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TitleThe Unfair Fairness of Rev. Spalding
Publication TypeMagazine Article
Year of Publication1913
AuthorsWidtsoe, Osborn J. P.
MagazineImprovement Era
Volume16
Issue Number6
Pagination593–603
Date PublishedApril 1913
KeywordsAnti-Mormon; Book of Abraham; Criticism; Egyptology; Pearl of Great Price; Spalding, Franklin
Abstract

This article explains why Reverent Spaulding’s testing of the Book of Mormon by examining the authenticity of the book of Abraham as an ancient Egyptian text is unfair. Latter-day Saints do not value the Bible less than the Book of Mormon. The belief of the Church is that both were divinely inspired of God and are placed on the same plane, though it is recognized that the Bible may have copyists’ errors.