Mormon scripture) by action of the First Presidency in 1880, and contains: It became a standard work of the church (i.e. The Pearl of Great Price: This short Mormon book claims to be a "selection of choice materials touching many significant aspects of the faith and doctrine" of the LDS Church."many of the Gentiles shall say: A Bible! A Bible! We have got a Bible, and there cannot be any more Bible.wherefore because that ye have a Bible ye need not suppose that it contains all my words neither need ye suppose that I have not caused more to be written" ( Book of Mormon, 2 Nephi 29:3,10).Importantly, the Book of Mormon also claims that the Bible is incomplete and inaccurate: The Mormon Church claims this book is "another testament of Jesus Christ" that confirms the Biblical dictate to establish every fact by the mouth of two or three witnesses.
After that, the believing Indians and Mormons will build the New Jerusalem (in Independence, Missouri), where Christ will return to live 14. A major claim of the Book of Mormon is that Christ appeared in the New World shortly after His resurrection and that His second coming will preceded by a massive conversion of the American Indians to Christ, who will then exterminate gentiles who do not accept it.
The indigenous people discovered by Columbus are cousins of that race, reputedly cursed with dark skin for having rejected God. The Lamanites supposedly became the principal ancestors of the American Indians. Another people, the Jaredites, who had arrived in the Americas much earlier, exterminated the Nephites around A.D. Joseph Smith said he found these plates in 1823 near Palmyra, NY and executed an 'exact and inerrant translation' of them with the help of an angel, two friends and special instruments.The ancient race was descended from two groups of Hebrews, the Nephites and the Lamanites, who traveled to the New World from Palestine around 600 B.C. Book of Mormon: Mormons claim this book to be a record written on golden plates by prophets of a race who lived in the Americas for about 1,000 years.Mormon Literature & Notable Mormon Leaders
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