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+ | |link=Mormon ordinances/Baptism/Essential for salvation | ||
+ | |subject=Baptism is essential for salvation | ||
+ | |summary=Critics argue that the LDS insistence on baptism as an essential ordinance of salvation is "unChristian" or "unbiblical." | ||
+ | |sublink1=Question: Is Mormon insistence on baptism as an essential ordinance of salvation "unChristian" or "unbiblical"? | ||
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|summary=The phrase "or out of the waters of baptism" was added to the 1840 edition of the Book of Mormon by Joseph Smith. It is thought that this simply recommends a prophetic commentary on Joseph Smith's part describing the proper interpretation of the phrase "waters of Judah." It is not regarded as an error, or likely part of the original Book of Mormon plates' text. | |summary=The phrase "or out of the waters of baptism" was added to the 1840 edition of the Book of Mormon by Joseph Smith. It is thought that this simply recommends a prophetic commentary on Joseph Smith's part describing the proper interpretation of the phrase "waters of Judah." It is not regarded as an error, or likely part of the original Book of Mormon plates' text. | ||
|sublink1=Question: Why was the phrase "or out of the waters of baptism" added to 1 Nephi 20:1? | |sublink1=Question: Why was the phrase "or out of the waters of baptism" added to 1 Nephi 20:1? | ||
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