Mormonism and Nicene Christianity: Difference between revisions

[[Mormonism]] and [[Christianity]] have a complex theological, historical, and sociological relationship. Mormons express the doctrines of Mormonism using standard biblical terminology, and have similar views about the nature of Jesus' [[Atonement in Christianity|atonement]], bodily resurrection, and [[Second Coming of Christ|Second Coming]] as traditional Christianity. Nevertheless, most Mormons agree with the typical non-Mormon view that the Mormon conceptionrejection of God[[monotheism]] is significantlya differentsignificant departure from the Trinitarian view of orthodox [[Nicene Christianity]], derived from the eponymous [[Nicene Creed|Nicene]] and [[Nicene-Constantinopolitan Creed]]s of 325 and 381.<ref>{{harvtxt|Shipps|1985|pp=148–49}} (arguing that "Mormonism differs from traditional Christianity in much the same fashion that traditional Christianity... came to differ from Judaism.").</ref> Though Mormons consider the Bible as scripture (insofar as it is "translated correctly"), they have also adopted additional scriptures. Mormons not only practice [[baptism]] and celebrate the [[Eucharist]] but also participate in religious rituals unknown to traditional Christianity. Although the various branches of Christianity have diverse views about the nature of salvation, the Mormon view is particularly idiosyncratic.