Jesus the Christ

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Summary: Official Mormon View of Jesus Christ
Review: Commissioned by the Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints to be an authoritative book on the Latter-day Saints view of Jesus Christ, "Jesus the Christ" is one of the classics in theology among the Saints. If you have any question about Christology among the Mormons, this book will answered any and every question.

Joseph F. Smith, the President of the Church, commissioned James E. Talmage, a member of the Quorum of Twelve Apostles, to write this biography on the life of Christ. The idea was to use this book as a home reference and a Church textbook. He more than met the challenge, and this book is still in print almost 100 years later, and is standard work for LDS Missionaries.

This book covers every aspect of Christ as best can be expected in one volume. It begins with Christ premortal existence, his mortal ministry in Palestine, his atonement, and finally his post mortal ministry in the Spirit Word (I believe . . . he was crucified, dead, and buried; he descended into hell) and among the Nephites as recorded in the Book of Mormon: Another Testament of Jesus Christ.

The only two drawbacks with this book are it size, and the verbiage. Elder Talmage was an Englishman, so he spoke with an Englishman's vocabulary. A dictionary solves this problem.

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Summary: Intelligent read
Review: It took me two years to slowly get through this text because I wanted to cross reference everything and look up every word that I was not familiar with. The guy who wrote this is a pure genius and I really enjoyed this. It put me right in the moment down to the very detail of everything that was happening, and it did it with great dignity and accuracy.

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Summary: Mormons beware
Review: Mormonites--bewqare of the decptions in false books beaceu your soul will. Ic annot forsee the damage that will be bad books cannot overcompensate for this coopting of a faithfulness.

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Summary: Absolutely Amazing Book
Review: The first 70 or 80 pages or so are somewhat difficult to get through, but the rest of the book is absolutely incredible. A must read for anyone wants to understand better the life of Christ.

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Summary: It Will Blow You Away
Review: This is my favorite books yet. I remember my wife brought this nice hardcover book home for display for our table in the living room to add to the home. I flipped through a couple of pages and promised myself I would read 1 chapter a day. So I figured 42 chapters will be 1 month and a half. I was literally hooked I finished it in 1 month. Now I'm reading it again! This book quadrupled my testimony of the Church and why Jesus came to restore His church. And why the gathering of the "Lost House of Israel" is so important. If you love this book read Articles of Faith also. I have learned since becoming a Latter-day Saint there are 2 set of Christians. (1) Those who wait for the second coming. (2)Latter-day Saints who prepare for the second coming!