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In regards to the historic church documents, maybe try taking off your “but there are so many churches and all the doctrines are created by man” glasses. :-) The other place I can point you to is the Bible. I am curious, do Mormons read the Bible often, either in worship, study groups, or for personal edification?

In regards to the historic church documents, maybe try taking off your “but there are so many churches and all the doctrines are created by man” glasses. :-)

A. I wear contacts (grin)
B. there are, and they are.

Why do we have churches called Lutheran, Calvinist, Baptist, and the Church of England with it’s US branch the Episcopalian church?

Who started those churches and why?

(Luther, Cavin, Roger Williams and Dr. John Clarke, and the king of England. None of these men claimed to be called of God to restore his church the all, to a man had doctrinal problems with existing churches, so they started their own because they thought every man has authority. They take this from Matt 28:18-20:

18 And Jesus came and spake unto them, saying, All power is given unto me in heaven and in earth.
19 ¶ Go ye therefore, and teach all nations, baptizing them in the name of the Father, and of the Son, and of the Holy Ghost:
20 Teaching them to observe all things whatsoever I have commanded you: and, lo, I am with you alway, even unto the end of the world. Amen.

This is similar to me listening in on your boss giving you instructions on how to run payroll and going into your office on payday and writing the checks because you were not in yet.

The bank is not going to honor those checks.

God is all about authority, always has been, and he does not change.

There are those who say he gave his authority to all men, they need to read Acts 19:13-17

13 ¶ Then certain of the vagabond Jews, exorcists, took upon them to call over them which had evil spirits the name of the Lord Jesus, saying, We adjure you by Jesus whom Paul preacheth.
14 And there were seven sons of one Sceva, a Jew, and chief of the priests, which did so.
15 And the evil spirit answered and said, Jesus I know, and Paul I know; but who are ye?
16 And the man in whom the evil spirit was leaped on them, and overcame them, and prevailed against them, so that they fled out of that house naked and wounded.
17 And this was known to all the Jews and Greeks also dwelling at Ephesus; and fear fell on them all, and the name of the Lord Jesus was magnified.

The sons’ of sceva were Aaronic priesthood holders because they were Levites. They figured, they had the priesthood. This was after Jesus’ ascension, and after the command from Jesus to his apostles, the son’s of Sceva were just trying to do works in Jesus’ name but they did not have the authority to do so.

The other place I can point you to is the Bible. I am curious, do Mormons read the Bible often, either in worship, study groups, or for personal edification?

Both, I lost track of the number of times I read thought the NT at 8, OT 4 (the begats got to me too many times) Now I mostly study topically.

To be specific, Mormons use, read, teach, study and revere the Bible.

“I am curious, do Mormons read the Bible often, either in worship, study groups, or for personal edification?”

Good question. We study it frequently; it stands side-by-side with the other scriptures.

I am a Sunday school teacher. Last year, we studied the Old Testament. This year, we’re studying the New Testament. Last week, we spoke at length about the Parable of the Unmerciful Servant.

The Book of Mormon is no -replacement- to the Bible. It is a -companion- to the Bible.