The Big Questions: Is Ours the Only True and Living Church?
Thu, May 22
|The Compass Gallery
Defining ours as "the only true and living church” leaves many Latter-day Saints with some amount of discomfort and ambivalence. What does this statement really mean? How might we reconcile it with the realities of divine beauty outside our tradition and unavoidable human error within?
Time & Location
May 22, 2025, 7:00 PM
The Compass Gallery, 250 W Center St #101, Provo, UT 84601, USA
Guests
About the event
Doctrine & Covenants 1:30 famously alludes to “the only true and living church upon the face of the whole earth with which I, the Lord, am well pleased.” Given the offense and difficulties this language presents to many, what does this passage actually mean?
What might “ONLY” mean?
What about “TRUE”?
What about “LIVING”?
If there were to be a softer interpretation of the church’s uniqueness, how would this affect our mandate toward missionary work and vicarious ordinances for the deceased?