Project Gutenberg 2014-07-10 Public domain in the USA. 92 Pratt, Orson 1811 1881 The Kingdom of God, Part 1 Produced by Heidi Billy, Mormon Texts Project Intern. See http://mormontextsproject.org/ for a complete list of Mormon texts available on Project Gutenberg, to help proofread similar books, or to report typos. "The Kingdom of God, Part 1" by Orson Pratt is a theological publication written in the mid-19th century. As one of the Twelve Apostles of the Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints, Pratt presents a discourse centered on the nature of divine governance, positing that God's government is the only legitimate authority on Earth. The book delineates the characteristics of the Kingdom of God and the importance of being governed by divine laws as opposed to human concoctions. In this text, Pratt argues extensively against established human governments, labeling them as unauthorized and rebellious against the divinity of God's Kingdom. He emphasizes the need for a theocracy governed by divine revelation and authority, detailing seven key subjects that readers must understand to comprehend the Kingdom's nature. Throughout the discourse, he critiques modern Christianity, challenging prevailing notions of God and advocating for the necessity of new revelation and ministers called by God to administer essential ordinances such as baptism and the gift of the Holy Ghost. The work ultimately advocates for a return to the divinely sanctioned governance of the Kingdom of God, providing insight into its structure, officers, and requirements for citizenship. (This is an automatically generated summary.) file:///public/vhost/g/gutenberg/html/files/46244/46244-h/images/cover.jpg en Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints -- Doctrines Priesthood -- Mormon Church BX Text Latter Day Saints Browsing: Philosophy & Ethics Browsing: Religion/Spirituality/Paranormal 63305 62944 2024-09-19T10:24:51.120832 2023-09-20T06:40:56.307532 text/html text/html 58839 2014-07-10T15:10:50 text/html; charset=iso-8859-1 117902 2014-07-10T15:10:50 text/html; charset=iso-8859-1 application/zip 119377 2024-09-19T10:24:52.800826 application/epub+zip 118327 2024-09-19T10:24:51.376836 application/epub+zip 83722 2024-09-19T10:24:51.235994 application/epub+zip 154883 2024-09-19T10:24:54.091820 application/x-mobipocket-ebook 146903 2024-09-19T10:24:52.653819 application/x-mobipocket-ebook 112729 2022-09-21T04:59:04.910685 application/x-mobipocket-ebook 57691 57472 2024-09-19T10:24:51.028835 2023-09-20T06:40:56.222535 text/plain; charset=us-ascii text/plain 57424 2014-07-10T15:10:50 text/plain; charset=us-ascii 20963 2014-07-10T15:10:50 text/plain; charset=us-ascii application/zip 18750 2024-09-19T10:24:54.213813 application/rdf+xml 21461 2024-09-19T10:24:51.302829 image/jpeg 2730 2024-09-19T10:24:51.268831 image/jpeg 131798 2024-09-19T10:24:51.129838 application/octet-stream application/zip Archives containing the RDF files for *all* our books can be downloaded at https://www.gutenberg.org/wiki/Gutenberg:Feeds#The_Complete_Project_Gutenberg_Catalog en.wikipedia