In his General Conference talk on April 3, 1927, Anthony W. Ivins affirmed that Latter-day Saints are truly “Christian,” showing again that the LDS claim to be “Christian” is not “modern” or an attempt to be more “ecumenical”:
THE
LATTER-DAY SAINTS A CHRISTIAN COMMUNITY
The inference that the Church of
Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints is not a Christian organization is too absurd
to require any extended comment. The foundation upon which the Church rests is
faith in God the eternal Father, his Son Jesus Christ, and the Holy Ghost,
which constitute the God-head. The Church teaches and its members testify that
Jesus Christ is the Son of God, that by him the worlds were created, and that
through the redemption wrought out, because of the atonement which he made, all
mankind are redeemed from death, the penalty which was pronounced upon our father
Adam because of transgression, and that through obedience to the doctrines
which he taught we may be redeemed from personal sin. We bear witness to the
world that there is no other name under heaven, nor is there any other means by
which man can attain to glory, exaltation and eternal life except through the
medium of Christ our Lord. (Conference Report, April 1927, p. 20)
