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- 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"
- Source:Oaks:Ensign:Feb 1987:it is wrong to make statements of fact out of an evil motive, even if the statements are true → Oaks (1987): "it is wrong to make statements of fact out of an evil motive, even if the statements are true"
- Source:Oaks:Ensign:March 1997:rarely speak of them publicly because...because we understand that the channels of revelation will be closed if we show these things before the world → Oaks (1997): "rarely speak of them publicly because...because we understand that the channels of revelation will be closed if we show these things before the world"