LDS edition of the Bible
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| Full name | Holy Bible King James Version (English) Santa Biblia: Reina-Valera 2009 (Spanish) Bíblia Sagrada, Almeida 2015 (Portuguese) |
| Language | English, Spanish, and Portuguese |
| Complete Bible published |
1979 (English) 2009 (Spanish) 2015 (Portuguese) |
| Textual basis |
King James Version (English) Reina-Valera (Spanish) João Ferreira de Almeida's translation (Portuguese) |
| Religious affiliation | The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints |
| Website | www.lds.org/scriptures/bible |
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In the beginning God created the heaven and the earth. And the earth was without form, and void; and darkness was upon the face of the deep. And the Spirit of God moved upon the face of the waters. And God said, Let there be light: and there was light.
For God so loved the world, that he gave his only begotten Son, that whosoever believeth in him should not perish, but have everlasting life.
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The LDS edition of the Bible is a version of the Bible published by The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints (LDS Church) in English, Spanish and Portuguese. The text of the LDS Church's English-language Bible is the Authorized King James Version; the church's Spanish-language Bible is a revised Reina-Valera translation and the Portuguese-language edition is based on the Almeida translation. The editions include footnoting, indexing, and summaries that are consistent with LDS Church teachings and that integrate the Bible with the church's other standard works. The LDS Church encourages its members to use the LDS edition of the Bible.
The eighth Article of Faith of the church states, "We believe the Bible to be the word of God as far as it is translated correctly".
In 1979, the LDS Church published its first edition of the Bible in English. The text of the Bible is that of the Authorized King James Version. Both the Old and New Testaments are included, but the Apocrypha is not. Each chapter includes a paragraph-long heading that summarizes the contents of the chapter from a "Mormon perspective". Cross-referencing footnotes to the Bible, the Book of Mormon, the Doctrine and Covenants, and the Pearl of Great Price are included, as is an LDS-oriented 600-page topical index and the church's Bible Dictionary. Selected references to the Joseph Smith Translation of the Bible are included in footnotes, with longer excerpts included in an appendix. Lastly, the edition contains bible maps and a gazetteer. In 1999, color photographs from the Holy Land were added. None of the LDS-specific supplements in the edition claim doctrinal authority: only the text of the King James Version (and the other standard works) is considered canonical by the LDS Church.
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