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How “Come Unto Me” Fits Into The Nephite Gospel, Noel B. Reynolds
How “Come Unto Me” Fits Into The Nephite Gospel, Noel B. Reynolds
Religious Educator: Perspectives on the Restored Gospel
Over the last several decades, Latter-day Saints have learned to rely primarily on the Book of Mormon for basic and extended explanations of the gospel of Jesus Christ. While several of its authoritative passages provide comprehensive definitions of the gospel, these are not matched with comparable passages in the New Testament or in the revelations received by Joseph Smith. In this article I will extend previous work with an analysis of six brief passages in which Mormon and Moroni record short statements of the gospel by Jesus Christ—all of which employ exactly the same distinctive rhetorical pattern and terminology. But …