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- Source:Kimball quoting Richards:1974:The Lord has given me dreams which to me are just as real and as much from God as was the dream of King Nebuchadnezzar → George F. Richards: "The Lord has given me dreams which to me are just as real and as much from God as was the dream of King Nebuchadnezzar"
- Source:LDS Department of Education Study Manual:1938:the Book of Mormon deals only with the history and expansion of three small colonies which came to America and it does not deny or disprove the possibility of other immigrations → LDS Department of Education Study Manual (1938): "the Book of Mormon deals only with the history and expansion of three small colonies which came to America and it does not deny or disprove the possibility of other immigrations"
- Source:LDS Department of Education Study Manual:1940:There is a tendency to use the Book of Mormon as a complete history of all pre-Columbian peoples...The book does not give an history of all peoples who came to America before Columbus → LDS Department of Education Study Manual (1940): "There is a tendency to use the Book of Mormon as a complete history of all pre-Columbian peoples...The book does not give an history of all peoples who came to America before Columbus"
- Source:LDS Newsroom:Approaching Mormon Doctrine:May 2007:Not every statement made by a Church leader, past or present, necessarily constitutes doctrine → "Approaching Mormon Doctrine," LDS Newsroom (May 2007): "Not every statement made by a Church leader, past or present, necessarily constitutes doctrine"
- Source:Lanny Bell:the Mormon Book of Abraham:the questionable traces above the head of the Osiris figure are actually the remains of his right hand → Bell: "the questionable traces above the head of the Osiris figure are actually the remains of his right hand"
- Source:Lanny Bell:there would not be enough available space to restore the hand of Anubis, the erect phallus of the Osiris, and the body and wings of Isis → Bell: "there would not be enough available space to restore the hand of Anubis, the erect phallus of the Osiris, and the body and wings of Isis"
- Source:Lowell T. Bennion:1955:The Book of Mormon itself does not purport to be a history of all pre-Columbian peoples in the Western Hemisphere → Lowell T. Bennion (Sunday School - 1955): "The Book of Mormon itself does not purport to be a history of all pre-Columbian peoples in the Western Hemisphere"
- Source:Lucy Mack Smith:Biographical Sketches:They stood in the yard near the door, and were devising plans to find "Joe Smith's gold bible," as they expressed themselves → Lucy Mack Smith: "They stood in the yard near the door, and were devising plans to find "Joe Smith's gold bible," as they expressed themselves"
- Source:Lucy Mack Smith:Here it was that those 8 witnesses recorded in the Book of Mormon looked upon the plates and handled them of which they bear witness → Lucy Mack Smith: "Here it was that those 8 witnesses recorded in the Book of Mormon looked upon the plates and handled them of which they bear witness"
- Source:Madden et al:How the Iron Age Began:Scientific American 237:4:by the beginning of the tenth century B.C. blacksmiths were intentionally steeling iron → Madden et al.: "by the beginning of the tenth century B.C. blacksmiths were intentionally steeling iron"
- 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 → Truman Madsen: "Among readers who came to the Book of Mormon with hard, skeptical assumptions, B.H. Roberts is notable"
- Source:Madsen:Defining Adultery:Joseph Smith could not have been properly convicted of adultery under the law of Illinois in 1844 → Source:Bradshaw:Defining Adultery:Joseph Smith could not have been properly convicted of adultery under the law of Illinois in 1844
- Source:Marion G. Romney:1975:As the conflict intensified, all the people who had not been slain—men...gathered about that hill Cumorah → Marion G. Romney (1975): "As the conflict intensified, all the people who had not been slain—men...gathered about that hill Cumorah"
- Source:Marion G. Romney:6 Apr 1963:I have for the past two years been supervising the Latin American missions...the Lamanites, many of whom live in these missions → Marion G. Romney (6 Apr 1963): "I have for the past two years been supervising the Latin American missions...the Lamanites, many of whom live in these missions"
