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What does a “burning in the bosom” mean? Does it need to be a feeling of caloric heat, like the burning produced by combustion? If that is the meaning, I have never had a burning in the bosom. Surely, the word “burning” in this scripture signifies a feeling of comfort and serenity. That is the witness many receive. That is the way revelation works.<ref>[http://www.lds.org/ensign/1997/03/teaching-and-learning-by-the-spirit?lang=eng "Teaching and Learning by the Spirit,"] ''Ensign'' (March 1997) 14.</ref>
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What does a “burning in the bosom” mean? Does it need to be a feeling of caloric heat, like the burning produced by combustion? If that is the meaning, I have never had a burning in the bosom. Surely, the word “burning” in this scripture signifies a feeling of comfort and serenity. That is the witness many receive. That is the way revelation works.<ref>Dallin H. Oaks, "[http://www.lds.org/ensign/1997/03/teaching-and-learning-by-the-spirit?lang=eng "Teaching and Learning by the Spirit]," ''Ensign'' 27 (March 1997): 14.</ref>
 
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Dallin H. Oaks (1997): "Surely, the word “burning” in this scripture signifies a feeling of comfort and serenity. That is the witness many receive. That is the way revelation works"

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What does a “burning in the bosom” mean? Does it need to be a feeling of caloric heat, like the burning produced by combustion? If that is the meaning, I have never had a burning in the bosom. Surely, the word “burning” in this scripture signifies a feeling of comfort and serenity. That is the witness many receive. That is the way revelation works.[1]


Notes

  1. Dallin H. Oaks, ""Teaching and Learning by the Spirit," Ensign 27 (March 1997): 14.