With Mitt Romney the presumptive Republican nominee for President it is important to know something about his religion. As a practicing Mormon─ or the Church’s preferred name, “Church of Latter Day Saints” (LDS), Romney’s faith has shaped who he is and how he will approach the nation’s problems.
From a traditional Christian perspective Mormonism is not orthodox. LDS believes that they are the restoration of the Christian Church which early on went astray from the principles taught by Christ to his Apostles. Their beliefs regarding the Godhead do not cohere with the Creeds of Nicea (325 A.D.) or Calcedon (451 A.D.). These documents, among other truths, define the nature of God, the Hypostatic Union (the Divine and human natures in the one person of Jesus Christ), and the Holy Spirit as being consubstantial with the Father and the Son. Mormons do, however, emphasize that salvation comes through Christ’s atoning sacrifice but lack a theology of grace which enables human sanctification.
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