Mormons and the Cross

May 11, 2011 by James Faulconer

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In the Book of Mormon, the prophet Mormon writes to his son Moroni and sums up why I am comfortable using the cross as part of my religious life, though Mormons in general do not. He says:

My son, . . . may Christ lift thee up, and may his sufferings and death, and the showing his body unto our fathers, and his mercy and long-suffering, and the hope of his glory and of eternal life, rest in your mind forever. (Moroni 9:25)

The cross helps me do what I covenant to do when I eat and drink the sacramental elements each Sunday. Both help me keep in mind Christ's suffering and death, and the resurrection that he proved with appearances to those of the New Testament and those of the Book of Mormon; they remind me of his mercy and long-suffering toward me and all others, as well as the hope of his glory to come and the hope of eternal life that comes with that glory.

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About James Faulconer

James Faulconer is a Richard L. Evans Professor of Religious Understanding at Brigham Young University, where he has taught philosophy since 1975.

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