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|L1=Question: Do Latter-day Saints believe that Quetzalcoatl was actually Jesus Christ?
|L2=Question: Have Mormon apologists ignored aspects of Quetzalcoatl which are inconsistent with Jesus Christ?
|L3=Question: What are the problems of trying to associate Quetzalcoatl with Jesus Christ?
|L4=Diane E. Wirth, "Quetzalcoatl, the Maya Maize God, and Jesus Christ"
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{{:Question: What are the problems of trying to associate Quetzalcoatl with Jesus Christ?}}
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|link=http://publications.maxwellinstitute.byu.edu/fullscreen/?pub=1406&index=3
|author=Diane E. Wirth
|title=Quetzalcoatl, the Maya Maize God, and Jesus Christ
|publication=Journal of Book of Mormon Studies
|vol=11
|num=1
|date=2002
|summary=Legends about Quetzalcoatl from Mexico and Central America bring forward tantalizing resemblances to aspects of the life and New World ministry of Jesus Christ. In the past, some leaders of the Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints occasionally drew attention to certain of those similarities.1 Among those mentioned in post-Spanish conquest manuscripts were that Quetzalcoatl was the Creator, that he was born of a virgin, that he was a god of the air and earth (in his manifestation as the Feathered Serpent), that he was white and bearded, that he came from heaven and was associated with the planet Venus, that he raised the dead, and that he promised to return. The full picture, however, is extremely complex.
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In light of ancient sources and modern studies that have appeared in recent decades, some proposed links between Jesus Christ and Quetzalcoatl remain quite plausible while others are now questionable. This article examines and sets into a helpful context possible links that may derive from, or be related to, the Nephites' knowledge of and teaching about the Savior.
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For extensive discussion, see:

*{{Sunstone|author=Brant Gardner|article=The Christianization of Quetzalcoatl: A History of the Metamorphosis|start=6|end=10|date=1986|num=11|vol=10}} {{pdflink|url=https://www.sunstonemagazine.com/file-index/7.html}}
* Brant Gardner, “Quetzalcoatl’s Fathers: A Critical Examination of Source Materials,” http://www.ku.edu/~hoopes/aztlan/tripart.htm (1997)
* Blair Dee Hodges, "Method and Skepticism (and Quetzalcoatl....)," ''lifeongoldplates.com'' (29 September 2008) {{link|url=http://www.lifeongoldplates.com/2008/09/method-and-skepticism-and-quetzalcoatl.html}}
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