- Source:Marion G. Romney:His Life and Faith:1988:I have never told anybody some of the experiences I have had, not even my wife. I know that God lives. I not only know that he lives, but I know him → Marion G. Romney: "I have never told anybody some of the experiences I have had, not even my wife. I know that God lives. I not only know that he lives, but I know him"
- Source:Mark E. Peterson:1982:Now, a General Authority might speculate, I suppose. We have had speculation, for instance, on the part of some with respect to Book of Mormon geography → Mark E. Peterson (1982): "Now, a General Authority might speculate, I suppose. We have had speculation, for instance, on the part of some with respect to Book of Mormon geography"
- Source:Martin:The Discovery of America:Science 179:974:No theoretical reason mastodons, horses and slots could not have survived → Martin: "no theoretical reason why a herd of mastodons, horses, or ground sloths could not have survived in some small refuge until 8000 or even 4000 years ago"
- Source:Martin Harris:Investigating the Book of Mormon Witnesses:116:1:Do you see that hand → Martin Harris: "As sure as you see my hand so sure did I see the angel and the plates"
- Source:Martin Harris:Investigating the Book of Mormon Witnesses:116:3:Just as plain as you see that chopping block, I saw the plates → Martin Harris: "Just as plain as you see that chopping block, I saw the plates"
- Source:Martin Harris:Investigating the Book of Mormon Witnesses:117:1:I know what I know → Martin Harris: "The Book of Mormon is no fake. I know what I know. I have seen what I have seen and I have heard what I have heard"
- Source:Martin Harris:Painesville Telegraph:1831:He had seen and handled them all → Painesville Telegraph (1831): Martin Harris said that "He had seen and handled them all"
- Source:Martin Harris:Stephen Burnett to Lyman E. Johnson 1838:But he never saw them only as he saw a city through a mountain → Stephen Burnett on Martin Harris: "But he never saw them only as he saw a city through a mountain"
- Source:Martin Harris reaffirmed his published testimony of the Book of Mormon → Martin Harris reaffirmed his published testimony of the Book of Mormon
- Source:Matthews:Joseph Smith's Translation of the Bible:does not necessarily assume that it be a restoration of the original Bible text → The Joseph Smith Translation of the Bible#Matthews: "To regard the New Translation...as a product of divine inspiration given to Joseph Smith does not necessarily assume that it be a restoration of the original Bible text"
- Source:Maynes:Young Adult Devotional:1 May 2016:Joseph wrote or dictated four known accounts of his First Vision → Richard J. Maynes: "Joseph wrote or dictated four known accounts of his First Vision"
- Source:McGuire:Finding Parallels:Interpreter 5:Anjouan, one of the Comoro islands, with an indicated anchorage identified as Meroni → McGuire: "Anjouan, one of the Comoro islands, with an indicated anchorage identified as Meroni"
- Source:Melvin J. Ballard:Apr 1930:We were made to know that the Gospel message would find thousands who had the blood of Israel in their veins in South America → Melvin J. Ballard (Apr 1930): "We were made to know that the Gospel message would find thousands who had the blood of Israel in their veins in South America"
- Source:Melvin J. Ballard:Apr 1938:for these millions who are in Mexico, Central America and South America their day must come → Melvin J. Ballard (Apr 1938): "for these millions who are in Mexico, Central America and South America their day must come"
- Source:Michael J. Dorais:Maxwell Institute:2004:The Geologic History of Hill Cumorah → Michael J. Dorais (2004): "The Geologic History of Hill Cumorah"
- Source:Millennial Star:Sep 1840:We learn these gentlemen will continue their journey, and after their visit to Palenque, will proceed to Mexico → Millennial Star (Sep 1840): "We learn these gentlemen will continue their journey, and after their visit to Palenque, will proceed to Mexico"
- Source:Miller and Roper:Animals in the Book of Mormon:Interpreter:Cattle and horses → Miller and Roper: "Bones of domesticated cattle...have been reported from different caves in the Yucatan Peninsula of Mexico"
- Source:Miller and Roper:Animals in the Book of Mormon:Interpreter:Elephants:Survival until the time of the Jaredites → Miller and Roper: "This was long enough to bring them (mammoths) to the time of the Jaredites"
- Source:Miller and Roper:Animals in the Book of Mormon:Interpreter:Elephants:Traditions of giant beasts with long noses → Miller and Roper: "Evidence for the survival of the elephant can be found in Native American myths and traditions"
