LDS Gospel Topics Mastery

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The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-Day Saints has published a series of Gospel Topics Essays that illuminate some of the lesser known points of LDS doctrine and history. Elder M. Russell Ballard recently spoke about the essays, stating, "It is important that you know the content in these essays like you know the back of your hand."

Test your knowledge of the Gospel Topics Essays with this quiz that includes a single question per essay. This is not only an opportunity to test your knowledge of your religion, but also to heed the words of Elder Ballard by familiarizing yourself more with the essays.

Created by: CES Scripture Mastery

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  1. Latter-Day Saints are taught that we are children of a loving Father in Heaven. According to the Gospel Topics Essays on lds.org, is it doctrine that we also have a Heavenly Mother?
  2. At Joseph Smith's final General Conference before his martyrdom, what did he preach about?
  3. The Book of Mormon tells the history of Lehi and his family departing Jerusalem and becoming a mighty nation in the Americas. Based on DNA evidence, the scientific consensus is that Native Americans descended from populations from which geographic zone?
  4. What instrument(s) did Joseph Smith use to translate the Book of Mormon?
  5. How is Joseph Smith's original account of the First Vision different than the official account found in the standard works?
  6. Did Joseph Smith encourage women to give blessings of healing for the sick?
  7. Did the violent Mormon paramilitary group known as the Danites have Joseph Smith's approval?
  8. Did the LDS church and its leaders cease polygamous marriages with the 1890 Manifesto declared by President Wilford Woodruff?
  9. According to the Gospel Topics Essay, Joseph Smith "married many additional wives." What was unique about his marriage to Helen Mar Kimball?
  10. Which of the teachings of latter day Prophets and Apostles is accepted today as the official doctrine on why Black church members were not allowed to hold the priesthood or enter the temple before 1978?
  11. The Title Page of the Book of Abraham states, "The writings of Abraham while he was in Egypt, called the Book of Abraham, written by his own hand, upon papyrus." The Gospel Topics Essay on the Book of Abraham makes clear that:

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