Jesus was not a plagiarist. He was the original author.

[kirtland r.m.]

Gospel dispensation after gospel dispensation, ancient restorations, until and through a modern restoration, the Lord was the original author.
If the outcome of hard archeological, historical, and comparative discoveries in the past century is an embarrassment to exclusivistic readings of religion, that, to the [Latter-day Saint], is a kind of confirmation and vindication. His faith assures him not only that Jesus anticipated his great predecessors (who were really successors) but that hardly a teaching or a practice is utterly distinct or peculiar or original in His earthly ministry. Jesus was not a plagiarist, unless that is the proper name for one who repeats Himself. He was the original author. The gospel of Jesus Christ came with Christ in the meridian of time only because the gospel of Jesus Christ came from Christ in prior dispensations. He did not teach merely a new twist on a syncretic-Mediterranean tradition. His earthly ministry enacted what had been planned and anticipated “from before the foundations of the world” (See, e.g., John 17:24; Ephesians 1:4; 1 Peter 1:20; Alma 22:13; D&C 130:20; Moses 5:57; Abraham 1:3), and from Adam down. Truman G. Madsen T. G. Madsen, Essay, p. xvii.

[simpleton]

Gospel dispensation after gospel dispensation, ancient restorations, until and through a modern restoration, the Lord was the original author.
If the outcome of hard archeological, historical, and comparative discoveries in the past century is an embarrassment to exclusivistic readings of religion, that, to the [Latter-day Saint], is a kind of confirmation and vindication. His faith assures him not only that Jesus anticipated his great predecessors (who were really successors) but that hardly a teaching or a practice is utterly distinct or peculiar or original in His earthly ministry. Jesus was not a plagiarist, unless that is the proper name for one who repeats Himself. He was the original author. The gospel of Jesus Christ came with Christ in the meridian of time only because the gospel of Jesus Christ came from Christ in prior dispensations. He did not teach merely a new twist on a syncretic-Mediterranean tradition. His earthly ministry enacted what had been planned and anticipated “from before the foundations of the world” (See, e.g., John 17:24; Ephesians 1:4; 1 Peter 1:20; Alma 22:13; D&C 130:20; Moses 5:57; Abraham 1:3), and from Adam down. Truman G. Madsen T. G. Madsen, Essay, p. xvii.

Which is exactly what Joseph restored.

[Thinker]

… the Lord was the original author...

Maybe, if by “the Lord” you meant people like Saul, Constantine, Eusebius & council votes. But I doubt that’s what you meant. Yet, their goal was accomplished in you & so many believing their version of scriptures.


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[Ymarsakar]

… the Lord was the original author...

Maybe, if by “the Lord” you meant people like Saul, Constantine, Eusebius & council votes. But I doubt that’s what you meant. Yet, their goal was accomplished in you & so many believing their version of scriptures.


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Thr scriptures are not fictional fabrications. They r real records and accounts but edited in a clever fashion.

[Thinker]

… the Lord was the original author...

Maybe, if by “the Lord” you meant people like Saul, Constantine, Eusebius & council votes. But I doubt that’s what you meant. Yet, their goal was accomplished in you & so many believing their version of scriptures.


viewtopic.php?t=52528

Thr scriptures are not fictional fabrications. They r real records and accounts but edited in a clever fashion.

Study some of Christian origins…
viewtopic.php?t=52528

[Ymarsakar]

Maybe, if by “the Lord” you meant people like Saul, Constantine, Eusebius & council votes. But I doubt that’s what you meant. Yet, their goal was accomplished in you & so many believing their version of scriptures.


viewtopic.php?t=52528

Thr scriptures are not fictional fabrications. They r real records and accounts but edited in a clever fashion.

Study some of Christian origins…
viewtopic.php?t=52528

I am well aware of Satan's Own Machinations. They exist because the scriptures are records of true events. But there is a mystery there for humanity to unravel.