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iffering versions of the Articles of Faith

Summary: There is a version of the 13th Article of Faith that originally contained this phrase: "But an idle or lazy person cannot be a Christian, neither have salvation. He is a drone, and destined to be stung to death and tumbled out of the hive."

• • Text of various versions (Click here for full article)
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    • 1834 (Cowdery) (Click here for full article)
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    • 1836 (Joseph Young) (Click here for full article)
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    • 1840 (Orson Pratt) (Click here for full article)
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    • 1840 (Orson Hyde) (Click here for full article)
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    • 1842 (Wentworth letter) (canonized) (Click here for full article)
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    • 1849 (Flanigan) (Click here for full article)
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    • 1853 (Haven) (Click here for full article)
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    • 1853 (Findly) (Click here for full article)
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    • 1855-57(John Taylor) (Click here for full article)
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Fourteen Articles of Faith?

Summary: Is it true that there were originally fourteen Articles of Faith?

One Nation Under Gods: The Anti-Mormon Articles of Faith

Summary: In the hardback version of One Nation Under Gods, the author provides a link for the LDS Articles of Faith, but one doesn't find the Articles of Faith at that link. Readers who go to that ex-Mormon website expecting to see the Articles of Faith of The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints will instead find a list of fourteen slanted and derogatory statements by a critic of the LDS faith.