AP
|
Aaronic Priesthood--the lower order of priesthood, held by LDS young men starting at the age of twelve. |
Bishop
|
The leader of a ward--responsible for the spiritual
and temporal welfare of ward members. |
BoA
|
The Book of Abraham, an LDS scripture contained in
the Pearl of Great Price. |
BoM
|
The Book of Mormon |
BY
|
Brigham Young, second president and prophet of the LDS
church. |
CoJCoLDS
|
The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints (the official name of the
religion we discuss in this newsgroup.) |
D&C
|
The Doctrine and Covenants, another book of LDS
scripture which doesn't contain very many good stories. |
EQ
|
Elder's Quorum--the priesthood organization that includes most adult male
active members of the church from about ages nineteen to forty or fifty. Elder's Quorums
are organized at the ward level. |
EQP
|
Elder's quorum president; leader of an Elder's Quorum |
FHC
|
Family History Center A genealogical research facility
provided at numerous church buildings around the world. Available for members and
non-members alike at no (or low) cost. |
GA
|
General Authority A church leader who has responsibilities over the church
as a whole, rather than a certain geographical area. |
GBH
|
Gordon B. Hinckley--currently the president and prophet of the church. |
HPG
|
High Priest's Group--the priesthood organization for men who are called to
higher leadership positions in the church, as well as most of the others after they reach
about age 45. Hihg Priest's Quorums are organized at the stake
level. |
HPGL
|
High Priest's Group Leader--the leader of the High Priests on a ward level. |
HT
|
Home Teaching/Teacher--an assignment for priesthood holders to go in pairs
to visit assigned members of their ward on a monthly basis, to
deliver a lesson, and also to be available in assisting those families in their temporal
and spiritual needs. |
JS
|
Usually, Joseph Smith, the first president and prophet of the church. |
LDS
|
Latter-day Saint--a quick and acceptable way to refer to a member of The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints. |
MP
|
Melchizedek Priesthood--the higher priesthood, given to young men before
they go on missions, often at age nineteen. |
MTC
|
Missionary Training Center--a place where missionaries receive instruction
(and often language training) before going into the mission field. |
PoGP
|
The Pearl of Great Price--yet another book of LDS
scripture. |
Primary
|
The LDS organization for teaching the gospel to
children ages 18 months to eleven years. |
RLDS
|
Reorganized Church of Jesus Christ of Latter Day Saints. A church tracing
its beginnings back to Joseph Smith in the same way as the LDS
Church. The two churches split after Joseph Smith's death. |
RM
|
Returned missionary. |
RS
|
Relief Society--the organization that includes all adult women of the
church, dedicated to the proposition that "Charity never faileth." |
Seminary
|
Religion classes for LDS teenagers, usually taught near their local high
school on a daily basis during the school year. The two general types of Seminary are released
time seminary (where students leave school during the day to attend classes
at a nearby facility) and early morning seminary (where students attend classes
before school starts). |
SLC
|
Salt Lake City, Utah, where the headquarters of the LDS
church is located. |
Stake
|
A church administrative unit consisting of several wards. |
VT
|
Visiting Teaching/Teacher--an assignment for women members to visit other
women on a monthly basis, and keep tabs on the welfare of those to whom they are assigned. |
Ward
|
A local LDS congregation, usually defined
geographically. |
YM, YW
|
Respectively, Young Men and Young Women--the church organizations for
youth between the ages of twelve and eighteen; the youth organization that follows Primary. |
ARM or a.r.m.
|
That other newsgroup, alt.religion.mormon,
which isn't as moderate as soc.religion.mormon. |
ARMekite
|
A regular hanger-out at a.r.m. |
ARMF
|
Alt.religion.mormon.fellowship,
an odd group that aims to be uplifting, but vacilates between being moribund (Phil
Striplin said it, not me!) and burned over. |
COTMC
|
Critic of the Mormon Church--a person who often expresses disagreement
with LDS doctrine, policies or practices, but does not devote his
life to demonstrating how hopelessly bad it all is. |
CFR
|
Call for references. This means you are being asked to supply a source (an
authoritative one) for a statement that you have made. |
CsOTMC
|
Plural of COTMC |
EEMABNES
|
Evil Eastern Mormons At Big Name Eastern Schools. (These are often
featured in interesting conspiracy theories.) |
ITMSOT
|
In the Mormon scheme of things. |
NNOT
|
Not Necessarily On Topic. A prefix used in some subject
lines to indicate that the article may be of interest to readeers of s.r.m, but not
completely topical (e.g., Subject: [NNOT Utah Baby Names]. |
SRM or s.r.m.
|
This newsgroup, soc.religion.mormon. |
TC
|
The LDS temple ceremony. |
