A citation to the Book of the Law of the Lord page on ldsstrangite.com, the official website of the Church of Jesus Christ of Latter Day Saints, Strangite, which states plainly that it is "the only authorized web page for this Church," read directly. The page presents the Book of the Law of the Lord as living scripture on par with the Book of Mormon, carries a church testimony statement that James J. Strang held the ancient plates and translated the law from them, and offers the complete text as a free PDF download with no gating or restriction of any kind. Its strength is that it is the church's own current, authorized statement of what it holds this text to be and how it is used today. Its limit is that it is a small living church's own primary account of its own scripture rather than independent historical scholarship, so bibliographic detail about the two nineteenth century print editions (page counts, printing location, publication years) is corroborated in this citation from an independently read secondary account rather than asserted on the church page alone. No publisher is named for either print edition in any source consulted; the printing location, Saint James, Beaver Island, Michigan, is confirmed instead and recorded on the work entity below.
Facts
Citation
AuthorThe Church of Jesus Christ of Latter Day Saints (Strangite)
Publication Year1851
First edition 1851, eighty pages. Strang expanded it to a 320 page second edition in 1856, left unbound at his death that same year and not bound until afterward. Both editions are treated as canonical scripture by the church today. URLhttps://www.ldsstrangite.com/book-of-the-law-of-the-lord.html
Source Typeprimary-scripture
Custodian
Custodian SourceYes
Custodian BodyThe Church of Jesus Christ of Latter Day Saints (Strangite)
Custodian BasisThe church's own official website, which names itself as the only authorized web page for the church, publishing the complete text of its own scripture directly with no gating.
Assessment
Reliability Tier1
The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter Day Saints, Strangite's own current authorized statement of what it holds this text to be, published on its own official website, treated at the top tier as that primary institutional religious record. Cross-Tradition Connections
Associated With
This source names Michigan directly: "location, Saint James, Beaver Island, Michigan, is confirmed instead and recorded on the work entity below."
Claims Backed By This Source (28 claims)
This source backs 28 claims across the atlas. As facts: 21 well-attested. As cited relationships: 4 holds. Plus 3 entities citing it as a general reference with no single fact or relationship attached.
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- Literary Works, 10 claims: 6 well-attested, 3 holds, 1 general references.
- Sources, 10 claims: 9 well-attested, 1 holds.
- Articles, 8 claims: 6 well-attested, 2 general references.
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