This is the Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints' own currently published edition of the Book of Mormon, and this record holds it as a custodian source for exactly that reason: it is the movement's own current official text, not an outside description of it. This record states an honest correction rather than repeating an inherited error: the subtitle carried in this title, Another Testament of Jesus Christ, was adopted by the Church in 1981 and publicly explained the following year, so it belongs to the modern officially published edition rather than to the 1830 original first printing, which this atlas holds as a separate primary artifact under its own record. Use this source for the Church's own current officially published text and its modern framing of the book's purpose; use the separate 1830 record for the historical original printing, since the two serve different citation roles and should not be read as the same edition.
Facts
Citation
AuthorJoseph Smith (translator)
PublisherThe Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints
Publication Year1981
The subtitle this edition carries was adopted in 1981, per the publishing church's own account of the change, so this record describes the current official edition, not the 1830 first printing, which has its own record here. URLhttps://www.churchofjesuschrist.org/study/scriptures/bofm
Source Typecustodian
Assessment
Reliability Tier2
Published by the Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints as its own current official edition of its own foundational scripture; a primary source for the tradition, but the faith's own institution publishing its own scripture with no independent editorial distance, hence the middle tier. NotesThe primary scripture itself, in the standard edition published and maintained by the church.
Custodian
Custodian SourceYes
Custodian BodyThe Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints
Custodian BasisCustodian of the canonical text and its standard edition; the primary scripture of the tradition.
Claims Backed By This Source (30 claims)
This source backs 30 claims across the atlas. As facts: 18 well-attested. As cited relationships: 7 holds. Plus 5 entities citing it as a general reference with no single fact or relationship attached.
Disposition By Topic
- Sources, 11 claims: 11 well-attested.
- Figures, 8 claims: 5 well-attested, 2 holds, 1 general references.
- Prayers, 6 claims: 4 holds, 2 general references.
- Articles, 2 claims: 2 well-attested.
- Denominations, 2 claims: 1 holds, 1 general references.
- Scriptures & Texts, 1 claims: 1 general references.
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