The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints or, as it is incorrectly called, The Mormon Church, was founded by their prophet Joseph Smith after a series of Heavenly Apparitions which commenced in the Spring of 1820 in the United States of America.

In a nutshell: During the pre Christian era one of the prophets of the time was guided by God to come to the North American continent with a contingent of people and establish, what would later be, the foundation for a new Church that was to manifest itself toward the End of These Times, that is, in the Latter Days.

According to the Book of Mormon, Jesus Christ manifested Himself to the descendants of the North American original group after His Resurrection and Ascension into Heaven, personally taught them His Gospel (1) and formed a branch of His Church.

As opposed to the carefully orchestrated popular belief, the Book of Mormon is not a replacement to the Holy Bible. In accordance to their Faith, it is a Book to be meditated upon in conjunction with the Holy Bible.

Most of Centuries long Established Christendom discount The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints as "just one more sect" because, among other things:


All of the above reasons are sophomoric, at best, and ridiculous, at worst. If we apply the same critical criteria to the Centuries long Established Christianity, then, it too should be discounted without even having to take into account the atrocities committed by the Centuries long Established Christendom over the centuries in the Name of God.

Without promoting nor endorsing The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints we still must raise some very intriguing points about it, which, the seeker of the Truth, should ponder about:

What is the condition of the world and of the Monotheistic Faiths after almost 2,000 years of Christianity?







What happened? Did God fail? or, instead, Did those few entrusted by God to help in the harnessing of Creation, for the benefit of mankind and His Glorification, have managed to handsomely live off the Word of God while keeping the majority of the World Population as so many Lazarus' [Luke 16:19-31] waiting for a crumb to fall off the Ecclesiastical table? (4)

How does The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints fit in the above illustrated and disturbing picture of the world as it is today? They try to live [7 days a week, 24 hours a day] the Word of God as closely as possible while helping in restoring the Faith in God and the Creation demolished over the last 2,000 years.

This writer (5), a non fanatical and an 'in extremis' practitioner of the Catholic Faith, considers that "The Mormons" should not be discounted as just "another sect"; instead the zeal with which they live their Faith should serve as an example to us all.

We must look into our own backyards and clean out the filthy debris that has accumulated over the last 2,000 years before we go out passing judgment on the Faith held by other groups. (6)

The Portuguese (Catholic) Episcopal Commission publicly proclaimed such intent and started to implement it in 1995. Perhaps the remaining Episcopal Conferences throughout the world should follow suit. (7)






Document originally prepared on June, 1997. Salamanca, Spain