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Articles related to the Latter-day Saint Scripture Canon

• The consistency of the Mormon scripture canon
• Mormonism and scripture interpretation
• Biblical Figures in Restoration Scripture

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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• Question: How can a Latter-day Saint reconcile the opinions of biblical scholars who say that certain figures of the Bible are not historical?

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