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- *David E. Bokovoy, "Joseph Smith and the Biblical Council of Gods" [http://www.fairlds.org/wp-content/uploads/2011/11/2010-Da ...: The Cultural Context of Hierophanies and Theophanies in Latter-day Saint Canon" [http://maxwellinstitute.byu.edu/publications/studies/?vol=3&id=72 (Maxwel14 KB (1,963 words) - 17:53, 18 September 2017
- |spin=For the shock value, the author has invoked a biblical prohibition under the Mosaic law and applied it to 19th century plural marr |facts=Joseph Smith was not observing the biblical Mosaic Law, which was fulfilled and done away with at the time of Jesus Chr47 KB (7,393 words) - 14:21, 13 April 2024
- ...se borrowings from the King James Bible that are not part of quotations of biblical authors. These quotations, word borrowings, and phrase borrowings contain w ...span style="color:lightblue">We Don't Have the Original Manuscripts of the Biblical Text. Even If We Did, There's Doubt that the Book of Mormon's Translation W198 KB (31,143 words) - 20:57, 12 April 2024
- ...nt (the account that would eventually find its way into the LDS Church’s canon as the official Joseph Smith—History), he described his youthful confusio ...ess of sins by joining the right Church. If you don't follow the correct, "biblical" doctrine then you can't receive such forgiveness.<ref>Christopher C. Jones24 KB (4,043 words) - 15:14, 13 April 2024
- ...the dead was performed by the dominant church until forbidden by the sixth canon of the Council of Carthage in A.D. 397. Some of the smaller sects, however, ...2017). See also Robert S. Boylan, ''After the Order of the Son of God: The Biblical and Historical Evidence for Latter-day Saint Theology of the Priesthood'' (34 KB (5,659 words) - 15:20, 13 April 2024
- While the biblical record is extensive for at least acknowledging the possibility of life befo ...ng Pearl of Great Price]'', one of the revealed works accepted as official canon by members of The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints.</ref>11 KB (1,837 words) - 15:33, 13 April 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 ...on.”<ref>Walter Brueggemann, ''An Introduction to the Old Testament: The Canon and Christian Imagination'' (Louisville, KY: Westminster John Knox Press, 242 KB (6,767 words) - 15:22, 13 April 2024
- ...rom these contemporary non-Mormon sources,” and this includes the use of biblical proof texts. Lester E. Bush Jr., “Mormonism’s Negro Doctrine: An Histor {{:Question: When did a biblical curse become associated with the "Hamites?"}}32 KB (4,871 words) - 14:20, 13 April 2024
- |L7=Abraham and other Biblical examples demonstrate that plural marriage may, on occasion, be sanctioned Some Christians claim that plural marriage has no Biblical precedents—they point to condemnation of King David and King Solomon9 KB (1,427 words) - 17:29, 5 May 2024
- * is not a Biblical doctrine * has not been sufficient to prevent a vast range of Biblical interpretations and Christian practices, all of which cannot be correct5 KB (865 words) - 18:04, 30 April 2024
- ...claim this misuse Revelation, misunderstand the process by which the Bible canon was formed, and must ignore other, earlier scriptures to maintain their pos ===The book of Revelation was written prior to some of the other biblical books===6 KB (1,060 words) - 23:15, 27 April 2024
- ...cause Christianity requires a "closed canon" instead of the Church's "open canon"?== ===The doctrine of a closed canon and the end of authoritative revelation is not found in the Bible===9 KB (1,437 words) - 15:25, 13 April 2024
- ...ripture" is in reference to writings mentioned or cited within the present Biblical record, but which are not in the Bible itself === ...What is this about, and what implications does it have for the doctrine of Biblical [[Mormonism and the Bible/Inerrancy|inerrancy]] and [[Mormonism and the Bib8 KB (1,192 words) - 18:03, 30 April 2024
- ...wever, he could not sell away his wife.<ref>Ze'ev W. Falk, ''Hebrew Law in Biblical Times'' (Provo, UT: Brigham Young University Press; Winona Lake, IN: Eisenb ...ns.<ref>Biblical Nuggets, “Casuistic Law” < https://cafn.us/2013/01/11/biblical-nuggets-casuistic-law/> (accessed 6 January 2019)</ref> Thus, we are dealin37 KB (6,055 words) - 15:10, 13 April 2024
- ...as made part of the [https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Standard_works official canon] of the Church in the 1880s. ...a collection of funerary papyri seemingly unrelated to anything Jewish or biblical?9 KB (1,383 words) - 21:00, 1 May 2024
- ...ts of his translations/revelations that have become part of the scriptural canon of the Church. ...1:24])''': We know that Joseph Smith's cultural environment was steeped in biblical language. In the early 19th century, it was used in all kinds of literature14 KB (2,228 words) - 13:08, 1 May 2024
- ...stion as well as other relevant scriptural texts from the Latter-day Saint canon for answering this question. ====Resources for Understanding the Biblical Perspective on Homosexuality====28 KB (4,043 words) - 21:47, 12 April 2024
- ...ntertwined and can act upon one another.<ref>This is exactly the view that biblical scholars recognize as being advocated in the Bible. Donald R. Potts, "Body" ...art of the Church's [https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Standard_works official canon] ([https://www.churchofjesuschrist.org/study/scriptures/dc-testament/dc/28.37 KB (5,750 words) - 21:35, 12 April 2024
- ...p A Warning Voice],” ''Improvement Era'' 20 (Sept. 1913): 1148–49. The canon of the Church is accepted as its official doctrine. Scripture is binding on Like many modern laws, Biblical law recognized that there were different types of killing. The next chapter39 KB (6,293 words) - 15:22, 13 April 2024
- ...] and [https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Christians Christians], have used the canon as a means of collective remembrance and shared value for hundreds of years Furthermore, it ignores the biblical evidence of God "remembering" things, as discussed previously, language whi14 KB (2,150 words) - 15:26, 13 April 2024