Statement of Beliefs of the Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-Day Saints
Prefatory Note
The following statement is intended to supply in plain, direct language, a list of the basic beliefs of the Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints. Each item of the statement is documented in the appended notes, to which reference should be made for more detailed information.
1. We believe that the Church cannot have a fixed creed because its beliefs encompasses all truth.
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20. We believe that the power to bind and loose, with effect during life and after death, is vested in the president of the church.
(Ariel L. Crowley, Statement of Beliefs of The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints [Salt Lake City: Deseret News Press, 1961], 1, 2)