Church service times vary from congregation to congregation. In 1823, the resurrected moroni visited joseph smith and later delivered to him these ancient. Ridges this is a reading of the text, along with visual aids. The plural word whoredoms used 27 times is the general book of mormon term for unchastity in all of its forms. Keep your book of mormon handy as you watch the video, so you can easily follow along. You might recall jacobs sermon about how many hearts died, pierced with deep wounds due to whoredoms and wickedness jacob 2. First, the book of mormon clearly condemned plural marriage as one of the grosser crimes and whoredomat least among the nephites.
The book of mormon says, and we talk of christ, we rejoice in christ, we preach of christ, we prophesy of christ, and we write according to our prophecies, that our children may know to what source they may look for a remission of their sins 2 nephi 25. Lds church removes controversial scripture connecting rape and. The book of mormon videos youtube channel is a collection of videos based on accounts from the book of mormon. I have seen thine adulteries, and thy neighings, the lewdness of thy whoredom, and thine abominations on the hills in the fields. A twohundredyear era of peace followed that visit of christ.
The book of mormon is a religious record of three groups of people who migrated from the old world to the american continents. One book of mormon scripture to avoid when teaching about. The book of mormon is a sacred text of the latter day saint movement, which, according to adherents, contains writings of ancient prophets who lived on the american continent from approximately 2200 bc to ad 421. The book of mormon records the visit of jesus christ to people in the americas following his resurrection. Allusions to the book of mormon, the doctrine and covenants, and the. The passage from the book of mormon condemns david and solomons practice. Whore, whoredom the church of jesus christ of latterday saints. Yea, and they did commit whoredoms and all manner of wickedness. The book of mormon an account written by the hand of mormon upon plates taken. Rule five teacheswe will observe personal cleanliness, preserve ourselves in all chastity, refrain from adultery, whoredom and lust, and discountenance and refrain from all vulgar and obscene language and conduct. And the first came and stood before my father and gave unto him a book and bade him that he should read. These groups were led by prophets who recorded their religious and secular histories on metal plates. It specifically singled out the plural marriages of david and solomon, denouncing them as an abomination. Morality and marriage in the book of mormon religious studies.
The book of mormon is a volume of holy scripture comparable to the. Moroni, the last of the nephite prophethistorians, sealed up the abridged records of these people and hid them in about a. The book of mormon the church of jesus christ of latterday saints. When the book of mormon went forth at first, it was the intention of the lord that it be the. Book of mormon, 1830, page 1 the joseph smith papers.
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