Faith Warning: You are not logged in. Your IP address will be publicly visible if you make any edits. If you log in or create an account, your edits will be attributed to your username, along with other benefits.Anti-spam check. Do not fill this in! ==== The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints ==== The [[articles of Faith (Latter Day Saints)|Articles of Faith]] of [[the Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints]] states that "faith in the Lord Jesus Christ" is the first principle of the gospel. Some alternative, yet impactful, ideas regarding the nature of faith were presented by church founder [[Joseph Smith]]<ref>Smith was not the sole author: {{Cite web|url= https://rsc.byu.edu/lectures-faith-historical-perspective/authorship-history-lectures-faith|title= Authorship and History of the Lectures on Faith|website= Religious Studies Center|access-date= 2020-03-06|archive-date= 2020-06-25|archive-url= https://web.archive.org/web/20200625162903/https://rsc.byu.edu/lectures-faith-historical-perspective/authorship-history-lectures-faith|url-status= live}}</ref> in a collection of sermons, which are now published as the ''[[Lectures on Faith]]''.<ref>{{cite book |url= https://rsc.byu.edu/archived/lectures-faith-historical-perspective/lectures-faith-1990-edited-version/lecture-1 |title= Lectures on Faith|access-date= 2018-10-08|archive-url= https://web.archive.org/web/20181008095718/https://rsc.byu.edu/archived/lectures-faith-historical-perspective/lectures-faith-1990-edited-version/lecture-1|archive-date= 2018-10-08 }}</ref> * Lecture 1 explains what faith is; * Lecture 2 describes how mankind comes to know about God; * Lectures 3 and 4 make clear the necessary and unchanging attributes of God; * Lecture 5 deals with the nature of God the Father, his Son Jesus Christ, and the Holy Ghost; * Lecture 6 proclaims that the willingness to sacrifice all earthly things is a prerequisite to gaining faith in salvation; * Lecture 7 treats the fruits of faith—perspective, power, and eventually perfection.<ref> {{cite book |chapter-url= https://rsc.byu.edu/archived/lectures-faith-historical-perspective/authorship-and-history-lectures-faith |last1= Dahl|first1= Larry E. |chapter= Authorship and History of the Lectures on Faith |title=The Lectures on Faith in Historical Perspective |publisher= Brigham Young University, Religious Studies Center |location= Provo, Utah |access-date= 2018-10-08 |archive-url= https://web.archive.org/web/20181008061433/https://rsc.byu.edu/archived/lectures-faith-historical-perspective/authorship-and-history-lectures-faith|archive-date= 2018-10-08 }}{{Date missing}}</ref> Summary: Please note that all contributions to Christianpedia may be edited, altered, or removed by other contributors. If you do not want your writing to be edited mercilessly, then do not submit it here. You are also promising us that you wrote this yourself, or copied it from a public domain or similar free resource (see Christianpedia:Copyrights for details). Do not submit copyrighted work without permission! Cancel Editing help (opens in new window) Discuss this page