Comments on: Why do Mormons have More Scriptures than the Bible? https://mormonfaq.com/mormon-beliefs/about-mormon-scriptures/why-do-mormons-have-more-scriptures-than-the-bible Answers to your questions about the Mormon Church Thu, 09 Jul 2015 21:37:55 +0000 hourly 1 By: gale https://mormonfaq.com/mormon-beliefs/about-mormon-scriptures/why-do-mormons-have-more-scriptures-than-the-bible#comment-68 Thu, 09 Dec 2010 20:52:01 +0000 http://mormonfaq.com/?page_id=285#comment-68 In reply to John Blackburn.

After the four gospels, the books of the New Testament were arranged according to their length, not when they were written. The Gospel of John and 1 John, 2 John, and 3 John were all written after the Book of Revelation.

]]> By: John Blackburn https://mormonfaq.com/mormon-beliefs/about-mormon-scriptures/why-do-mormons-have-more-scriptures-than-the-bible#comment-67 Thu, 02 Dec 2010 18:26:57 +0000 http://mormonfaq.com/?page_id=285#comment-67 If I remember correctly, even though the book of Revelation is chronologically the last book in the Bible, it is not the last book (in the Bible) written.

]]> By: Welcome to Mormon Bible.org. | Mormon Bible https://mormonfaq.com/mormon-beliefs/about-mormon-scriptures/why-do-mormons-have-more-scriptures-than-the-bible#comment-66 Fri, 02 Oct 2009 20:49:06 +0000 http://mormonfaq.com/?page_id=285#comment-66 […] Mormons spend three hours worshipping on Sundays, and one of those three hours (Sunday School) is devoted to studying the scriptures.  There is a repeating four-year course of study — one year of Old Testament, one year of New Testament, one year of Book of Mormon study, and one year of Doctrine and Covenants/ Church History.  The Pearl of Great Price, another book of Mormon scripture, is brief and mostly covers the creation, so it’s read along with the Old Testament.  Thus, two out of four years of scripture study are spent on the Bible. Another misperception is that Mormons have replaced the Bible with the Book of Mormon, which some friends of other faiths have nicknamed “the Mormon Bible.”  This is also untrue.  The Book of Mormon: Another Testament of Jesus Christ is a separate book and validates and upholds the Bible.  On this website, we’ll show you how that works by including lessons from the Bible and then telling you what the Book of Mormon has to say about it. Some people think that Mormons ignore or refute whole sections of the Bible, because we only believe in the Bible “as far as it is translated correctly.”  This is also untrue.  Mormon prophets and religious scholars have put forth much effort to understand the original intent and message of every Bible passage, even though sections are missing or have been added to through the centuries.  Latter-day Saint scholars have gone back to the original texts.  In the viewable page above, you’ll see an explanation of the meaning in Greek.  In truth, Mormons possibly accept more of the Bible than any other Bible-oriented faith.  Some Christians ignore the Old Testament; others ignore James and other books which emphasize works on the pathway to perfection.  In some cases there is only mere mention in the Bible of doctrines well-known in the ancient church.  For instance, Paul talks about baptism for the dead in only one verse of the New Testament.  It takes revelation through prophets and research of ancient church practices to fill out his message.  There are many mentions in the New Testament of a continuing priesthood and groups of New Testament followers who held that priesthood (Aaronic and Melchizedek).  However, that knowledge has been lost to most Christian sects. Some people think that Mormons have sinned by adding to the Bible, because of the instruction given in the Book of Revelation that the scriptures cannot be added to.  This is an incorrect idea.  For an explanation, click here.  […]

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