The Mormon and Pentecostal Connection

[Scott Hutchinson]

Here we go.
http://www.thomasweisser.com/index.html

[MindHunterINFJ]

Hello, everybody, I am new here, but this thread interests me. Several years ago my daughter and I toured the Salt Lake LDS Temple, and well-dressed and nice-mannered young ladies were offering to be helpful and explain things or give us some literature.

I said to one of them, "I know quite a bit about the LDS. I have not read the entire Book of Mormon, but I have read a lot of it. I betcha I can tell you something you don't know about your religion."

She smiled and asked me, "What?"

"Well," I said, "Do you know what glossolalia is?"

"No," she responded.

"It's the same as speaking in tongues," says I. "Do you know what that is".

"No."

"Okay," I say, "I am Pentecostal, and I will tell you."

So I did.

"What does that have to do with our church?" she asked.

Says I, "Well, officially you Mormons believe in speaking in tongues, but I am sure you don't do it a lot now, if ever."

She was surprised.

However, this is true. If you look at official Mormon doctrine, they supposedly believe this. Don't remember---been several years---where I found this in my research, but I remember being somewhat taken aback by my discovery.

Can anyone verify this by citation of a source??? Or disprove my source, whatever it was (and it probably was Joseph Smith's writings or maybe the "revelations" from the LDS head guru).

Cliff

[Jay]

I spoke to a man once who was some sort of Mormon (they are no more 'unified' than we are). I had been witnessing to a friend of mine about baptism in Jesus' name and the infilling of the Holy Ghost speaking in tongues, and this gentleman was nodding his head in agreement. When I spoke to him a little later, he told me that both of these things he had heard in a Mormon church. I did not understand which sect he belonged to, but he did confirm that he had heard both doctrines taught.

[Barb]

Originally Posted by livefortruth

Heard it all da time in my old UPC...

Well, I NEVER heard it before!

[Dante]

Originally Posted by MindHunterINFJ

Can anyone verify this by citation of a source??? Or disprove my source, whatever it was (and it probably was Joseph Smith's writings or maybe the "revelations" from the LDS head guru).

Cliff

Fortunately, I have a vast collection of books from various religions, cults, occults, and Christian sects.

Even more fortunate, in the case of this thread, I have a book published 'THE CHURCH OF JESUS CHRIST OF LATTER-DAY SAINTS," and this is what their printed material has to say about the topic of speaking in tongues and the gift of the Holy Ghost.

"We believe in the gift of the Holy Ghost being enjoyed now, as much as it was in the Apostles' days; we believe that it [the gift of the Holy Ghost] is necessary...; we also believe in prophecy, in tongues, in visions, and in revelations, in gifts, and in healings; and that these things cannot be enjoyed without the gift of the Holy Ghost." (pg. 97)

Work Cited

Teachings Of Presidents Of The Church: Joseph Smith. Utah. Intellectual Reserve Inc., 2007. Print.

[returnman]

Originally Posted by Scott Hutchinson

Here we go.
http://www.thomasweisser.com/index.html

Is any of it published on the net or do we have to buy this precious documentation.

[MindHunterINFJ]

Thanks, Dante. It's good always to have a source--if for no other reason to lend a smidgen of proof to my conviction, when I can recall such, that my synapses (or some of them) are still firing.

Since Joseph Wrote this prior to the Pentecostal outpouring, I am curious as to whether such ever occurred in the LDS. If so, was it widespread? Or only sporadic? And how did the majority of Mormons react?

I'd also like to know if there is a modern "revelation" on the issue and whether it is done today.

Btw, the LDS as I recall came out of the Cane Ridge, KY revival where there was much Pentecostal-style worship. So did the Campbellites, now known as non-instrumental Church of Christ, and they went to the opposite extreme: they suppress just about all emotion in the church. No musical instruments allowed even to stir folks up.