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Media Style Guide
Use of "Mormon Church" or "Mormon" by the media in stories mentioning either The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints or members of that Church is both incorrect and confusing. The following guidelines should help in your attempts to be accurate.
- You should always use the official name of the Church in the first reference, "The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints." Note the capital letters and the hyphen.
- In subsequent references you can use "the Church," or "the Latter-day Saints."
- Do not use "Mormon," "Mormon Church," "LDS," "LDS Church," "Latter-day Saints Church," or "the Church of the Latter-day Saints" when referring to the Church.
- Use the word "Mormon" only in the context of the Book of Mormon, not as a nickname for the Church.
- The correct titles for the Church's scriptures are:
The Holy Bible (King James Version)
The Book of Mormon: Another Testament of Jesus Christ
The Doctrine and Covenants
The Pearl of Great Price
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