Charts & Visual Resources

Side by Side: LDS Doctrine and Catholic Teaching in Contrast

Three comprehensive comparison charts covering the major structural differences between the two traditions — from how authority is organized, to how grace is received, to where the soul goes after death.

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• Chart I: Priesthood Offices vs. Holy Orders
• Chart II: Temple Ordinances vs. Catholic Sacraments
• Chart III: Plan of Salvation vs. Catholic Eschatology

Historicity of Scripture: The Bible vs. The Book of Mormon

An archaeological, linguistic, manuscript, and historical analysis comparing the evidentiary foundations of the Bible and the Book of Mormon — what does the evidence actually show?

The Nature of God: Three Views

A three-column comparative infographic examining how the nature of God differs across Catholic, LDS, and Biblical frameworks — eternal vs. created, immaterial vs. embodied, one Being vs. three separate gods.

What the Early Church Believed

A doctrine-by-doctrine comparison showing what the ante-Nicene Church Fathers actually taught — and how their words align with Catholic theology, not LDS theology.

The “Great Apostasy” Claim vs. The Historical Record

A chart comparing the LDS claim of total apostasy with the documented historical activity of orthodox Christianity during those same centuries — was the Church really gone?

Salvation: Two Paths — Catholic vs. LDS Soteriology

Side-by-side flowcharts comparing how salvation works in Catholicism versus LDS theology — faith, sacraments, grace, exaltation, degrees of glory, and eternal progression.

Biblical Typology Fulfilled

Old Testament types — Passover Lamb, Manna, Brazen Serpent — with their New Testament fulfillments in Christ and the Catholic sacraments. A visual demonstration of salvation history’s coherence.

The Typology Map: Old Testament Shadows, New Testament Fulfillment

An interactive visual map connecting Old Testament types — persons, events, objects, institutions, sacrifices, and covenants — to their New Testament fulfillments, revealing the coherent arc of salvation history.

Manuscript Evidence Comparison

A visual comparison of the manuscript tradition behind the New Testament versus the single claimed source of the Book of Mormon — tens of thousands of manuscripts vs. none.

Doctrine Comparison Matrix

A filterable side-by-side comparison of Catholic, Latter-day Saint, and early Church Father positions on every major point of theology — from the nature of God to scripture, priesthood, salvation, and sacraments.

Follow the Quote — Citation Tracer

An interactive citation tracer: enter a famous LDS or Catholic theological claim and follow its primary source trail, visually showing how far back — or how recently — the evidence actually goes.

Theological Glossary

A comparative theological lexicon defining key terms — God, priesthood, scripture, church, salvation, and more — as understood in Catholic and Latter-day Saint contexts.

The Timeline of Christianity

An interactive timeline tracing the branching of Christianity from its Catholic origin — through the Orthodox schism, the Protestant Reformation, and Restorationist movements — showing where each tradition diverged and why.

Internal LDS Contradiction Tracker

A side-by-side examination of simultaneous contradictions between the LDS Standard Works — the Book of Mormon, Doctrine & Covenants, and Pearl of Great Price — on doctrine, history, and theology.

The Prophetic Criteria Checker

An interactive tool applying the biblical criteria for a true prophet — from Deuteronomy 18, Deuteronomy 13, and Matthew 7 — to Joseph Smith, with primary source documentation at every step.

Church Structure Compared

The Catholic hierarchy has three ordained degrees rooted in the New Testament and confirmed by the earliest Church Fathers. The LDS hierarchy has six or more management layers — none of which appear in Scripture or in the first fifteen centuries of Christianity.

From Temple to Cathedral — Typological Fulfillment

A visual mapping of how the Jewish Temple’s courts, furnishings, and rituals find their fulfillment in the Catholic Church — from the outer courts to the Holy of Holies, every element points forward to Christ and the sacraments.

Mapping Mormon’s World: Book of Mormon Internal Geography

The Book of Mormon never provides a map, but it provides dozens of relative spatial references. This interactive chart reconstructs the text’s internal geography from those clues — and asks what the complete absence of archaeological corroboration means for the truth claims behind it.

Church History Timeline

An interactive visual timeline tracing the history of the Christian Church from Pentecost through the present — major councils, patristic figures, schisms, and LDS events mapped against the Catholic tradition.

The Vine of Faith — Ante-Nicene Witnesses to Catholic Doctrine

An interactive timeline of ante-Nicene Church Fathers witnessing to Catholic doctrine — trace the Eucharist, Apostolic Succession, Petrine Primacy, Baptism, and the Trinity from the Apostles through three centuries of unbroken testimony.

Two Timelines: Unbroken Succession vs. the Apostasy-and-Restoration Narrative

A dual-track chronological visualization running from Pentecost to today — the unbroken Catholic line of apostolic succession set against the LDS claim of a total apostasy lasting eighteen centuries, followed by restoration in 1829. Key figures, councils, and documents mark each era.

The Apostolic Chain: Peter to Today

A visual genealogy of papal succession from St. Peter to today — the unbroken chain of apostolic authority that has transmitted the faith across two millennia, and which the LDS Church cannot produce.

From Christ to the Bishops — A Timeline of Apostolic Succession

A visual timeline tracing the transmission of apostolic authority from Christ through the Twelve, to the earliest bishops, and across the centuries — documenting the unbroken chain the Catholic Church has always claimed and the early Fathers consistently confirmed.

The Succession Crisis: A Tale of Two Churches

A visual timeline contrasting the LDS succession crisis after Joseph Smith’s death with the orderly apostolic succession of the early Catholic Church — two very different pictures of what a divinely guided institution looks like.

Councils & Creeds: A Timeline of Doctrinal Continuity

A visual timeline of the seven Ecumenical Councils alongside a parallel LDS revelation timeline — demonstrating Catholic doctrinal continuity versus Mormon doctrinal reversals across the centuries.

LDS Doctrine Changes Over Time

A documented timeline of specific LDS doctrines that have been reversed, abandoned, or substantially altered — with dates and primary sources drawn from official LDS records.

Joseph Smith’s God: An Evolving Theology

A focused timeline showing how Joseph Smith’s descriptions of God changed dramatically from 1830 to 1844 — from a spiritual being to a corporeal exalted man — in his own words.

The Scripture Trail: Tracing Catholic Doctrine Through Twenty Centuries

Interactive visual timelines tracing core Catholic doctrines — the Real Presence, the Indefectibility of the Church, Apostolic Succession, Confession, and Mary as Theotokos — from Old Testament types through the Church Fathers to today.

The Double Life of Joseph Smith: A Timeline

A documented chronological examination of Joseph Smith’s plural marriages — their secrecy, their subjects, and their implications for claims of prophetic authority. Drawn from the LDS Church’s own Gospel Topics essays.

The Polygamist Prophets: LDS Presidents & Their Wives

A documented accounting of the plural marriages of Latter-day Saint presidents — the number of wives, the ages, and the patterns that defined polygamy at the highest levels of Church leadership.

The Book of Abraham Problem

A side-by-side examination of what Joseph Smith claimed to translate from the Egyptian papyri versus what professional Egyptologists say the texts actually say — a direct, documented comparison.

LDS Prophets on Race: A Historical Documentation

A carefully sourced documentation of LDS prophetic statements on race, the pre-1978 priesthood ban, its theological justifications, the 1978 reversal, and the 2013 disavowal — and what this record means for the LDS claim to continuous prophetic authority.