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- * The authority cited is not an expert in this field - e.g. A Biblical scholar might be very knowledgeable in his own field, but know relatively l ...one knows God doesn't speak to man"; "all Christians accept that the Bible canon is closed"; "everyone knows religious people are deluded."44 KB (7,051 words) - 17:45, 13 April 2024
- == Deuteronomy 18—a biblical test of true prophesy== ...is worse than blasphemy itself. Honesty, however, impels us to submit the biblical prophets to the same tests as those applied to Joseph Smith.117 KB (19,440 words) - 16:45, 21 May 2024
- ...forced upon the Christian community by their revealed tradition, either in Biblical texts or the Early Jewish interpretation of them. As we will also see it wa ...tion."<ref>Walter Brueggemann, ''An Introduction to the Old Testament: The Canon and Christian Imagination'' (Louisville, KY: Westminster John Knox Press, 273 KB (11,849 words) - 01:19, 31 May 2024
- ...s differences between the Nephite textual tradition and the commonly known Biblical manuscripts. '''3)''' It is not clear that Joseph's Biblical knowledge was at all broad during the Book of Mormon translation. It seems83 KB (13,754 words) - 19:42, 2 June 2024
- *[[Mormonism and the Bible/Inerrancy|Biblical inerrancy]] *[[Mormonism and the Bible/Completeness|Biblical sufficiency]]4 KB (500 words) - 13:36, 6 June 2017
- =When did a biblical curse become associated with the "Hamites?"= ...hird and fourth centuries A.D. <ref>Stephen R. Haynes, ''Noah's Curse: The Biblical Justification of American Slavery'' (New York: Oxford University Press, 20061 KB (10,149 words) - 17:01, 1 June 2024
- ...accurate to compare Joseph Smith with Peter, Abraham, Moses, or any other biblical prophet. To state otherwise is a false comparison that serves no other purp * [[Mormonism and the Bible/Inerrancy|Biblical inerrancy?]]8 KB (1,361 words) - 14:19, 13 April 2024
- ...res, was quite clear that the non-scriptural textual items were helps, not canon, and even granted they could well contain mistakes. This likely applies to ...st critics do not call on their congregations to abandon such literalistic Biblical concepts as:19 KB (3,134 words) - 14:19, 13 April 2024
- *[[Archaeology and the Bible|Book of Mormon and Biblical archaeology]] ...er Biblical doctrines, but it does offer a different interpretation of the Biblical data.29 KB (4,776 words) - 14:20, 13 April 2024
- * [[Mormonism and the Bible/Inerrancy|Biblical inerrancy?]] * [[Mormonism and the Bible/Completeness|Biblical sufficiency?]]5 KB (781 words) - 14:19, 13 April 2024
- ...llowed to have more than one wife, as did Abraham, Jacob, David, and other biblical heroes, with no hint of divine disapproval.<br><br>—Michael Coogan, ' =Was there no biblical mandate for plural marriage?=24 KB (3,862 words) - 19:59, 17 May 2024
- * [[Mormonism and the Bible/Inerrancy|Biblical inerrancy?]] * [[Mormonism and the Bible/Completeness|Biblical sufficiency?]]14 KB (2,363 words) - 14:19, 13 April 2024
- ...e Holy Spirit, not just feelings or what is in their heart and to do so is biblical ({{b||John|14|26}}). ...nd that God continues to talk to His children today, the same as he did in biblical times.31 KB (5,234 words) - 14:19, 13 April 2024
- |link1=Open canon vs. closed canon |subject1=Open canon vs. closed canon22 KB (3,785 words) - 17:08, 1 June 2024
- = [[Latter-day Saint scripture and the closed canon]]= ...h's "open canon" evidence of error because Christianity requires a "closed canon"?|jump to]]84 KB (12,104 words) - 14:32, 26 May 2024
- ...rrying sisters or mothers and daughters, therefore Mormon polygamy was not Biblical ...rrying sisters or mothers and daughters, therefore Mormon polygamy was not Biblical==45 KB (7,254 words) - 14:17, 13 April 2024
- ...to understand things by faith. Several scriptures in the Latter-day Saint canon affirm the primacy of reason and of learning through the Spirit--used inter ...nd spirit make the soul (D&C 88:15).<ref>This is essentially the view that biblical scholars recognize as being advocated in the Bible. Donald R. Potts, "Body"8 KB (1,425 words) - 15:34, 13 April 2024
- ...niversal idea and exclamation of the nations of Christendom would be, "the canon of Scrip-{{page break|351|top}}ture is full." Who told them this? From what ...e people, from generation to generation, that the Bible was full, that the canon of scripture was closed, and that it was no more necessary for {{page break24 KB (4,250 words) - 14:42, 13 April 2024
- I suggest that no biblical passage intends to inform us about the condition of God before the beginnin ...eaders that while I believe that my belief is a logical development of the Biblical data, and the early Church Father's teachings, for one who is not a Catholi48 KB (8,193 words) - 14:14, 13 April 2024
- ...e used in conjunction with each other to provide a consistent theory. "The biblical doctrine of the atonement teaches that it is God who initiates and fulfills10 KB (1,650 words) - 13:05, 30 April 2024