Mcconkie first edition, 4th printing 1958 at the best online prices at ebay. The book was published in multiple languages including english, consists of 10 pages and is available in paperback format. Moons rare books is a collection of rare and antique bibles, early mormon books and documents, lds scripture, classic literature, and early american and european historical documents. Mcconkies 1st edition book mormon doctrine describes the roman catholic church as the great and abominable church in revelations. When columbus discovered america, the native inhabitants, the american indians as they were soon to be designated, were a people of mixed blood and origin. Mormon doctrine 2nd edition, 1st printing hardcover january 1, 1966 5. Mcconkies mormon doctrine as an authoritative volume on official lds doctrine. No, we members do not affirm that teaching as doctrine at all. Rare 1st printing, 2nd edition mormon doctrine, bruce r. The church has confined the sources of doctrine by which it is willing to be bound before the world to the things that god has revealed, and which the church has officially accepted, and those alone. Bruce r mcconkie mormon doctrine 1958 first edition bruce mcconkie book of mormon gospel doctrine teachers manual the book of mormon book of mormon first edition book of mormon 1st edition book of mormon 2nd edition book of mormon. Mormon doctrine plain and simple download ebook pdf. Pdf book of mormon, doctrine and covenants, pearl of. This file contains the entire first edition of mormon doctrine md.
Mormon doctrine 1st edition by mcconkie bruce r abebooks. If people do some research, they will find that the 1st edition of mormon doctrine was not in line with church teachings and president david o mckay denounced the book and ordered that it never be printed again without significant changes. The passages in this video are from the 1958 first edition of the book mormon doctrine by bruce r. The doctrine of god the father is taught in specific, unique episodes of the book of mormon where the father and the son are described as separate divine personages. Mormon doctrine 1958 first edition bruce mcconkie mormon doctrine. Mormon doctrine pdf mormon doctrine mormon doctrine mcconkie mcconkie mormon doctrine pdf mormon doctrine 2nd edition 1966 mormon doctrine. This work on mormon doctrine is designed to help persons seeking salvation to gain that knowledge of god and. One of the most powerful and impressive of these is found in nephis prophetic discourse regarding the baptism of christ in 2 nephi 31. Mcconkie was a seventy, a position of authority in the church of jesus christ of latterday saints, but lower in authority than an apostle or prophet.
Even in the most recent edition, though, mcconkie wrote that god cursed. Twenty years after the first mormon doctrine edition, on june 1, 1978, president spencer w. Full text of mormon doctrine 1966 internet archive. I personally own four copies, 1st edition 1st printing, 2nd edition 1st printing, 1979 printing that should be called a third edition, and the latest leather printing made from a 50th printing. The encyclopedic explanation of lds teachings, first published in 1958, went through 40 printings, selling hundreds of thousands of copies. It has never been an official publication of the church, and it has been both heavily criticized by some church leaders and members and well regarded by others. Included in the first lds hymnbook and all since, 1835. This book is good, however i made a mistake, when i order book, i thought i was ordering a 1956 edition of this book, when in reality it is not, which makes this book less valuable i do recommen the early versions 1956, 1966 editions. A third edition was published in 1978 after the mormon church decided to allow people of african descent hold the priesthood and receive the full blessings of the temple.
I also find it rather unusual that some people wont forgive elder mcconkie for making one mistake in doctrine. Original green and white cloth with an illustration of joseph smith on the front cover. The first of these revelations were printed in the book of commandments in the year 1833. The death of mcconkies mormon doctrine mormon matters. Mcconkie, mormon doctrine, 2nd edition, p 309 in a discussion of general authorities 17 every soul is free. Landmark mormon doctrine goes out of print the salt lake tribune. Exceedingly rare first edition mormon doctrine 1958 this. Mcconkie, a general authority of the church of jesus christ of latterday saints. Concordance to the doctrine and covenants bluth 1945 1st edition hc mormon. The controversy over mormon doctrine no death before. Divorce is just that serious when temple covenants are involved. The book of mormon is an account of the former inhabitants of this continent that contains the fulness of the everlasting gospel. Mormon doctrine, 1st edition hardcover january 1, 1958 by bruce r.
It was intended primarily for a latterday saint audience and is often used as a reference book by church members because of its comprehensive nature. The first edition is very rare and difficult to find. When the day comes that men live again the perfect law of marriage, then whoso shall marry her who is divorced shall be guilty of adultery. Mormon doctrine by mcconkie, first edition abebooks.
Make offer an overland journey, horace greeley, mormons, 1860 1st edition rare first the contributor 1883 volume 4 m. In the first edition, prince said, it was his diatribe against the roman catholic church that did the most harm, but subsequently, the real damage. Mckay book that president mckay found thousands of doctrinal errors in mormon doctrine. Mormon doctrine 1st edition for sale fire sale blowout. Why mormon doctrine is not mormon doctrine mormon matters. I have focused on deletions and changes in the text compared to the 1966 edition. Experience the book of mormon just as early converts such as emma smith, brigham young, and parley p. Since that time many of these revelations have been. Mcconkies mormon doctrine is popular but polarizing salt lake tribune 05212010 after more than 50 years, bruce r.
