Summum
Respondent
Pamela Harris, Counsel of Record Summum is a religious organization founded in 1975 andheadquartered in Salt Lake City, Utah. The Summum church incorporates elementsof Gnostic Christianity. Central to Summum religious belief and practice arethe Seven Principles of Creation (the “Seven Aphorisms). According to Summumdoctrine, the Seven Aphorisms were inscribed on the original tablets handeddown by God to Moses on Mount Sinai. Because Moses believed that the Israeliteswere not ready to receive the Aphorisms, he shared them only with a selectgroup of people. In the Summum Exodus account, Moses then destroyed theoriginal tablets, traveled back to Mount Sinai, and returned with…
