This declaration from Benson is absolutely true, and I spent the last fifteen overviews explaining why that statement is so problematic for the church. It holds all the other stones in place, and if removed, the arch crumbles.” (October 1986 General Conference) A keystone is the central stone in an arch. He testified that “the Book of Mormon was the most correct of any book on earth, and the keystone of our religion” (Introduction to the Book of Mormon). This was the Prophet Joseph Smith’s statement. “The Book of Mormon is the keystone of our religion. That’s a lot of different overviews and this is going to be the final one on the Book of Mormon, and in this one I want to take the information from the previous fifteen to explain how Joseph Smith could have authored the Book of Mormon.Īs I began these overviews with Joseph Smith’s treasure digging, I had this quote from Prophet Ezra Taft Benson:
If you’ve been following the overview pages in order, you’ve now read fifteen overviews including eight specifically on the Book of Mormon and seven on biblical scholarship and Mormonism. Book of Mormon Overview: How It Was Composed
