Mormon leaders, military veterans and elected officials reacted with anger to a new Department of Defense policy that does not consider The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints to be a Christian religion as part of a wider effort to cut down the U.S. military’s list of recognized faiths.
“The Pentagon’s decision to list The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints apart from other Christian faiths is wrong and needs to be corrected,” Republican Rep. Mike Kennedy, of heavily Mormon Utah, wrote on X on Sunday.
By Catholic Doctrine, LDS are not considered Christian for several reasons. Many Protestant denominations also require Mormons to be re-baptized if they convert because Mormons do not believe in the traditional concept of the Trinity.
Christianity is an inherently monotheistic religion that acknowledges one baptism for the forgiveness of sins, so for those who don’t practice Trinitarian baptism, it is pretty difficult to square that circle.
It would be more accurate to describe Mormonism as “Christian-derived”. LDS even acknowledge they consider revelation to be ongoing (as in, there could be other Gospels that appear at any moment).
The best analogy is “Christianity fanfic”, but its difficult to state that without being more pejorative than intended.
Not recognizing the trinity is a thing a variety of sabbatarian type of protestants.