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mormons - religion.
L'Église mormone est laïque, hiérarchique et autoritaire. Les offices dans les congrégations autonomes (sections) sont organisés par des membres laïques, par rotation.L'évêque qui, aidé de deux conseillers, préside la section, détient cet office pour cinq ans. La plupart des membres sont appelés à enseigner, à prêcher, à accomplir desactions humanitaires, et à participer à des assemblées et à des activités sociales. Le culte est simple et composé d'hymnes, de prières, du sacrement de la Cène (cé...
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Les Mormons sont-ils bien considérés par la société ?
L'église mormone est reconnue comme une religion dans de nombreux pays, certaines de ses pratiques et théories l'ont toutefois amenée à être considérée comme unesecte, par certaines organisations de lutte contre les sectes. Par contre, dans le rapport parlementaire français sur les sectes, elle est considérée comme une associationculturelle depuis 2009. 5 – Des statistiques, datant de début 2000, indiquent qu'il y a plus de onze millions de fidèles dans 164 pays (presque cinq millions aux Etats-...
- Smith, Joseph Smith, Joseph (1805-1844), fondateur de l'Église des mormons.
- Young, Brigham Young, Brigham (1801-1877), chef américain de l'Église des mormons.
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Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints.
yearly visited a book written in a hieroglyphic script on golden plates buried in a nearby hill; the book’s location, he said, had been disclosed to him by an angel. In 1830he completed the translation of these plates, “by the gift and power of God,” and published the Book of Mormon, which he believed to be a religious record of theancient inhabitants of North America. On April 6, 1830, he organized the Church of Christ, soon known by its present title, the Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-daySa...
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Salt Lake City - geography.
adding a runway to the city’s airport. V GOVERNMENT Salt Lake City is governed by a mayor and a seven-member council, which is presided over by a chair. Voters elect each of these officials to four-year terms. Salt LakeCounty is governed by a county mayor elected to a four-year term and a nine-member county council. Council members—six elected from districts and three elected at-large—serve terms ranging from two to six years. The Utah Transit Authority, located in Salt Lake City, oversees publ...
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Salt Lake City - geography.
Mormon Temple, Salt Lake CitySalt Lake City is the contemporary center of the Mormon church, officially The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints. The city’sTemple Square contains the impressive Mormon Temple, shown here. The temple was completed in 1893 after 40 years ofconstruction. Its six towers rise about 67 m (about 220 ft) in the air.Tom Dietrich/ALLSTOCK, INC. Salt Lake City has been at the forefront of education in Utah since 1850, when the University of Deseret was founded. Renam...
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Nevada - geography.
The Truckee, Carson, and Walker rivers flow out of the Sierra Nevada, thread their way around several of the desert ranges, and also end in closed basins. The Walkerflows into Walker Lake, the Carson into Lahontan Reservoir. The major part of the Truckee’s flow is now diverted to Lahontan Reservoir, although as required by lawsome of it empties into Pyramid Lake. Because these three streams flow constantly, the lakes into which they empty never dry up. Winnemucca Lake formerly receivedoverflow w...
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Nevada - USA History.
The Truckee, Carson, and Walker rivers flow out of the Sierra Nevada, thread their way around several of the desert ranges, and also end in closed basins. The Walkerflows into Walker Lake, the Carson into Lahontan Reservoir. The major part of the Truckee’s flow is now diverted to Lahontan Reservoir, although as required by lawsome of it empties into Pyramid Lake. Because these three streams flow constantly, the lakes into which they empty never dry up. Winnemucca Lake formerly receivedoverflow w...
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La conquête de l'Ouest américain entre mythe et réalité
• Par le traité de Guadalupe Hidalgo, le Mexique reconnalt l'annexion du Texas et cède , pour 15 millions de dollars , tous les territoires , depuis les Rocheuses jusqu'~ la côte pacifique, la Californie, l'Arizona, le Nouveau -Mexique, le Nevada et l'Utah . 1147 la secte des Mormons, fondée par Joseph Smith, subit des persécutions en raison de ses pratiques sociales : communisme primitif et surtout polygamie. • le successeur de Smith , Brigham Young. quitte...
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Marriage.
In many traditional societies, marriage typically involved transfers of property from the parents to their marrying children or from one set of parents to the other. Thesecustoms persist in some places today and are part of the tradition of arranged marriages. For example, in some cultures the bride’s parents may give property (knownas a dowry) to the new couple. The practice of giving dowries has been common in countries such as Greece, Egypt, India, and China from ancient times until thepresen...
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Utah - geography.
Temperatures decrease from the south to the north in the state. In the mountains the average temperature drops about 0.5°C (about 1°F) for every about 300 m(about 1,000 ft) rise in elevation. Average July temperatures range from less than 16°C (60°F) in the mountains to more than 27°C (80°F) in a few locations insouthern Utah. At Salt Lake City average July temperatures range from a low of 18°C (64°F) to a high of 33°C (92°F). There is a great variation between daytime andnighttime temperatures,...
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Utah - USA History.
Temperatures decrease from the south to the north in the state. In the mountains the average temperature drops about 0.5°C (about 1°F) for every about 300 m(about 1,000 ft) rise in elevation. Average July temperatures range from less than 16°C (60°F) in the mountains to more than 27°C (80°F) in a few locations insouthern Utah. At Salt Lake City average July temperatures range from a low of 18°C (64°F) to a high of 33°C (92°F). There is a great variation between daytime andnighttime temperatures,...
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Les sectes
L'église est ouverte au monde, la secte est fermée sur elle-même. Les adeptes des sectes rencontrent les autres dans le seul but de les convertir alors qu'à l'origine,l'église était seulement un petit groupe de disciples ouvert par rapport aux autres. Avoir destendances sectaires, c'est faire preuve d'intolérance, d ‘étroitesse d'esprit, c'est fonctionner encircuit fermé 2/ évolution des sectes : a. sectes d'hier/ aujourd'hui : Les mormons, les témoins de Jéhovah…, la...
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Illinois - geography.
the state before joining the Mississippi River at Grafton. The Illinois has been deepened and straightened and forms part of the Illinois Waterway. The watershed between rivers that flow into the Mississippi river system and rivers that flow into the Great Lakes is low and in many places is not easily discernible. Inwhat is now the Chicago area, explorers had little difficulty portaging, or carrying, their canoes over the low watershed between the Des Plaines River, which flows intothe Illinois,...
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Illinois - USA History.
the state before joining the Mississippi River at Grafton. The Illinois has been deepened and straightened and forms part of the Illinois Waterway. The watershed between rivers that flow into the Mississippi river system and rivers that flow into the Great Lakes is low and in many places is not easily discernible. Inwhat is now the Chicago area, explorers had little difficulty portaging, or carrying, their canoes over the low watershed between the Des Plaines River, which flows intothe Illinois,...
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