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Pearl of Great Price (Mormonism)
 | This article uses texts from within a religion or faith system without referring to secondary sources that critically analyze them. (November 2016) |
| Pearl of Great Price | |
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&sq=crain_ford&lang=en&file=File:Latter-day_Saint_Scripture_Quadruple_Combination.jpg) The Pearl of Great Price is one of the four books composing the Standard Works of the LDS Church. | |
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| Religion | Latter Day Saint movement |
| Language | English |
| Period | 19th century |
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The Pearl of Great Price is part of the canonical Standard Works of the Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints (LDS Church) and some other Latter Day Saint denominations. It began as a pamphlet of documents published by Franklin D. Richards in Liverpool, England in 1851. It was later revised and canonized in 1880 by the Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints.
The first paragraph of the Introductory Note in the LDS Church edition of the Pearl of Great Price states: "The Pearl of Great Price is a selection of choice materials touching many significant aspects of the faith and doctrine of The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints. These items were produced by Joseph Smith and were published in the Church periodicals of his day."
The Pearl of Great Price contains documents that have had a large impact on the beliefs, teachings, and theology of the Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints. For example, it provided a basis in text for the practice of gathering, a passable God, premortal existence, and a text that was used to justify a ban on Black Latter-day Saints participating in temple and priesthood rituals.[1]: 271–274
The name of the book is derived from the Parable of the Pearl told by Jesus in Matthew 13.[2]
- ^ Givens, Terryl; Hauglid, Brian (2019). The Pearl of Greatest Price: Mormonism's Most Controversial Scripture. New York: Oxford University Press. ISBN 9780190603861.
- ^ Matthew 13:45–46 (KJV): "Again, the kingdom of heaven is like unto a merchant man, seeking goodly pearls: Who, when he had found one pearl of great price, went and sold all that he had, and bought it."
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