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美国国防部于周一更新了其宗教身份编码体系，此前耶稣基督后期圣徒教会（即摩门教）成员批评该体系未将后期圣徒教会归类为“基督教”信仰。
国防部于上周五将宗教身份编码数量从200多个精简至31个，以帮助军方牧师简化宗教支持服务工作。这31个编码中包含了后期圣徒教会，但未将其列入21个被标记为“基督教”的宗教范畴内，这引发了包括犹他州共和党参议员约翰·柯蒂斯和迈克·李在内的摩门教社区成员的不满。
“政府机构以违背该宗教自身核心教义的方式描述一种信仰，这是不可接受的，”柯蒂斯周六在X平台上写道。
国防部于周一下午发布了新的编码清单，移除了其他宗教的“基督教”标注，仅保留宗教信仰的编码和名称。
国防部在一份声明中表示，上周五由国防部首席发言人肖恩·帕内尔在X平台上公开的旧清单“存在冗余且不必要的标签标注，目前该错误已得到修正”。
“为明确牧师的工作内容、简化指挥官的工作流程，国防部已将宗教编码合并精简至约30个，沿用了此前使用的宗教名称标签，”周一发布的声明称，“国防部的职责并非裁决神学辩论，而是确保部队中真诚持守的信仰得到尊重和支持。”
针对这份声明，李在X平台上表示：“我同意该声明内容，并感谢赫格斯塞特部长纠正了这一错误。”
经常提及自身基督教信仰的赫格斯塞特在任职初期就启动了每月自愿祈祷仪式，并邀请基督教福音派牧师道格·威尔逊发表演讲。威尔逊的观点包括认为赋予女性选举权是一项错误，他还曾辩称摩门教不属于基督教。
在去年12月的一段视频中，威尔逊说道：“摩门教不是基督教。直截了当地说——基督教信仰是一神论，而摩门教是多神论。”支持后期圣徒教会的非营利民权组织FAIR则反驳称这种说法并不属实——该教会信仰圣父、圣子和圣灵，并非多神论。
在国防部更新编码清单的前一天，李曾表示，政府不应介入“不同宗教教派之间的教义争端”。
清单中包含的其他宗教还有长老会、贵格会、基督教会、无宗派基督教、天主教、圣公会、伊斯兰教、印度教、锡克教和犹太教。
该清单是赫格斯塞特去年12月宣布的全面改革军方牧师团计划的一部分。他的目标是实现“自上而下的文化转变，将精神福祉置于与心理健康和身体健康同等重要的地位”。在这项改革推进期间，美国陆军总牧师小威廉·格林少将于4月被解职。
赫格斯塞特早在今年3月就宣布将宗教编码从200多个精简至仅31个，他表示内部审查委员会确定约30个编码是服役人员最常用的，但国防部直到上周五才公开这份清单。
具体编码清单如下：
2026年6月8日更新后的美国国防部宗教身份编码清单
2026年6月：未将耶稣基督后期圣徒教会归类为基督教的原版美国国防部编码清单
Pentagon updates religious codes after criticism from Mormons
June 8, 2026 / 3:26 PM EDT / CBS News
The Pentagon on Monday updated its religious affiliation codes after members of the Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints criticized the list because it did not describe LDS as a “Christian” faith.
On Friday, the Pentagon cut the number of religious affiliation codes from over 200 to 31 to help military chaplains streamline religious support services. The 31 codes included the Church of Latter-day Saints – but not as one of the 21 religions described as “Christian,” which angered members of the LDS community, including Republican Sens. John Curtis and Mike Lee of Utah.
“It is unacceptable for a government entity to characterize a faith in a manner that contradicts the religion’s own foundational tenets,” Curtis wrote on X on Saturday.
The Pentagon released a new list Monday afternoon that removed the “Christian” descriptor from other religions and provided just the code and the name of the religious faiths.
In a statement, the Pentagon said the list from Friday, which was posted on X to the public by chief Pentagon spokesman Sean Parnell, included “redundant and unnecessary labeling, and the mistake has been fixed.”
“In order to clarify the work of chaplains, and simplify the work of commanders, the Pentagon has consolidated and simplified the list to roughly thirty codes – using the previously used labels for faiths,” the Monday statement said. “The Pentagon’s job is not to adjudicate theological debates, but to ensure sincerely-held faith is respected and encouraged in our ranks.”
In response to the statement, Lee posted on X, “I agree with this statement, and am grateful to Secretary Hegseth for correcting the error.”
Hegseth, who often invokes his Christian faith, began monthly voluntary prayer services early in his tenure and has welcomed the Christian evangelical pastor Doug Wilson to speak. Wilson, whose beliefs include that it was a mistake to give women the right to vote, has argued Mormons are not Christian.
In a video post from December, Wilson said, “Mormonism is not Christian. Not to put too fine a point on it – the Christian faith is monotheistic and Mormonism is polytheistic.” The nonprofit civil rights organization FAIR, which supports the LDS Church, argued that is not true – that the church believes in the Father, the Son, and the Holy Ghost, not multiple gods.
On Sunday, before the Pentagon updated the list, Lee said the government should not weigh in “on doctrinal disputes between various religious denominations.”
Some of the other religions represented on the list include Presbyterian, Quaker, Church of Christ, Christian (Non-Denominational), Catholic, Episcopal, Islam, Hindu, Sikh, and Judaism.
The list is part of Hegseth’s effort to overhaul the Military Chaplain Corps that he announced in December. His goal is to create “a top down cultural shift, putting spiritual wellbeing on the same footing as mental and physical health.” Amid this effort, the U.S. Army Chief of Chaplains Major Gen. William Green Jr. was fired from his position in April.
Hegseth initially announced the list of codes would be trimmed from over 200 to just 31 back in March after he said an internal review committee determined the roughly 30 codes were the most used by service members, but the Pentagon didn’t release the list publicly until Friday.
The codes are shown below:
Updated Pentagon religious codes list, June 8, 2026
June 2026: Original Pentagon list that did not include Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints as a Christian religion.
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