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Friday, May 6, 2011

What Did Count Leo Tolstoy Think About The Mormon Church?

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You may have heard or read this before, but today a blog put up information of an inquiry that Leo Tolstoy made late in the nineteenth century to the ambassador to Italy from America, a Dr. Andrew White. The person inquiring about the Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints, aka Mormon or Latter-day Saint Church, was the man himself, the writer, philogopher Tolstoy. Here is part of that conversation. If you want more of it follow the link below.
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"...the church that some call the “American religion“, but many have the tendency to look for the endorsement of some famous person to approve of something, before even being willing to look into it.
Obviously a quote or story is not enough for those who decided not to investigate seriously Mormonism, but this is the story about Count Leo Tolstoy and I love it, and I think it is becoming every day more true.
Count Leo Tolstoy, Russian author and statesman, in conversation with Andrew D. White, United States foreign minister to Russia, in 1892 said, “I wish you would tell me about your American religion.”


“We have no state church in America,” replied Dr. White.
“I know that, but what about your American religion?”
Dr. White explained to Tolstoy that in America each person is free to belong to the particular church in which he is interested.
Tolstoy impatiently replied: “I know all of this, but I want to know about the American religion. … The church to which I refer originated in America and is commonly known as the Mormon Church. What can you tell me of the teachings of the Mormons?”
Doctor White said, “I know very little concerning them.”
Then Count Leo Tolstoy rebuked the ambassador...
Click this link to read the entire story. At the same time we thank this blog for reminding us that this story, which is true, is out there. Interesting story.


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