Joseph Smith was rejected and criticized by his contemporaries because of his unrelenting testimony that he saw God, and for his claim that he had been called by God to restore authority to administer the fullness of the Gospel in preparation for the return of Jesus Christ to the earth. The splintered condition of Christendom eventually resulted in clerics and professors of religion that would not nor could it support the idea of a single true church because of the many factions. Jesus Christ presided over a single organization when he and his apostles were presiding over it on earth why would it be differnt today and why do the modeern scholars and clerby dismiss the concept of order in the Kingdom of God. These ministers and "men of the cloth or collar" at some point started their preaching careers viewing the gospel according to their own dictums and basic theology of seminary-taught Bible scholarship. They also conceived a non-biblical "church of all true bel...
Comparing theology of The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints, to the beliefs and doctrines of Traditional Mainstream Christian churches. The thoughts and opinions expressed are my own and do not represent the church's official positions.