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| − | Critics charge that the 'problems' with the Book of Mormon made Brigham H. Roberts (an early LDS apologist and member of the First Quorum of Seventy) lose his faith in the its historicity. The primary source upon which this criticism is based originates with Roberts' manuscripts detailing his critical study of the Book of Mormon, which was published under the title [[B.H. Roberts and "Studies of the Book of Mormon"|''Studies of the Book of Mormon'']] years after his death.
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| − | {{:Question: Did B.H. Roberts state that it was possible for Joseph Smith to have come up with the Book of Mormon on his own?}}
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| − | An excellent argument against the claim that B.H. Roberts abandoned the Book of Mormon can be found in his last book, which he considered his masterwork. [B. H. Roberts, ''The Truth, the Way, the Life: An Elementary Treatise on Theology'', edited by John W. Welch (Provo, Utah: Brigham Young University Studies, 1994).] Given Roberts' clear respect for the Book of Mormon in this volume, there can be little doubt that he continued to believe in and treasure it.
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| − | Ironically for the critics, many of the issues which drew Elder Roberts' attention have now been solved as more information about the ancient world has become available. He expressed faith that this would be the case, and has been vindicated:
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| − | :We who accept [the Book of Mormon] as a revelation from God have every reason to believe that it will endure every test; and the more thoroughly it is investigated, the greater shall be its ultimate triumph.<ref>{{IE|author=B. H. Roberts|article=The Translation of the Book of Mormon|num=9|date=April 1906|start=435|end=436}}</ref>
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| − | {{:Source:Madsen:B.H. Roberts and the Book of Mormon:Among readers who came to the Book of Mormon with hard, skeptical assumptions, B.H. Roberts is notable}}
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| − | {{:Question: Did B.H. Roberts lose his faith in the Church and the Book of Mormon?}}
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