Comments on: Google Books: Mormon Studies goodness

By: J. Stapley

J. Stapley — Tue, 10 Apr 2007 23:08:45 +0000

Agreed, smb. It is a bounty.

By: smb

smb — Tue, 10 Apr 2007 20:41:00 +0000

don’t forget that other 19th century contextualizations are also available, stuff like Buck’s Dictionary and Priest’s American Antiquities and a variety of magazines from the early 19th century. GB is a Godsend.

By: J. Stapley

J. Stapley — Wed, 04 Apr 2007 19:16:43 +0000

…Craig, I’m not sure what you are talking about. This is a post on Google Books.

By: Craig

Craig — Wed, 04 Apr 2007 19:13:00 +0000

I’ve been reading many of the comments regarding the blessing of children within the Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints and personally, I feel that it is important that we keep in mind that there is a separation or difference as to “policy” versus “doctrine.”

Many of the items that have been discussed here have to do with policy, which can change as the church grows and as the leadership deems it necessary to do so. We have read some of the different changes in many of the comments here from different people and of the leaders.

What doesn’t change however is the authority to administer in the ordinaces of the Lord. That is always the same. Whether-or-not a woman has participated in the past in ordinances is only relevant until the policy is changed. When that happens it is definitive as to policy and has nothing to do with doctrine or authority, either one.

By: J. Stapley

J. Stapley — Tue, 03 Apr 2007 23:29:27 +0000

Yeah, they do that on the copyrighted material, where the Publisher doesn't furnish the material. While the Watson Manuscript History does have the ripped excerps, the Collier's Publishing version gives full pages.

By: Justin

Justin — Tue, 03 Apr 2007 22:45:20 +0000

Thanks, J. I’ve been looking through the Manuscript History of BY, 1847-50. The one complaint I have is that Google is too literal with their “snippets.”. No need to obscure a line of text with “ripped” digital paper.

By: Jacob J

Jacob J — Tue, 03 Apr 2007 22:00:10 +0000

Yea, this is really cool. Thanks for the heads up on some of the stuff that is now available. I can’t wait until everything in the world is google searchable.

By: Eric Nielson

Eric Nielson — Tue, 03 Apr 2007 21:13:39 +0000

So much information…..so little time.

Thanks for the links.