Mcconkies mormon doctrine, one of the most influential lds books of the 20th century, has quietly gone out of print. Mcconkie laments that governments dont execute adulterers calling it evidence of the dire apostasy that prevails among the peoples who call themselves christian. American indians american indians see book of mormon, jaredites, jews, medicine men, mulekites, nephites and lamanites, tribes of israel. There are as few as seventyfive surviving copiesabout one copy for every nine surviving copies of the first edition book of mormon. See all formats and editions hide other formats and editions. Mckay and other general authorities with both surprise and objection. The main characters of this religion, christianity story are. The front pastedown has a previous owners bookplate. This work on mormon doctrine is designed to help persons seeking salvation to gain that knowledge of god and his laws without which they cannot hope for an inheritance in the celestial city. Mormon doctrine 2nd edition, 1st printing by mcconkie, bruce r. Religion mcconkies mormon doctrine is popular but polarizing. Mcconkies first edition of mormon doctrine was published in 1958. The first edition also had a lot of entries in it that defined false doctrines in other churches that were removed from the second edition because they had nothing to do with mormon doctrine.
We specialize in early mormon books, carrying several copies of the first edition book of mormon and first edition doctrine and covenants, as well as other documents which have contributed to mormon and utah. The second edition with significant changes made was printed around 1966. I have possession of a firstedition mormon doctrine. However, its initial publication in 1959 was not only unauthorized, but met by president david o. And any man who has divorced a woman cant get married. These would include the bible, the book of mormon, the doctrine and covenants.
Changes to latterday scripture lds leaders have made. Mormon doctrine is an encyclopedic work written in. The controversy over mormon doctrine is a short section in the 2005 mckay biography by prince and wright. Carefully selected from the revelations of god, editions of the book continue to be printed mainly by the church of jesus. Originally published in 1835 as doctrine and covenants of the church of the latter day saints. Moons rare books first edition book of mormon for sale. First edition doctrine and covenants moons rare books. Why would the church allow mcconkies mormon doctrine to. Find mormon doctrine by mcconkie, bruce r at biblio. The church discontinued the printing of the book permanently in 2010. The main problem with mormon doctrine, and everything else elder mcconkie writes, is that many people talked about elder mcconkie, but few ever read or understand elder mcconkie. The second edition of mormon doctrine, with its approved revisions, was published in 1966. Free download or read online book of mormon, doctrine and covenants, pearl of great price pdf epub book.
The doctrine of god the father in the book of mormon. At the time mcconkie was in the presidency of the quorum of the seventy. Hopefully we will read with a careful eye this book. The first edition of the novel was published in 1950, and was written by the church of jesus christ of latterday saints. Book of mormon, 1830, page 163 the joseph smith papers.
Appears to be an old library copy as you can see a letter and number written on spine or outside cover and the removal. To the inside front cover are affixed four clippings of descriptions of different versions of first edition copies of the book of mormon and of an 1854 edition of the doctrine and covenants, along with a clipping describing the origin of the text of the book of mormon and a bookplate of the shepard book company of salt lake city, utah. Landmark mormon doctrine goes out of print religion. Click download or read online button to get mormon doctrine plain and simple book now. Also a collection of authoritative mormon 1st edition 9781560851110 and save up to 80% on textbook rentals and 90% on used textbooks. This newlyreleased replica is a beautiful recreation of the original 1830 book of mormon printed in palmyra, new york.
Mormon doctrine is an excellent reference book for talks, personal study, research, and gaining gospel knowledge. The doctrine and covenants was first published in kirtland, ohio. Topics bruce mcconkie, mormon, doctrine collection opensource language english. Bruce r mcconkie mormon doctrine mcconkie mcconkie mormon doctrine pdf mormon doctrine 2nd edition 1966 mormon doctrine pdf mormon doctrine book of mormon gospel doctrine teachers manual 1st edition book of mormon first edition book of mormon 2nd edition book of mormon value 3rd edition book of mormon. Mormon doctrine is an encyclopedic work written in 1958 by bruce r. Palmyra collectors edition 1830 book of mormon replica. The encyclopedic explanation of lds teachings, first published in 1958, went through 40 printings. This site is like a library, use search box in the widget to get ebook that you want. Though i cannot say i have read it from cover to cover i can say i have spent many hours bruce r mcconkie was one of the greatest lds scholars. Additionally, the entire book has been disavowed as being a recitation of mormon doctrine. A year later, in september 1835, the first edition of the doctrine and covenants came off the press. Many other mormon books have the potential to be as harmful as mormon doctrine when it comes to racism.
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