How is this different from Protestant views toward the Catholic Crucifix?
As though Catholics don’t believe in the Risen Christ....
Not all protestants have a extreme aversion to the crucifix.
A crucifix can help one remember that He was on the cross and did suffer that way. For us. If it helps one to see it to reflect on Jesus being there personally for them, if it helps them in their worship, I have no problem with it.
However I don’t think it being on the primary cross in the church is really the way we ought to look at Him, all year. Because He is not on the cross, He is alive and risen. In short, I could see perhaps having a personal or smaller processional crucifix around Easter, but not the rest of the year.
The Christology of Mormons is much different from that of other Christian groups, including the Catholic Church.
Mormons don’t believe in the Trinity, for one thing. And they don’t believe that salvation comes through Christ’s sacrifices. They think of him as more of a model for what they have to do to gain their own salvation. Recall the famous Mormon saying:
“As man is, God once was. As God is, man may become.”
[Lorenzo Snow Summarizing Joseph Smith, Jr.’s King Follett Discourse]
The Christology of Mormons is much different from that of other Christian groups, including the Catholic Church.
Mormons don’t believe in the Trinity, for one thing. And they don’t believe that salvation comes through Christ’s sacrifices. They think of him as more of a model for what they have to do to gain their own salvation. Recall the famous Mormon saying:
“As man is, God once was. As God is, man may become.”
[Lorenzo Snow Summarizing Joseph Smith, Jr.’s King Follett Discourse]