Footnote2 Nephi 11:8 – And now I write some of the words of Isaiah, that whoso of my people shall see these words may lift up their hearts and rejoice for all men. Now these are the words, and ye may liken them unto you and unto all men.
FootnoteThe extensive copying of Isaiah in the Book of Mormon is noteworthy, as is its frequent admonition to study the words of Isaiah. In his old age, Rigdon recorded the following scripture in the Post Collection, Section 27 of his Copying Book A & Book of the...
FootnoteAlexander Campbell did not use the term “Holy Ghost” in his version of the New Testament. He justified his omission on the ground that the English word “ghost” has come to signify a disembodied spirit of a dead person, and, consequently, ought never to be used...
Footnotehttp://www.sidneyrigdon.com/dbroadhu/VA/harb1844.htm In 1844, Alexander Campbell realized that fellow preachers Scott and Bentley were wrong to think that the Book of Mormon did not contain the Scott conversion sequence: “Brethren Scott and Bentley are both...
FootnotePrior to 1828, Rigdon apparently believed in the “Arminian” conversion process. This process involved three steps: (1) faith, (2) repentance, and (3) spiritual rebirth. This sequence appears in those sections of The Book of Mormon that were likely written...
