Latter Day Saint views on Mary
- Latter Day Saint views on Mary
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Latter Day Saints affirm the virgin birth[1] but reject the traditions of the Immaculate Conception, Mary's perpetual virginity, and her assumption.[2] The Book of Mormon, part of the Latter Day Saint canon of scripture, refers to Mary by name in prophecies of her mission,[3] and describes her as "most beautiful and fair above all other virgins,"[4] and as a "precious and chosen vessel."[5]
In the first edition of the Book of Mormon (1830), Mary was referred to as "the mother of God, after the manner of the flesh,"[6] a reading that was changed to "the mother of the Son of God" in all subsequent editions (1837–).[7]
Latter Day Saints also believe that God the Father, not the Holy Spirit, is the literal father of Jesus Christ,[8] although how Jesus' conception was accomplished has not been authoritatively established.
References
- ^ Eleanor Colton, "Virgin Birth," Encyclopedia of Mormonism (New York, NY: Macmillan Publishing Co., 1992), 4:1510.
- ^ Camille Fronk, "Mary, Mother of Jesus," Encyclopedia of Mormonism (New York, NY: Macmillan Publishing Co., 1992), 2:863–64.
- ^ Mosiah 3:8
- ^ 1 Nephi 11:13–20
- ^ Alma 7:10
- ^ The Book of Mormon (Palmyra, NY: E.B. Grandin, 1830), 25.
- ^ 1 Nephi 11:18. Latter Day Saint author Hugh Nibley has argued that the change was made to "avoid confusion, since during the theological controversies of the early Middle Ages the expression "mother of God" took on a special connotation which it still has for many Christians"; Since Cumorah, 2nd ed. (Salt Lake City, UT: Deseret Book and FARMS, 1988), 6.
- ^ Gospel Principles (Salt Lake City, UT: The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints, 2009), 52–53.
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