Saints
Summary
A Christian title, similar to disciple, used to refer to followers of God; later specifically indicated members of the church. In the New Testament, Paul referred to the early Christians as “saints.” This usage paralleled statements in the Book of Mormon referring to Saints as those who belong to the “church of the Lamb” and “they which have believed in the Holy One of Israel.” Early revelatory texts specifically designated those who would welcome Christ’s second coming as Saints. A March 1831 revelation stated that the forthcoming New Jerusalem would be “a place of safety for the saints of the most high God.” By 1832, the term Saint had largely replaced disciple, an earlier designation of followers, perhaps to distinguish members of the church from followers of Alexander Campbell’s Disciples of Christ, located nearby in Ohio. See also “.”
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- Letter to William W. Phelps, 27 November 1832, Extract, as Published in Evening and Morning Star
- Revelation, 1 August 1831, as Published in Howe, Mormonism Unvailed [D&C 58]
- Revelation, 11 September 1831, John Whitmer Copy [D&C 64]
- Revelation, 11 September 1831, as Published and Recorded in Partridge copy of Book of Commandments [D&C 64]
- Revelation, 11 September 1831, as Recorded in Hyde and Smith, Notebook [D&C 64]
- Revelation, 12 August 1831, as Recorded in Gilbert, Notebook [D&C 61]
- Revelation, 20 July 1831, as Recorded in Gilbert, Notebook [D&C 57]
- Revelation, 25 December 1832, Edward Partridge Copy [D&C 87]
- Revelation, 25 December 1832, Newel K. Whitney Copy [D&C 87]
- Revelation, 25 December 1832, Thomas Bullock Copy–A [D&C 87]
- Revelation, 25 December 1832, Thomas Bullock Copy–B [D&C 87]
- Revelation, 25 December 1832, Unidentified Scribe Copy [D&C 87]
- Revelation, 25 December 1832, William W. Phelps Copy [D&C 87]
- Revelation, 25 December 1832, as Recorded in Gilbert, Notebook [D&C 87]
- Revelation, 25 December 1832, as Recorded in Phelps, Diary and Notebook [D&C 87]
- Revelation, 27–28 December 1832, Broadsheet [D&C 88:1–126]
- Revelation, 27–28 December 1832, Extract, as Recorded in Gilbert, Notebook [D&C 88:1–124]
- Revelation, 30 August 1831, as Recorded in Gilbert, Notebook [D&C 63]
- Sample of Pure Language, between circa 4 and circa 20 March 1832, William W. Phelps Copy
- Vision, 16 February 1832, as Recorded in Gilbert, Notebook [D&C 76]