Thursday, May 7, 2009

Mormons and the cross

LDS leaders long have said the cross, so ubiquitous among traditional Christians, symbolizes Jesus' death, while Mormons worship the risen Christ. ...

Now a historian at California State University in Sacramento claims in a just-completed master's thesis that Mormon aversion to the cross is a relatively recent development in LDS history, prompted in part by anti-Catholic sentiments.

It took quite a few years to get the crosses you see at St. Al's added. Now if only we can get someone to explain the liturgy team's aversion to the Crucifix.

[Peggy Fletcher Stack
The Salt Lake Tribune
Updated: 05/04/2009 08:17:40 AM MDT
(via E.E. Evans at Get Religion)]

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