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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
- ...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
- * [[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
- ...nt by the term “translation” with respect to his efforts to rework the biblical text can now be reconsidered in light of this new evidence. What is notewor ...mber of direct parallels between Smith’s translation and Adam Clarke’s biblical commentary are simply too numerous and explicit to posit happenstance or co15 KB (2,398 words) - 16:33, 28 April 2024
- {{Main|Open canon vs. closed canon}} ...her Christians in our beliefs about the nature of God, and reject the post-biblical creeds that attempted to define God's nature (Nicene Creed, Athanasian Cree21 KB (3,648 words) - 15:00, 13 April 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
- ...hurch of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints|The LDS Church]] has [[Biblical canon|canonized]] part of this 1838 account as part of its [[religious text|scrip3 KB (452 words) - 13:34, 13 April 2024
- ...Jesus in the New Testament.<ref>Kenton Sparks, ''Sacred Word, Broken Word: Biblical Authority and the Dark Side of Scripture'' (Grand Rapids, MI: Eerdman’s P ...in 2016. Along with impossible riches amassed from taxation and trade, the biblical ruler’s personal fortune could have surpassed $2 trillion in today’s mo51 KB (8,337 words) - 21:51, 12 April 2024
- *The revelation (still included in the Mormon canon) specifically provided the amount of stock to be owned by any individual an ...as a corrupted form of temple rituals that had descended directly from the biblical Solomon and were restored to their true, pristine form by the inspired Jose43 KB (6,425 words) - 13:34, 13 April 2024
- |H=Articles related to the Latter-day Saint Scripture Canon |L2=The consistency of the Mormon scripture canon572 bytes (73 words) - 14:57, 13 April 2024
- ...amed rivers represent four of the great rivers of the known world, yet the Biblical description does not match any modern known configuration. If the critics c ...double standard, they'd have to realize that there are more differences in Biblical manuscripts of the New Testament than there are words in the New Testament!51 KB (8,385 words) - 19:04, 8 May 2024
- *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
- ...inal. Quoted in Robert S. Boylan, ''After the Order of the Son of God: The Biblical and Historical Evidence for Latter-day Saint Theology of the Priesthood'' ( ...versions - The process of canonization," <https://www.britannica.com/topic/biblical-literature/The-process-of-canonization> (27 August 2020).</ref> These apost20 KB (3,144 words) - 15:12, 13 April 2024
- ...ine love from the [https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Standard_works scriptural canon] of the Church. Others are free to disagree with this if they have better [ ...oving,” “loving kindness,” and “loving kindnesses” in the entire canon. Readers are encouraged to either search out these words on the Gospel Libr29 KB (4,656 words) - 21:35, 12 April 2024
- ...g such. We will generally examine passages in the order they appear in the canon of scripture. Only those passages that the author believes have relevance t ...re info. For a solid exegesis of the Romans passage, see Justin W. Starr, "Biblical Condemnations of Homosexual Conduct]," ''FAIR Papers'', 2004, https://www.f106 KB (16,248 words) - 21:51, 12 April 2024
- ...rather than on its unique message as a nineteenth century reworking of the biblical tradition.”<ref>Ibid., 2.</ref></blockquote> ...against belief in the historicity of other scripture that is a part of the canon of the Church. This article can then serve as a response to anyone who make10 KB (1,491 words) - 22:31, 7 November 2022
- ...on and reasoning for it. Next, we will explore teachings from the official canon of scripture of the Church and the morals taught by it that might support t Some have said that the Church's standard is against biblical teaching. These critics cite [https://www.churchofjesuschrist.org/study/scr38 KB (6,006 words) - 21:51, 12 April 2024
- ...ile there are some unanswered questions about abortion from the canon, the canon still provides a clear basis for treating abortion and especially for inten ...ically translated] as "give birth prematurely" in modern, popular, English biblical translations, though other important translations say "miscarriage". "Prema19 KB (3,109 words) - 21:45, 12 April 2024