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=The Bible as part of Latter-day Saint canon=
 
==Overview==
 
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|link=Bible/Basics
 
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|summary=Latter-day Saints consider the Bible to be holy scripture.
 
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==Completeness==
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Latter-day Saints revere the Bible as the word of God and an "inestimable treasure, which excelleth all the riches of the earth; because the fruit thereof extendeth itself, not only to the time spent in this transitory world, but directeth and disposeth men unto that eternal happiness which is above in heaven."<ref>[https://www.churchofjesuschrist.org/study/scriptures/ot/dedication?lang=eng Epistle Dedicatory] to the King James Version of the Holy Bible.</ref>
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|link=Bible/Completeness
 
|subject=Completeness and sufficiency
 
|summary=Critics claim the Bible contains all necessary or essential knowledge to assure salvation. Therefore, things like modern prophets or additional scripture (such as the Book of Mormon) are unnecessary or even blasphemous.
 
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|link=Bible/%22Adding_to%22_or_%22taking_away_from%22
 
|subject="Adding to" or "taking away" from the Bible
 
|summary=Critics claim that the Book of Mormon cannot be true because nothing should be "added to" or "taken away from" the Holy Bible.
 
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|link=Bible/Insufficient
 
|subject=Insufficient?
 
|summary=Critics interpret a statement by Orson Pratt to mean that Latter-day Saints believe that the Bible is "insufficient."
 
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|link=Bible/Lost scripture
 
|subject=Lost scripture
 
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|link=Bible/Open canon vs. closed canon
 
|subject=Open canon vs. closed canon
 
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==Archaeology==
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{{Navigation the Bible}}
|link=Book_of_Mormon/Archaeology/Compared_to_the_Bible
 
|subject=Archaeology and the Bible
 
|summary=Sectarian critics who accept the Bible, but not the Book of Mormon, sometimes claim that the Bible has been "proven" or "confirmed" by archaeology, and insist that the same cannot be said for the Book of Mormon.
 
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==Interpretation==
 
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|link=Bible/Born again translation
 
|subject=Being "born again"&mdash;what does the Bible mean?
 
|summary=When the Bible talks about being "born again," what does this mean? How did the first Christians understand this concept?
 
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|link=Bible/Christianity is a mystery
 
|subject=Christianity is a mystery
 
|summary=Members of the Church believe that the gospel of Christ has been known since the days of Adam. Critics claim that the New Testament teaches that the Gospel of Christ was a mystery unknown until the advent of Christ. (In defense of this claim, they often cite such scriptures as Rom. 16:25; 1  Cor. 2:7, 1  Cor. 4:1; Eph. 3:1-10; Col. 1:25-27).
 
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|link=Bible/Cosmology
 
|subject=Cosmology of the Bible
 
|summary=What do we know about how Bible authors viewed the earth and the universe?
 
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<small>Video from The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints.</small>
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|link=Joseph_Smith/Prophecies/United_Order_is_everlasting#Biblical_parallels
 
|subject="Eternal" biblical commands altered by later prophets
 
|summary=Critics claim that Joseph gave a false prophecy when he described the United Order in revelation as "everlasting," "immutable and unchangeable," "until I [Jesus] come."
 
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|link=Mormonism and science/Global or local Flood
 
|subject=Flood, global or local
 
|summary=Modern scientific knowledge regarding the diversity of species, language and evidence of continuous human habitation does not support the Biblical story that a global flood wiped out most life as recently as 4,400 years ago
 
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|link=Bible/Condemnation of genealogy
 
|subject=Genealogy, condemnation of
 
|summary=Critics charge that the Bible condemns genealogy, and therefore the Latter-day Saint practice of compiling family histories is anti-Biblical, often citing 1 Timothy 1:4 or Titus 3:9.
 
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|link=Priesthood/Restoration/Aaronic/Hebrews 7
 
|subject=Hebrews 7 and the Aaronic Priesthood
 
|summary=Hebrews 7 states that the Aaronic/Levitical Priesthood was "changed" to the unique priesthood "after the order of Melchizedek" held by Jesus Christ. Why then do Latter-day Saints still use the Aaronic Priesthood?
 
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|link=Bible/Inerrancy
 
|subject=Inerrancy and the Bible
 
|summary=Critics claim the Bible texts, at least in their pristine form, were inerrant. Therefore, it is incorrect for Joseph Smith to teach that the Bible contains errors, mistakes, or omissions.
 
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==Joseph Smith Translation==
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|link=Bible/Joseph Smith Translation/As the Church's official Bible
 
|subject=As the Church's official Bible
 
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|link=Bible/Joseph Smith Translation/As the Church's official Bible/JST an embarrassment to leaders
 
|subject=JST an embarrassment to leaders
 
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|link=Book of Mormon/Anachronisms/Deutero-Isaiah
 
|subject=Isaiah, multiple authors of
 
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|link=Bible/On-going divine revelation not necessary
 
|subject=On-going divine revelation not necessary
 
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|link=Bible/Textual criticism
 
|subject=Textual criticism
 
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|link=Bible/Three degrees of glory not biblical
 
|subject=Three degrees of glory not biblical
 
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==Accuracy==
 
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|link=Bible/Translations
 
|subject=Translations
 
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|link=Bible/Transmission versus translation
 
|subject=Transmission versus translation
 
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|link=Bible/Trustworthy
 
|subject=Trustworthy?
 
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Latest revision as of 13:38, 13 April 2024

Contents

The Bible

Latter-day Saints revere the Bible as the word of God and an "inestimable treasure, which excelleth all the riches of the earth; because the fruit thereof extendeth itself, not only to the time spent in this transitory world, but directeth and disposeth men unto that eternal happiness which is above in heaven."[1]

To view articles about the Bible, click "Expand" in the blue bar:

Articles about the Holy Bible


Video from The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints.


Notes

  1. Epistle Dedicatory to the King James Version of the Holy Bible.