Are Mormons Living “Another Gospel”?
Enemies of the restored gospel often point to passages in Paul’s epistle to the Galatians as evidence that Mormonism is really “another gospel” (Galatians 1:6). They quote Galatians 1:8, which says, “But though we, or an angel from heaven, preach any other gospel unto you than that which we have preached unto you, let him be accursed.” But their assertion is given undue credit; the “other gospel” to which Paul was referring was the one being polluted by the Jews (see Galatians 1:14). As an appointed servant of Jesus Christ, Paul was simply taking appropriate ecclesiastical action to prevent the deterioration of gospel ideals. It was his responsibility to correct the members of the church when they erred–and they often did. Since the practices introduced by Christ were foreign to their traditions, the saints needed constant direction from Christ and his chosen leaders. After Paul and the other apostles were killed, no one was left to make such corrections, and people fell away from the
