The most recent edition of Mormon Historical Studies is out and has a few great articles on the Church in Asia. You can see the Table of Contents here as well as order a copy. http://mormonhistoricsites.org/mormon-historical-studies-springfall-2016-vol-17-no-1-2/ Early Mormon Missionary Work in Hong Kong: The Letters of James Lewis to Apostle and Church Historian George A. […]
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On December 20th, 1965 the Chinese Book of Mormon was published for the first time. Work on a Chinese translation of the Book of Mormon started shortly after missionaries arrived in 1955 to Hong Kong. President Grant Heaton, hired a few people to translate portions of the Book of Mormon and then had formed a […]
Liahona 05-11 – lds.org Liahona 05-2011 – Taiwan Site Text is not yet available on the new site, but you can watch video or listen to the talks in Mandarin. http://lds.org/general-conference/sessions/2011/04?lang=eng&clang=cmn Should be up soon.
Today I was looking through the 1974 issues of the 聖徒之聲. On page two of the September issue I found a stylized quote from the recently translated Doctrine & Covenants. The Taiwan edition was published in April of 1974. Here is a scan of that verse. “你要在一切事物上感謝主你的神” —教約59：7 This translation held through until the D&C was […]
教義和聖約 20:77 Current 神啊，永恆的父，我們奉您子耶穌基督的名，祈求您為所有領受此餅之人的靈魂，祝福並聖化此餅，讓他們食用，以記得您子的身體，並向您，神啊，永恆的父，證明他們願意承受您子的名，一直記得祂，並遵守祂賜給他們的誡命，使他們能一直有祂的靈與他們同在。阿們。 1st Edition 1974 上帝，永恆的父，我們奉祢子耶穌基督的名，祈求祢為所有領受此餅之人的靈魂，祝福此餅並使之成聖，使他們得食之，以紀念祢子的身體；並向祢，上帝，永恆的父，證明他們願意承受祢子的名，常常記念祂，並遵守祂賜給他們的誡命，使他們得以常有祂的靈與他們同在。阿們。 Gospel Dialogue 1965 永恆的父上帝， 我們奉祢子耶穌基督的名， 祈求祢為所有領受此餅之人的靈魂， 祝福此餅，並使之成聖； 使他們得食之以紀念祢子的身體，並向祢證明， 他們願意承受祢子的名，永遠記念祂，並遵守祂賜的誡命；使他們因而得有祂的靈，常與他們同在。阿們。 It looks as the church is finally getting away from the term ShangDi (上帝). What do you think about the change? The other change I find interesting is the move from the “祢” (ni) to the more formal […]
