for Teachers and 18 years for Priests.
The holy temples are made of the finest materials and best construction that the Mormon Church has at its disposal, because in a very real sense these buildings are the houses of the Lord.
If we live righteously and ask in faith, our Heavenly Father will answer our prayers, usually by a still, small voice.
