Latter-day Saints and the Bible |
- The Bible as the word of God
- The King James Version
- The 8th Article of Faith
- Question: Do Mormons believe that the Bible has less value because it contains errors?
- Question: Is Mormonism in error because Christianity requires a "closed canon" instead of the Church's "open canon"?
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Reliability of the Bible |
- Question: Do Latter-day Saints consider the Bible to be untrustworthy? and Question: Is any book of scripture perfect?
- Question: Is the Bible without error? and Question: Does the Bible itself claim to be inerrant?
- Textual variants in the Bible (includes Question: What evidence demonstrates that the Bible has been altered? Question: Are the Biblical textual variants theologically significant?)
- Textual criticism of the Bible (includes Question: What can textual criticism tell us about the Bible? Question: Is textual criticism of Biblical texts superior to receiving revelation on that text through a prophet of God?
- Doctrinal completeness of the Bible (includes Question: Does the Bible alone contain all necessary or essential knowledge to assure salvation, thus making the Book of Mormon and modern prophets unnecessary? Question: What does the Book of Mormon mean when it says that "plain and precious" things have been taken out of the bible? Question: Do Latter-day Saints consider the Bible "insufficient?"
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Interpreting the Bible |
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Pauline teachings |
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The Joseph Smith Translation |
- Question: How is the Joseph Smith Translation best understood?
- Question: Was the Joseph Smith Translation intended to be a restoration of original Bible text?
- Question: If the Joseph Smith Translation (JST) is Joseph Smith's 'correction' of Biblical errors, why do these corrections not match known Biblical manuscripts?
- 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"
- Question: Was Joseph Smith's translation of the Bible ever completed?
- Question: Why don't Mormons use the "Joseph Smith Translation" as its official Bible?
- Question: Is the Church "embarrassed" by the Joseph Smith Translation of the Bible?
- Question: What have Church leaders said about the Joseph Smith Translation of the Bible?
- Question: What is the Adam Clarke Commentary and what do critics of Mormonism claim about it as it regards the Joseph Smith Translation of the Bible?
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The Bible and Science |
- Question: How did the authors of the Bible view the earth and the universe?
- Question: Does the biblical story of Peleg describe the separation of the continents?
- Question: What’s the best way to understand the Tower of Babel scientifically?
- Question: What’s the best way to understand the ages of antediluvian patriarchs scientifically?
- Question: What’s the best way to understand the story of Sodom and Gomorrah and Lot turning into a pillar of salt scientifically?
- Question: What is the best way to understand the story of Jonah and the Whale scientifically?
- Question: How would an archaeologist distinguish a Christian's pot from that of a non-Christian?
- The Flood (includes Question: How do Latter-day Saints reconcile scriptural accounts of the Flood of Noah with scientific evidence of continuous human habitation on the earth? Question: Why does the Church teach that the flood was a global event? Question: Are Church members required to believe in a global flood? Question: How could the Garden of Eden have been in Missouri if the Flood was local? Question: Doesn't the Bible say that the continents were divided immediately after the Flood?)
- The Creation (includes Question: How did the mainstream Christian view that God created the universe out of nothing originate? Question: What were the early Christian beliefs about the creation? Question: How was the doctrine of creation altered to "creatio ex nihilo"? Question: Does Colossians 1:16 teach that Jesus created all things out of nothing? Question: What is the Church's stance on the theory of organic evolution? Statements made by Church leaders regarding evolution)
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