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Old 04-12-2013, 01:04 PM   #1
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Default Ensign article on how LDS beliefs overlap with early Christian beliefs

http://www.lds.org/ensign/2013/04/th...hings?lang=eng
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Old 04-12-2013, 01:54 PM   #2
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That's a lot of gloss, my friend. He oversimplified what was taught to overemphasize the similarity of ancient beliefs with LDS beliefs.
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hey man, let's not be picky here.
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Old 04-14-2013, 07:47 AM   #4
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IMO the only glaring thing he didn't mention was that the Church fathers believed that God is "wholly other" so we can never becomes Gods ontologically. I don't see a problem with anything else.

Eastern Orthodox today still believe in "degrees of glory."
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