Pearl of Great Price

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The Pearl of Great Price is a canonical book of scripture in the Latter-day Saint tradition, comprising Joseph Smith’s revelations, translations, and writings that elaborate key doctrines about God, humanity, and salvation.

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Predicate Object
instanceOf Latter-day Saint scripture
canonical book
scripture
acceptedAsCanonicalIn Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints
author Joseph Smith
canonizationDate 1880
canonizedBy Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints general conference
compiler Joseph Smith
containsWork Articles of Faith
Pearl of Great Price self-linksurface differs
surface form: Book of Abraham

Pearl of Great Price self-linksurface differs
surface form: Book of Moses

Joseph Smith
surface form: Joseph Smith—History

Joseph Smith
surface form: Joseph Smith—Matthew
doctrinalFocus creation
fall of Adam and Eve
nature of God
plan of salvation
premortal existence
prophetic calling of Joseph Smith
firstPublicationDate 1851
firstPublishedIn Liverpool
firstPublisher Franklin D. Richards
hasSection Abrahamic cosmology
Joseph Smith’s autobiographical narrative
New Testament commentary
visions of Moses
includesAccountOf First Vision
coming forth of the Book of Mormon
includesMaterialFrom Joseph Smith Translation of the Bible
includesText Articles of Faith
surface form: Articles of Faith of the Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints
language English
partOfCanon standard works
publisher Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints
recognizedAsScriptureBy Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints
surface form: Latter-day Saints
religiousTradition Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints
Latter-day Saint movement churches
surface form: Latter-day Saint movement
scripturalCanonOf Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints
scripturalStatus canonized
sourceType revelations
translations
writings
standardWorkAlongWith Bible
Book of Mormon
Doctrine and Covenants
titleOrigin biblical parable of the pearl of great price
usedFor doctrinal instruction
missionary teaching
personal study

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Pearl of Great Price containsWork Pearl of Great Price self-linksurface differs
this entity surface form: Book of Moses
Pearl of Great Price containsWork Pearl of Great Price self-linksurface differs
this entity surface form: Book of Abraham
Book of Mormon majorSection Pearl of Great Price
this entity surface form: Testimony of the Prophet Joseph Smith
Doctrine and Covenants relatedWork Pearl of Great Price