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*The only name for the Church established by revelation was the one mentioned in DC 115:3. | *The only name for the Church established by revelation was the one mentioned in DC 115:3. | ||
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...for thus it shall be called, and unto all the elders and people of my Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints, scattered abroad in all the world. | ...for thus it shall be called, and unto all the elders and people of my Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints, scattered abroad in all the world. | ||
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| + | *None of the other names (The Church of Christ; Church of Jesus Christ; The Church of God; The Church of Latter Day Saints) were established by revelation. | ||
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| + | *B.H. Roberts, in a note on pages 23 and 24 of the ''History of the Church'', Volume III, stated: | ||
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| + | It will be observed that in verses three and four of this revelation the Lord gives to the Church its official name, "The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints." Previous to this the Church had been called "The Church of Christ," "The Church of Jesus Christ," "The Church of God," and by a conference of Elders held at Kirtland in May, 1834, (see Church History, vol. 2, pp. 62-3), it was given the name "The Church of the Latter-day Saints." All these names, however, were by this revelation brushed aside, and since then the official name given in this revelation has been recognized as the true title of the Church, though often spoken of as "The Mormon Church," the "Church of Christ," etc. The appropriateness of this title is self evident, and in it there is a beautiful recognition of the relationship both of the Lord Jesus Christ and of the Saints to the organization. | ||
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