Pearl of Great Price (Mormonism)

The book The Pearl of Great Price is one of the canonical Scriptures of The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter -day Saints. It was first recognized at the General Conference in October 1880 as canonical.

Content

It consists of:

• Book of Moses (Joseph Smith Translation of the first seven chapters of Genesis with additions to the life of Moses, Enoch and Noah )
• Book of Abraham ( A " inspired " translation of the Egyptian papyri )
• Joseph Smith - Matthew ( the Joseph Smith Translation of Matthew 24 LUT)
• Joseph Smith-History (excerpts from the autobiographical depiction of life in 1838, ends with the publication of the Book of Mormon in 1830 )
• The Articles of Faith ( 13 points comprehensive creed, originally written by Smith in response to a request from a Chicago journalist regarding a short summary of the faith of the Church. )

Redaction criticism

Apostle Franklin D. Richards published in 1851 as a mission president in the UK a compilation of various revelations and the Prophet Joseph Smith, who had previously appeared in the Mormon newspapers in the U.S. headings to make them available in England. He called the assemblage of (Mt 13,46 LUT) Pearl of Great Price ( engl. Pearl of Great Price ).

Parts of the book of Moses were added in 1878. Overlaps with the Doctrine and Covenants were taken out in 1902. With these changes, the book has been divided into chapters and verses. Footnotes have been added as well. An index has been added in 1921. In April 1976 two revelations were added. However, these were moved in 1979 as sections 137 and 138 of the Doctrine and Covenants.