Who will be the next prophet after Nelson? List of presidents of the Quorum of the Twelve No. President of the Quorum Dates of tenure 25 Thomas S. Monson 12 March 1995 – 3 February 2008 26 Boyd K. Packer 3 February 2008 – 3 July 2015 27 Russell M. Nelson 3 July 2015 … Read more
Who own the copyright to the Bible? So who owns the Bible? There’s thousands of translation of the Bible, so let’s talk about just one: the bestselling English translation aka the NIV. The NIV copyright is owned by an organization named Biblica. Is the Bible considered public domain? The World English Bible is one … Read more
Who was in charge of the church in medieval England? The Normans adopted the Anglo-Saxon model of monastic cathedral communities, and within seventy years the majority of English cathedrals were controlled by monks; every English cathedral, however, was rebuilt to some extent by the new rulers. Who runs the service in a church? Church … Read more
Who was Jesus’s closest friend? Since the end of the first century, the Beloved Disciple has been commonly identified with John the Evangelist. Scholars have debated the authorship of Johannine literature (the Gospel of John, Epistles of John, and the Book of Revelation) since at least the third century, but especially since the Enlightenment. … Read more
Why did medieval church music have such specific rules? Why did Constantine make Christianity the official religion of the Roman Empire? Constantine stood out because he became a Christian and unabashedly made Jesus the patron of his army. … The two jointly issued the Edict of Milan, which made Christianity a legal religion and … Read more
What does mother mean in church? In Christianity, a mother church is the church “considered as a mother in its functions of nourishing and protecting the believer”. Is the Catholic Church the mother of all churches? The Vatican has decreed that the Catholic Church is the “mother of all churches” and banned the term … Read more
Why is Bible translation illegal? It was illegal to translate the Bible into local languages. John Wycliffe was an Oxford professor who believed that the teachings of the Bible were more important than the earthly clergy and the Pope. Wycliffe translated the Bible into English, as he believed that everyone should be able to … Read more
What is the purpose of the Lord’s prayer? It’s the state in which God really is acknowledged to be directing and giving meaning to everything. So we pray “God’s Kingdom come”, meaning let the world be transparent to God, let God’s will and purpose and God’s nature show through in every state of affairs, … Read more
Where was the original Philadelphia? Location of the ancient city of Philadelphia. The best example of an ancient City of Brotherly Love was a town in Lydia, a kingdom of western Asia Minor. This settlement was located east of ancient Ionia in modern Turkey, near mount Tmolus, by the Cogamus River. What does the … Read more
What the Bible says about offering and tithes? Leviticus 27:30 says, “A tithe of everything from the land, whether grain from the soil or fruit from the trees, belongs to the Lord: it is holy to the Lord.” These gifts were a reminder that everything belonged to God and a portion was given back … Read more