- Source:Miller and Roper:Animals in the Book of Mormon:Interpreter:Goats → Miller and Roper: "Evidence of goats associated with pre-Columbian man also comes from caves in Yucatan"
- Source:Miller and Roper:Animals in the Book of Mormon:Interpreter:Sheep → Miller and Roper: "there are sheep native to America. The most common type is the Mountain Sheep, Ovis canadensis"
- Source:Miller and Roper:Animals in the Book of Mormon:Interpreter:Swine → Miller and Roper: "two distinct species of peccary live in Mesoamerica....They were hunted and eaten as early as Olmec times"
- Source:Miller and Roper:Animals in the Book of Mormon:Interpreter:Wild goats → Miller and Roper: "In post-biblical Jewish literature some Jewish writers distinguished between wild and domestic cattle such as goats"
- Source:Moses Thatcher:JD 23:203:The "Mormon" Priesthood dominates the affairs of the "Mormon" people upon the principles of righteousness and equit → Source:Moses Thatcher:JD 23:203:The "Mormon" Priesthood dominates the affairs of the "Mormon" people upon the principles of righteousness and equity
- Source:Muhlestein:Gee:Human sacrifice in ancient Egypt → Muhlestein and Gee: "It is now apparent that human sacrifice did indeed occur in ancient Egypt"
- Source:Muhlestein:Gee:Sacrifice could be extended to foreigners who lived beyond the boundaries of Egypt → Muhlestein: Sacrifice could be extended to foreigners who lived beyond the boundaries of Egypt
- Source:Muhlestein:Gee:Sacrifice was a penalty for desecrating the sacred house of an Egyptian god → Muhlestein and Gee: "Sacrifice was a penalty for desecrating the sacred house of an Egyptian god"
- Source:Myron H. Bond:Saint's Herald:25:John Whitmer...the plates, which he saw and handled → Myron H. Bond (1878): John Whitmer "knew as well as he knew he had an existence that Joseph translated the ancient writing which was upon the plates, which he saw and handled"
- Source:Nauvoo Journals:December 1841-April 1843:The Joseph Smith Papers:Several later documents suggest that several women who were already married to other men were, like Marinda Hyde, married or sealed to Joseph Smith → The Joseph Smith Papers: "Several later documents suggest that several women who were already married to other men were, like Marinda Hyde, married or sealed to Joseph Smith"
- Source:Neal A. Maxwell:1986:Whether located in Meso–America or elsewhere, they were one people among many peoples on this planet and perhaps even on the western hemisphere → Neal A. Maxwell (1986): "Whether located in Meso–America or elsewhere, they were one people among many peoples on this planet and perhaps even on the western hemisphere"
- Source:Neil L. Andersen:Trial of Your Faith:Ensign:Nov 2012:A few question their faith when they find a statement made by a Church leader decades ago that seems incongruent with our doctrine → Neil L. Andersen (2012): "A few question their faith when they find a statement made by a Church leader decades ago that seems incongruent with our doctrine"
- Source:Neil L. Andersen:Trial of Your Faith:Ensign:November 2012:The leaders of the Church are honest but imperfect men → Neil L. Andersen: "The doctrine...is not hidden in an obscure paragraph of one talk...The leaders of the Church are honest but imperfect men"
- Source:Neil L. Anderson:Nov 2012:The doctrine is taught by all 15 members of the First Presidency and Quorum of the Twelve. It is not hidden in an obscure paragraph of one talk → Neil L. Anderson (Nov 2012): "The doctrine is taught by all 15 members of the First Presidency and Quorum of the Twelve. It is not hidden in an obscure paragraph of one talk"
- Source:Neuenschwander:Ensign:January 2009:Joseph's vision was at first an intensely personal experience...it became the founding revelation of the Restoration → Neuenschwander (2009): "Joseph's vision was at first an intensely personal experience...it became the founding revelation of the Restoration"
- Source:Nibley:Church News:29 July 1961:How else does one quote scripture if not bodily? → Bible passages in the Book of Mormon#Hugh Nibley: "As to the 'passages lifted bodily from the King James Version,' we first ask, 'How else does one quote scripture if not bodily?'"
- Source:Oaks:CES Fireside:7 May 2000:it is usually inappropriate to recite miraculous circumstances to a general audience that includes people with very different levels of spiritual maturity → Oaks (2000): "it is usually inappropriate to recite miraculous circumstances to a general audience that includes people with very different levels of spiritual maturity"