I realize that my last post in response to the question "are Mormons Christians?" may have been too convoluted to give anyone a clear picture in order to determine the answer to this question. I decided to put together a brief synopsis of the basic beliefs about Jesus Christ of different Christian churches to allow you to compare them with the beliefs of the Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints. This is not an exhaustive list, but I hope this helps anyone that may have found my last post hard to follow. I am not an expert on all religions, so I went to different websites sponsored by the religions listed below in order to make each summary. If you click the title of each belief system, you will be taken to the page from which I extracted this information.
Roman Catholic Beliefs
Jesus Christ is God the Son, the second member of the Trinity, and He is eternal.
Jesus was a real man possessing a body and a soul. He became man in the womb of the Virgin Mary. He was like all of us except that He was sinless.
Although Jesus is one person he has two natures-one divine and one human.
He came to this mortal life to free the rest of us from sin and provide us with a way back to God and everlasting life.
Baptist Beliefs
Jesus Christ is part of the Trinity, which is one God. Jesus has a divine and human nature.
The sacrifice of Jesus--His crucifixion, death and burial--along with his resurrection are important aspects of salvation and were required for us to know salvation and eternal life with God.
Jesus is the Lord of both the church and the individual and our lives are subject unto to Him.
Methodist Beliefs
Jesus Christ is the Son of God, which means that God was in the flesh on the earth.
Jesus was also completely human like us, prone to the same frailties that we are.
Jesus is God's Chosen One, who brings salvation to all.
Jesus is our Lord and has dominion over the world. We should submit ourselves to Him.
Through Jesus' sacrifice of his life on the cross and His resurrection, we can be freed from sin and find eternal life with God.
Roman Catholic Beliefs
Jesus Christ is God the Son, the second member of the Trinity, and He is eternal.
Jesus was a real man possessing a body and a soul. He became man in the womb of the Virgin Mary. He was like all of us except that He was sinless.
Although Jesus is one person he has two natures-one divine and one human.
He came to this mortal life to free the rest of us from sin and provide us with a way back to God and everlasting life.
Baptist Beliefs
Jesus Christ is part of the Trinity, which is one God. Jesus has a divine and human nature.
The sacrifice of Jesus--His crucifixion, death and burial--along with his resurrection are important aspects of salvation and were required for us to know salvation and eternal life with God.
Jesus is the Lord of both the church and the individual and our lives are subject unto to Him.
Methodist Beliefs
Jesus Christ is the Son of God, which means that God was in the flesh on the earth.
Jesus was also completely human like us, prone to the same frailties that we are.
Jesus is God's Chosen One, who brings salvation to all.
Jesus is our Lord and has dominion over the world. We should submit ourselves to Him.
Through Jesus' sacrifice of his life on the cross and His resurrection, we can be freed from sin and find eternal life with God.
Jesus Christ is both divine and human in one person. God became flesh in Jesus in order to be able to save us. Jesus is the center of everything and the mediator between us and God.
Jesus suffered and gave His life to overcome the sins of the world and as a reward, God raised Him from the dead, which broke the bonds of sin and death and gave us eternal life.
Jesus Christ is God the Son, born of Mary, possessing both divinity and humanity.
He died as a sacrifice for our sins.
He was resurrected with a physical body and is our mediator with God the Father in heaven.
Jesus will return in his physical body to the earth and establish His kingdom on the earth.
Jesus Christ is Son of God the Father in the flesh. He is divine as the Son of God, but He was also mortal as the Son of Mary. Working under the direction of God the Father, He created the earth.
The suffering of Jesus in the Garden of Gethsemane and on the cross paid the price for our sins if we follow Him.
Jesus Christ was resurrected and His resurrection not only made Him victorious over death, but ensured that we will all be resurrected and live after death.
He is our mediator with God and through Him we can have eternal life.
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