Communitas Christi, ab 1872 ad 2001Ecclesia Iesu Christi Sanctorum Ultimorum Dierum Denuo Constituta appellata, est ecclesia internationalis in Civitatibus Foederatis[1] mense Aprili 1830 constituta,[2] quae pronuntiat suum finem esse "pronuntiare Iesum Christum et favere communitatibus gaudii, spei, amoris, et pacis."[3][4] Ecclesia circa 250 000 sodalium in quinquaginta civitatibus renuntiat.[5]
Communitas Christi est pars motus Sanctorum Dierum Recentiorum a Iosepho Smith (filius) coepti, et in Restorationisticis traditionibus conditi. Quamquam nonnullis modis Communitas Christi cum habitibus Protestantibus viae principalis Christianis congruit, multis modis theologice distincta est, tales proprietetes ut revelatio prophetica continuans.[6][7][8][9]
Communitas Christi usus plerumque non liturgicos in Lectionario Commune Retractato laxe conditos habet.[10] Ex praesidio Independentiae Missuriae sito, ecclesia evangelismum, ministrum pacis et iustitiae, spiritualitatem et integrum vitae, et ministrationes iuvenibus et aliis rectas praecipue praebet.[11] Doctrina communitatis "omnes vocari" ut "homines dignitatis" ad "partiendam pacemChristi" exprimunt.[1]
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