Latter Day Saint views on Mary
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Latter Day Saint canon of scripture, refers to Mary by name in prophecies of her mission,[3] and describes her as "most beautiful and fair above all other virgins"[4] and as a "precious and chosen vessel."[5]
In the first edition of the Book of Mormon (1830), Mary was referred to as "the mother of God, after the manner of the flesh,"[6] a reading that was changed by Joseph Smith to "the mother of the Son of God" in subsequent editions (1837–).[7][8]
Latter Day Saints also believe that God the Father is the literal father of Jesus Christ,[9] although how Jesus's conception was accomplished has not been authoritatively established.[10]
References
- ^ Colton, Eleanor (1992), "Virgin Birth", Encyclopedia of Mormonism, vol. 4, New York, NY: Macmillan Publishing Co., p. 1510
- ^ a b Fronk, Camille (1992), "Mary, Mother of Jesus", Encyclopedia of Mormonism, vol. 2, New York, NY: Macmillan Publishing Co., pp. 863–64
- ^ Mosiah 3:8
- ^ 1 Nephi 11:13–20
- ^ Alma 7:10
- The Book of Mormon, Palmyra, NY: E.B. Grandin, 1830, p. 25. Online reprintat inephi.com by John Hajicek.
- ^ 1 Nephi 11:18
- OCLC 17618853, archived from the originalon 2012-06-16, retrieved 2011-08-27)
- ^ "Chapter 11: The Life of Christ", Gospel Principles, Salt Lake City, UT: LDS Church, 2009, pp. 52–53
- OCLC 57211270