Re: [ZION] Robert J. Matthews

2003-11-16 Thread Stacy Smith
I do know that Joseph Smith said the Old Testament apocrypha had been 
apparently translated incorrectly but not terribly, and if we wished we 
could read that, if I even remember that.  The New Testament apocryphal 
writings have never been commented on by the church leaders, to my 
knowledge, which doesn't amount to much, considering I have been in the 
church six years and there are many who grew up in the church on this list, 
I'm sure.

Stacy.

At 05:38 PM 11/16/2003 -0900, you wrote:

I am reading an article by Robert J. Matthews collected by Wilfred Griggs 
in his title APOCRYPHAL WRITINGS AND THE LATTER-DAY SAINTS.  In his 
article, Matthews says that "our present Old and New Testament canon, 
being selected in times of apostasy, is no doubt quite incomplete."

Have LDS scholars ever suggested apocryphal or pseudepigraphal books that 
should have been included in the Biblical canon?  What about additional 
portions of the Ethiopic Book of Enoch some of which is found in Moses 6 
and 7 in our Pearl of Great Price?  Obviously, nothing can be included in 
our canon without divine commandment, and the sustaining vote of the 
General Conference, but candidates for such treatment ought to be a more 
interesting part of the apocrypha than much of the rest of it, wouldn't 
you think?  I'm just wondering what are some of the most obvious omissions 
from the Old and New Testaments?

John W. Redelfs   [EMAIL PROTECTED]
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[ZION] Robert J. Matthews

2003-11-16 Thread John W. Redelfs
I am reading an article by Robert J. Matthews collected by Wilfred Griggs 
in his title APOCRYPHAL WRITINGS AND THE LATTER-DAY SAINTS.  In his 
article, Matthews says that "our present Old and New Testament canon, being 
selected in times of apostasy, is no doubt quite incomplete."

Have LDS scholars ever suggested apocryphal or pseudepigraphal books that 
should have been included in the Biblical canon?  What about additional 
portions of the Ethiopic Book of Enoch some of which is found in Moses 6 
and 7 in our Pearl of Great Price?  Obviously, nothing can be included in 
our canon without divine commandment, and the sustaining vote of the 
General Conference, but candidates for such treatment ought to be a more 
interesting part of the apocrypha than much of the rest of it, wouldn't you 
think?  I'm just wondering what are some of the most obvious omissions from 
the Old and New Testaments?

John W. Redelfs   [EMAIL PROTECTED]
===
"While we cannot agree with others on certain matters, we
must never be disagreeable. We must be friendly,
soft-spoken, neighborly, and understanding." (President
Gordon B. Hinckley, October 2003)
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All my opinions are tentative pending further data. --JWR 

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