Mormon Beliefs

Mormonism is a unique and often misunderstood religion. Mormons believe in the gospel of the Lord and Savior Jesus Christ. This gospel is what He taught and established while living on earth over two millennia ago. Mormons believe the gospel of Jesus Christ was restored to the earth through the Prophet Joseph Smith and contains every doctrine and ordinance necessary for each person’s happiness in this life and the life to come.  When the gospel was restored in its fulness, the authority to act in the name of God was also restored.  This “priesthood power” is the only power on earth that can have effect in heaven. It is found only in the Mormon Church, which is led by a true prophet of God.

The Mormon Church is officially called The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints. This is the name given by Christ to the Church during its restoration.

We know that the teachings of Jesus Christ can make a difference in the lives of every son or daughter of God. Mormons believe that every person has the right and the privilege to know what is true. All individuals can know for themselves through prayer and study. The Lord answers the prayers of those who have faith that He loves them and is concerned with their lives.

So, please read on to find out once and for all . . .

What do Mormons believe?

What do Mormons believe about temples? This section provide answers to many questions about Mormon Temples and what Mormons specifically believe.

What do Mormons believe about baptism?
The fourth Article of Faith in Mormonism, which Articles were authored by Joseph Smith, states that “the first principles and ordinances of the Gospel are: first, Faith in the Lord Jesus Christ; second, repentance; third, Baptism by immersion for the remission of sins; fourth, Laying on of hands for the gift of the Holy Ghost.” (read more)

What do Mormons believe about family?
Mormons believe the family is the basic and essential unit on earth. There is no greater work one can do than that which is performed within the walls of the home. Mormons know the family can also be an eternal unit . . . (read more)

What do Mormons believe about God?
Mormon belief teaches that God, Jesus Christ, and the Holy Ghost are three distinct personages. God and Christ each have a perfected and glorious body of flesh and bones. God is benevolent, all knowing, and all-powerful. Man is created in His image and is the literal spirit child of God. Our Heavenly Father is concerned about and loves each of His children. He desires all to return to Him. (read more)

What do Mormons believe about Jesus Christ?
Jesus Christ is the cornerstone of Mormon belief. Joseph Smith said, “the fundamental principles of our religion are the testimony of the Apostles and Prophets, concerning Jesus Christ, that He died, was buried, and rose again the third day, and ascended into heaven; and all other things which pertain to our religion are only appendages to it.” 1 (read more)

What do Mormons believe about Joseph Smith?
Mormons consider Joseph Smith, Jr. (1805–1844), the founder of the Mormon Church, to be a true prophet. Following what Mormons believe to be divine instruction, Joseph organized the Mormon Church—what is also known today as The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints. (read more)

What do Mormons believe about life after death?
Mormons believe that life does not end with death. Through the blessings of the Mormon temple, family relationships can continue beyond the grave. Mormons believe families are eternal units. At the end of our mortal life on earth, we all die. Mormons believe death is the departure of the spirit from a body that is no longer inhabitable. The spirit leaves the body and enters the spirit world, where he/she waits for resurrection and judgment. (read more)

What do Mormons believe about missionaries?
Mormons believe the truth of the restored gospel of Jesus Christ is again upon the earth. In 1830 the prophet Joseph Smith received a vision in which God the Father and the Son both appeared to him, instructing him not to join any of the various religions and sects that were on the earth at that time. Instead, Joseph was to begin the process of restoring the truths of Christ’s church—the church He established when he lived on earth over two thousand years ago. The underlying message of Christ’s gospel is the atonement. We can all repent and be forgiven of our sins and live with Heavenly Father and Jesus Christ again. (read more)

What do Mormons believe about the purpose of life ?
Mormons believe all men and women are children of Heavenly Father. We lived with Him in heaven in a happy state before we came to earth. We could not live like that forever, though, because in order for us to progress, Heavenly Father knew we would need to be tested and to experience the joys and heartaches of life on earth. He sent us to the earth to be tested.  We are born to earthly parents to begin our short testing period in mortality. (read more)

What do Mormons believe about revelation?
Mormons “believe all that God has revealed, all that he does now reveal, and we believe that he will yet reveal many great and important things pertaining to the kingdom of God.” 2 Mormons believe that God always reveals His truths to prophets.  After the death of Christ’s original twelve apostles, there were still prophets among the “Nephites” on the American continent, and presumably among the Ten Lost Tribes.  But the world in general gradually drifted into apostasy, relying on the precepts of men.  Joseph Smith saw God the Father and Jesus Christ and they instructed him in order to restore God’s church on earth. Since then there have been prophets, seers, and revelators upon the earth. A Mormon prophet leads The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints and receives divine revelation from God, and all of God’s children are entitled to personal revelation through the gift of the Holy Ghost. (read more)

What do Mormons believe about the sacrament?
To Mormons, the sacrament constitutes eating bread and drinking water symbolically in remembrance of Christ’s flesh and blood. Mormons do not believe the bread and water are the literal body and blood of Christ. Members of the Mormon Church follow the teachings of Jesus as He outlined in what is known as the First Supper. (read more)

What do Mormons believe about salvation?
Mormons believe to gain salvation is to live with one’s family and with Heavenly Father and Jesus Christ eternally. This salvation can only come to an individual when he or she applies the Atonement of Jesus Christ to his or her life. Resurrection, however, is a free gift that comes to the wicked and the righteous through the power of the atonement. (read more)

What do Mormons believe about scripture?
Mormons believe “the Bible to be the word of God as far as it is translated correctly” They “also believe the Book of Mormon to be the word of God.” 3 The Lord said, “The testimony of two nations is a witness unto you that I am God, that I remember one nation like unto another.” 4 Both the Book of Mormon and Bible testify of Christ, and they are the records of two separate nations: The Bible tells the story of those living in the Old Jerusalem, or Israel, and the Book of Mormon is the record of the people who traveled from Jerusalem to the American continent  before Jerusalem was destroyed and taken into captivity by the Babylonians. (read more)

What do Mormons believe about the Word of Wisdom?
Mormons believe the physical body is a sacred gift from God. As such, we are to treat it with respect, understanding that Jesus Christ has bought our bodies for a price, through the atonement. He sacrificed His life so that all God’s children could come to earth and be resurrected after they die.  According to Mormonism, the body is a gift that we each waited a long time to receive. (read more)

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(1) Teachings of the Prophet Joseph Smith, p. 121
(2) Pearl of Great Price. Articles of Faith. 9
(3) Pearl of Great Price. Articles of Faith. 8
(4) 2 Nephi 29:8