SALT LAKE CITY - A rare copy of the Book of Commandments, an early version of the Mormon church's Doctrine and Covenants, has been sold at an auction in New York for $391,000. Christie's declined to identify the buyer, except to say an individual bought it, not an institution.
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Christie's acquired the book from the non-Mormon grandchildren of a book collector who had bought it at an auction in 1930. Joseph Smith founded The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints in upstate New York in 1830. Soon afterward, church leaders began to publish Smith's writings, which they believed to be the product of divine revelation.The church bought a printing press and planned to print 10,000 copies of the Book of Commandments. But on July 20, 1833, a mob broke into the publisher's home and threw the press, type and printed sheets out a window. Only about two dozen complete copies were saved.
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Commentary:
Theologically, Mormonism is a cult of Christianity. It is built on a mixture of fantasy and plagiarism. The Mormon Church does not represent historical, biblical Christianity, and Mormons can not be considered to be Christians.

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» Changes to Latter-day Scriptures : LDS Leaders Have Made Thousands of Changes to Mormon Scriptures — Why? Includes details about changes made to the Book of Commandments.
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