“Why Have Ye Built Up Churches Unto Yourselves to Get Gain?”

Brant Gardner

We have this verse in a very clear translation from Joseph Smith that highlights the problems of the modern day. It is certain that he understood Moroni’s sentiments about materialistic religion. In the Book of Mormon, this was always the order of the Nehors. In the latter days, it is priestcraft for money. Conceptually they are the same. The presence of the term “money” in this verse is certainly Joseph Smith’s interpretation of the modern condition, as there was no money in Moroni’s world.

Multidimensional Commentary on the Book of Mormon

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