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Re: What Books Should be Studied as Scripture? [message #381 is a reply to message #378]

Fri, 25 May 2012 22:51

Dragon
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Just a couple additional points which have been brought to mind by this wonderful discussion.

I will start with the idea the 4 standard works are the only canonized scripture in the Church. Thus, for something to be canonized scripture, it must be added to one of the standard works, or a new standard work be adopted by the body of the church. A couple of quick examples on this are Official Declarations 1 and 2, as well as some of the last sections of the D&C. So far, The Family: A Proclamation to the World has not been added to the D&C. Perhaps some day it will, and maybe it will not. It is a document with the full backing of the then existing 1st Presidency and the Quorum of the 12. If there was any one document which meets the standard of scripture, but currently falls short of canonized scripture, it is this. Is there anything new in it? I would say yes. I find nowhere in the canonized scripture which states our genders predate this life. Certainly I believe it to be true, but I do not know of any canonized scripture reference to 'prove' it. Until this document, or another like it, is added to the D&C through the existing church process, the doctrine of pre-mortal gender does not official exist in the church.

Now that the ruler has been established, and once you firmly grasp the meaning and content of the entire standard works, there are other resources which will provide a spiritually minded person with greater insights. These include, but are not limited to:
Hymns
General Conference Talks
Blessings given or received
Apocryphal writings
Stake Conference talks
Talks in Sacrament Meeting
Manuals for teaching
Chapter Headings in the Standard Works (not considered canonized scripture, but included for convenience only)
The Bible Dictionary (not considered canonized scripture, but included for convenience only)
Books published by church members or church leaders
Things your seminary teacher said
Joseph Smith Translation of the Bible
Other study guides included in the footnotes of the standard works (such as alternate Hebrew or Greek translations of words)

Yes, that's right. Please keep in mind, not everything in the Quad is canonized scripture. If you don't know where the measuring stick ends, how can you measure anything?

- Dragon

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		What Books Should be Studied as Scripture? By: Seeker on Mon, 25 April 2011 16:47
		Re: What Books Should be Studied as Scripture? By: Dragon on Mon, 25 April 2011 21:42
		Re: What Books Should be Studied as Scripture? By: Seeker on Wed, 27 April 2011 13:26
		Re: What Books Should be Studied as Scripture? By: Dragon on Fri, 29 April 2011 01:35
		Re: What Books Should be Studied as Scripture? By: Seeker on Fri, 29 April 2011 15:51
		Re: What Books Should be Studied as Scripture? By: zephyr on Sun, 20 May 2012 23:50
		Re: What Books Should be Studied as Scripture? By: Amonhi on Mon, 21 May 2012 12:51
		Re: What Books Should be Studied as Scripture? By: Dragon on Mon, 21 May 2012 14:46
		Re: What Books Should be Studied as Scripture? By: zephyr on Fri, 25 May 2012 21:02
		Re: What Books Should be Studied as Scripture? By: zephyr on Fri, 25 May 2012 21:45
		Re: What Books Should be Studied as Scripture? By: Dragon on Fri, 25 May 2012 22:51
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		Re: What Books Should be Studied as Scripture? By: Dragon on Tue, 29 May 2012 14:10
		Re: What Books Should be Studied as Scripture? By: JulesGP on Tue, 29 May 2012 14:40
		Re: What Books Should be Studied as Scripture? By: Seeker on Tue, 19 June 2012 17:45
		Re: What Books Should be Studied as Scripture? By: JulesGP on Tue, 19 June 2012 19:23
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		Re: What Books Should be Studied as Scripture? By: Dragon on Tue, 19 June 2012 22:03
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		Re: What Books Should be Studied as Scripture? By: Seeker on Tue, 19 June 2012 23:31
		Re: What Books Should be Studied as Scripture? By: JulesGP on Sun, 08 July 2012 00:56
		Re: What Books Should be Studied as Scripture? By: Dragon on Sun, 08 July 2012 01:35
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		Re: What Books Should be Studied as Scripture? By: Dragon on Sun, 29 July 2012 00:45
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