Fire on Ice: The Conversion and Life of Guðmundur Guðmundsson

In A.D. 1000, the Icelandic Parliament held their annual two-week summer session in Parliament's Field, a remote area of southwest Iceland where they had convened each year since A.D. 930. In this lush plain, where lava cliffs bear witness of fire meeting ice, Christianity was adopted as the of...

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Main Author: Woods, Fred E.
Format: Text
Language:unknown
Published: BYU ScholarsArchive 2000
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Online Access:https://scholarsarchive.byu.edu/byusq/vol39/iss2/27
https://scholarsarchive.byu.edu/context/byusq/article/4036/viewcontent/6309.pdf
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Summary:In A.D. 1000, the Icelandic Parliament held their annual two-week summer session in Parliament's Field, a remote area of southwest Iceland where they had convened each year since A.D. 930. In this lush plain, where lava cliffs bear witness of fire meeting ice, Christianity was adopted as the official religion of the entire Icelandic nation. The year 2000 marks the millennial anniversary of this event. It is also a year of reflection for Latter-day Saints, as the first LDS chapel in Iceland will be dedicated in the summer of 2000.