Joseph Smith on Syncretism

Joseph Smith

One of the grand fundamental principles of “Mormonism” is to receive truth, let it come from whence it may. . . . Have the Presbyterians any truth? Yes. Have the Baptists, Methodists, etc., any truth? Yes. They all have a little truth mixed with error. We should gather all the good and true principles in the world and treasure them up, or we shall not come out true “Mormons.”

Teachings of the Prophet Joseph Smith, pages 313, 316, Joseph Fielding Smith (compiler), Salt Lake City, Utah: Deseret Book, 1976

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