Contention
Strife, quarreling, and disputation, condemned as being of the devil.
Also known as: Argument · Contend · Contending · Disputations · Dispute Disputations · Quarrel
65 documents · 8 libraries · 1972–2026
Emphasis over time
Peak: 9 documents in 2021
Documents tagged with this topic each year. Libraries cover different years (Liahona starts in 2021), so the rate compares eras more fairly than the count.
Where it lives
- General Conference31 documents
- BYU Speeches15 documents
- Liahona Articles9 documents
- Religious Educator4 documents
- BYU Studies2 documents
- Interpreter2 documents
- Journal of Book of Mormon Studies1 document
- Scripture Central1 document
Latest
General Conference
Using the Language of Peacemakers (opens in a new tab)
Alfred Kyungu · Oct 2026
Liahona Articles
Avoiding Your Feelings Is Not the Solution to Anger—Peacemaking Is (opens in a new tab)
Isabelle Justice · Jun 2025
Interpreter
Learning Political Civility from Pahoran to Lincoln (opens in a new tab)
Brian Warby · 2025
General Conference
Following Christ (opens in a new tab)
Dallin H. Oaks · Oct 2024
Liahona Articles
Can I Belong at Home When My Family Doesn’t Accept the Gospel? (opens in a new tab)
Name withheld · Mar 2024
Liahona Articles
How Can Being a Peacemaker Help Me Gather Israel? (opens in a new tab)
Mar 2024
Religious Educator
Stirreth Up the People (opens in a new tab)
Lindon J. Robison · 2024
General Conference
Followers of the Prince of Peace (opens in a new tab)
Ulisses Soares · Apr 2023
BYU Speeches
Choose to Be Humble (opens in a new tab)
Kevin J Worthen · Jan 2022
Interpreter
Contending without Contention (opens in a new tab)
Daniel C. Peterson · 2022
Earliest
General Conference
Harmony in the Home (opens in a new tab)
H. Burke Peterson · Oct 1972
Most frequent voices
- Dallin H. Oaks4 documents
- Marvin J. Ashton4 documents
- Thomas S. Monson4 documents
- Kevin J Worthen3 documents
- Russell M. Nelson3 documents
- Name withheld2 documents
- O. Leslie Stone2 documents
- Theodore M. Burton2 documents
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