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*None of the other names (The Church of Christ; Church of Jesus Christ; Church of Christ of Latter Day Saints; The Church of God; The Church of Latter Day Saints) were established by revelation. | *None of the other names (The Church of Christ; Church of Jesus Christ; Church of Christ of Latter Day Saints; The Church of God; The Church of Latter Day Saints) were established by revelation. | ||
| − | *David Whitmer, however insisted that the original name of the Church was the only proper one, and that it had been given by revelation. There is no known revelation to support this claim however, | + | *David Whitmer, however insisted that the original name of the Church was the only proper one, and that it had been given by revelation. There is no known revelation to support this claim however, unless you count the Book of Mormon itself. Whitmer appears to be using the Book of Mormon to support this claim (the Book of Mormon uses "Church of Christ".) |
| + | *Whitmer also claimed that it was Sidney Rigdon who pushed to change the name to "Church of the Latter Day Saints": | ||
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In June, 1829, the Lord gave us the name by which we must call the church, being the same as He gave the Nephites. We obeyed His commandment, and called it THE CHURCH OF CHRIST until 1834, when, through the influence of Sydney Rigdon, the name of the church was changed to "The Church of the Latter Day Saints," dropping out the name of Christ entirely, that name which we were strictly commanded to call the church by, and which Christ by His own lips makes so plain. ({{AddressBelievers1| start=72}}) | In June, 1829, the Lord gave us the name by which we must call the church, being the same as He gave the Nephites. We obeyed His commandment, and called it THE CHURCH OF CHRIST until 1834, when, through the influence of Sydney Rigdon, the name of the church was changed to "The Church of the Latter Day Saints," dropping out the name of Christ entirely, that name which we were strictly commanded to call the church by, and which Christ by His own lips makes so plain. ({{AddressBelievers1| start=72}}) | ||
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