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- Overview of Latter-day Saint scripture
- The consistency of the Mormon scripture canon
- Mormonism and scripture interpretation
- Biblical Figures in Restoration Scripture
Overview of Latter-day Saint scripture
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Latter-day Saint scripture/Index
The consistency of the Mormon scripture canon
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- Completeness of Latter-day Saint scripture canon
- Alleged Contradictions in Latter-day Saint Scripture
Completeness of Latter-day Saint scripture canon
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- Question: Is Mormonism in error because Christianity requires a "closed canon" instead of the Church's "open canon"?
- Question: What does the Book of Mormon mean when it says that "plain and precious" things have been taken out of the bible?
- Question: Does the Bible alone contain all necessary or essential knowledge to assure salvation, thus making the Book of Mormon and modern prophets unnecessary?
Alleged Contradictions in Latter-day Saint Scripture
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- Question: Why are there discrepancies between translations in the Book of Mormon, King James Bible and the Joseph Smith Translation of the Bible?
- Question: Do Doctrine and Covenants 20:37 and 2 Nephi 31:17 or 3 Nephi 12:2 contradict one another regarding the order in which one receives baptism and a remission of sins?
- Question: Are Mormon scriptures full of contradictions?
- Question: Why does the Book of Mormon and Book of Moses describe "God" as creating, while the Book of Abraham describes "Gods?"
- Question: How can one view contradictions in Scripture in a faithful way?
- Question: Does Lehi contradict Jeremiah 27 and prove himself a false prophet?
Mormonism and scripture interpretation
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- Mormon interpretation of the scriptures
- Statements by Mormon leaders relating to the interpretation of scripture
- Scriptures used by critics of Mormonism as proof-texts
Mormon interpretation of the scriptures
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- Question: Why does the LDS Church teach that man first existed as spirits in heaven when 1 Corinthians 15:46 says that the physical body comes before the spiritual?
- Question: How can one best read and understand the scriptures?
- Question: How can one view contradictions in Scripture in a faithful way?
Statements by Mormon leaders relating to the interpretation of scripture
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- Bruce R. McConkie
- Boyd K. Packer
- Brigham H. (BH) Roberts
- Joseph Smith, Jr.
- Joseph Fielding Smith
- James E. Talmage
- Brigham Young
Scriptures used by critics of Mormonism as proof-texts
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- Question: How is John 4:24 used as a proof-text by critics of Mormon doctrine of the corporeal nature of God?
- Question: Does the fact that the Bible states that nothing should be "added to" or "taken away" from the book mean that the Book of Mormon is false?
- Question: How is Isaiah 43:10 used as a proof-text by critics of the Mormon doctrines of the plurality of gods and the deification of man?
- Question: How is Genesis 3:5 used by critics to attempt to show that the Mormon doctrine of deification is a teaching of Satan?
Biblical Figures in Restoration Scripture
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Notes