In the eleventh Article of Faith, the word “own” was inserted. Now: We believe in the literal gathering of Israel and in the restoration of the Ten Tribes that Zion (the New Jerusalem) will be built upon the American continent that Christ will reign personally upon the earth and, that the earth will be renewed and receive its paradisiacal glory. That Christ will reign personally upon the earth and that the earth will be renewed and receive its paradasaic glory. That Zion will be built upon this continent. Original: We believe in the literal gathering of Israel and in the restoration of the Ten Tribes. Lastly, the word “paradasaic” was changed to “paradasaical.” “The New Jerusalem” was added to clarify the meaning of “Zion,” and instead of “this” continent, the term “the American” continent was used. In the tenth Article of Faith, two clarifying terms were added. In the seventh Article of Faith, the term “etc.” was also replaced with “and so forth.” Now: We believe in the same organization that existed in the Primitive Church, namely, apostles, prophets, pastors, teachers, evangelists, and so forth. Original: We believe in the same organization that existed in the Primitive Church, viz: apostles, prophets, pastors, teachers, evangelists, etc. In the sixth Article of Faith, the word “viz,” which is an abbreviation for “videlicet” (a middle-English word from Latin that means “that is to say,” or “namely,”) is changed to “namely.” Also, the term “etc.,” (an abbreviation for the Latin term et cetera, which means “and so forth”) was changed to “and so forth.” Now: We believe that the first principles and ordinances of the gospel are first, Faith in the Lord Jesus Christ second, Repentance third, Baptism by immersion for the remission of sins fourth, Laying on of hands for the gift of the Holy Ghost. Original: We believe that these ordinances are 1st, Faith in the Lord Jesus Christ 2d, Repentance 3d, Baptism by immersion for the remission of sins 4th, Laying on of hands for the gift of the Holy Ghost. Here is a comparison of Joseph’s first writing of the fourth Article of Faith and today’s version. In the fourth Article of Faith, “ordinances,” has been changed to “the first principles and ordinances.” Abbreviated numbering was also changed. There are a total of five articles that have been changed since Joseph Smith’s original writing of them in 1842. Let’s see how “significantly revised and edited” our current Articles of Faith are. There have only been a few minor changes that are only used to clarify the original writing of Joseph Smith. Third, there have been no significant revisions since Joseph Smith first penned the 13 Articles of Faith.
Second, there has never been more than 13 Articles of Faith canonized in LDS scripture. Cooper Johnson) A simple appeal to the documented history of The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints reveals that this claim has no truth to it and is another example of critics of the Church of Jesus Christ playing fast and loose with the facts.įirst of all, the author of the Articles of Faith, Joseph Smith, never wrote more than 13 Articles of Faith.
For example, the anti-Mormon author Richard Abanes wrote in his book: “Originally, there were fourteen articles, but these were significantly revised and edited unto the present format” ( One Nation Under Gods, page 438). The result is our current 13 Articles of Faith. Q. Many anti-Mormon authors have claimed that there were originally 14 Articles of Faith, but they were drastically changed and edited to become more watered down and politically correct.
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