ONE LORD, ONE FAITH: WRITINGS OF THE EARLY CHRISTIAN
FATHERS AS EVIDENCES OF THE RESTORATION
This book is a giant "signs of the true church" book. It documents 41 points of the true church. It establishes dozens of parallels between Mormonism and ancient Christianity. It is the perfect reference book for members and missionaries alike. It is easy to read yet thorougly documented, with plenty of recommended reading sources for those who want to do further study. It is a great companion to the famous talk tape "The 17 Points of the True Church." If you'd like to order the book, click on the links at the top or bottom of this page. Here is the book's table of contents:
Chapter - Subject
1 Which Church is Right?
2 The Importance of the Early Church Fathers
3 Father, Son, and Holy Ghost: Three Separate Deities
4 The Tangible Nature, or Corporeality, of the Father and the Son
5 How Are Jesus and the Father "One"? The True Nature of Their
Unity
6 The Son's Subordination to the Father in the New Testament
7 The Son's Subordination to the Father in Early Christian Writings
8 The Savior and Redeemer of the World
9 Who is Jehovah?
10 Jesus as the Firstborn of the Father
11 The Savior's Role in the Creation of the World
12 The World Created from Preexistent Matter, Not Ex Nihilo
13 Our Pre-Mortal Existence
14 Godhood: Man's Divine Potential
15 "Except There Come A Falling Away First": The Apostasy of
the Ancient Church
16 The Restitution of All Things: The Return of the Lord's Church
17 Only One True Church
18 Prophets: Their Role and Importance
19 Priesthood Authority
20 The Melchizedek and Aaronic Priesthoods
21 The Early Church's Priesthood Offices
22 An Unpaid Clergy
23 Church Members Called Saints
24 Missionary Work
25 The Living Voice: Continuous Revelation
26 The Church and Scripture: The Primacy of the Living Voice
27 The Heavens Are Not Closed: The Church's Open Canon
28 The Sabbath
29 The Law of Tithing
30 The Lord's Supper (The Sacrament)
31 Persecution: The Lot of the Saints
32 Should We Use the Cross as a Religious Symbol?
33 Good Works Are Essential for Salvation
34 The Necessity of Baptism
35 Infant Baptism and Original Sin
36 Morality and Salvation: No Unclean Thing Can Inherit the
Kingdom of God
37 The Church Blessed With Spiritual Gifts
38 Secrecy: Higher Teachings and Ordinances in Ancient
Christianity
39 Eternal Marriage
40 The Spirit World
41 The Ministry in the Spirit World: All Will Have a Chance to
Hear the Gospel
42 Baptism for the Dead
43 The Universal Resurrection: All Will Be Raised from the Dead
Appendix: An Index of Selected LDS Teachings Found in Ancient Christianity
Bibliography