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The Standard Works of the Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints (LDS Church, the largest in the Latter Day Saint movement) are the four books that currently constitute its open scriptural canon. The four books of the standard works are: The Standard Works are printed and distributed by the LDS Church both in a single binding called a ...
The Book of Moses begins with the "Visions of Moses", a prologue to the story of the creation and the fall of man (Moses chapter 1), and continues with material corresponding to Smith's revision (JST) of the first six chapters of the Book of Genesis (Moses chapters 2–5, 8), interrupted by two chapters of "extracts from the prophecy of Enoch" (Moses chapters 6–7).
Aminadab ( / əˈmɪnədæb /) [ 1] is a person in the Book of Mormon who appears in the Book of Helaman. He had been a member of the Nephite church but left it and became associated with the Lamanites. [ 2] In the Book of Helaman, after Nephi abdicates the Chief Judgment Seat to Cezoram, he and his brother Lehi go to preach to the Lamanites ...
The Brigham Young University Jerusalem Center for Near Eastern Studies (often simply referred to as the BYU Jerusalem Center or BYU–Jerusalem, and locally known as the Mormon University [2] [3] [4]), situated on Mount of Olives in East Jerusalem, is a satellite campus of Brigham Young University (BYU), the largest religious university in the United States. [5]
The Book of Mormon is a religious text of the Latter Day Saint movement, first published in 1830 by Joseph Smith as The Book of Mormon: An Account Written by the Hand of Mormon upon Plates Taken from the Plates of Nephi. [1] [2] The book is one of the earliest and most well-known unique writings of the Latter Day Saint movement.
The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints (LDS Church) has been subject to criticism and sometimes discrimination since its inception. In the late 1820s, criticism centered around Joseph Smith stating he had been led to a set of golden plates from which he said the Book of Mormon was translated.
The difference between Egyptologists' translation and Joseph Smith's interpretations has caused considerable controversy. The Book of Abraham is a collection of writings from several Egyptian scrolls discovered in the early 19th century during an archeological expedition by Antonio Lebolo. Members of the Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day ...
"DNA and the Book of Mormon: Various media outlets", Newsroom, LDS Church, 11 November 2003, archived from the original on 2006-02-06 — response by the LDS Church after Murphy's 2002 essay in American Apocrypha: More Essays on the Book of Mormon "DNA and the Book of Mormon", Newsroom, LDS Church, 16 February 2006 — press release by the LDS ...