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KnoWhy topical index — C and D — Book of Mormon Central

Book of Mormon Central, a wonderful resource for all types of Book of Mormon information, has a series of articles dealing with various topics in the Book of Mormon. They are referred to as ‘KnoWhy’ articles. These articles can be referenced at ‘bookofmormoncentral.org‘. Following is a topical index of articles starting with the letters C and D.

Index One – topical index – C and D Click here to return to the Scriptures index page

Cain: Why are secret combinations associated with Cain and getting gain? — #585, November 18, 2020 (An amazing entry)
Canadian copyright: Why did Joseph Smith try to secure the Book of Mormon copyright in Canada? — #556, April 7, 2020
Canon, closed: Does the book of Revelation establish a ‘closed canon’? — #704, December 19, 2023
Ceremony: — Why is a ‘ceremony’ mentioned after the execution of King Noah? — #561, May 12, 2020
Chains of hell: Why did Alma add “chains of hell” to Abinadi’s phrase “bands of death”? — #111, May 31, 2016
Characters on Book of Mormon plates: Why did Charles Anthon compare the characters he was shown to many languages? — #774, January 23, 2025
Chariots in the Book of Mormon: What is the nature and use of chariots in the Book of Mormon? — #126, June 21, 2016
Chiasmus in 2 Corinthians: How does Paul use chiasmus to teach about Jesus’ Atonement? — #688, September 12, 2023
Chiasmus and the pride cycle: How does chiasmus teach us to reverse the pride cycle? — #468, September 18, 2018
Chief Judge: Why did Alma face such great political challenges as Chief Judge? — #563, May 26, 2020
Childless: Why are childless women prominent in the Christmas story? — #705, December 22, 2023
Children: Why did Paul teach that children are holy? — #798, June 24, 2025
Christ: What is the doctrine of Christ? — #58, March 21, 2016
Christ: How is Christ both the Father and the Son? — #92, May 4, 2016
Christ: Why did Jesus Christ compare himself to a hen? — #200, October 3, 2016
Christ: How does Christ “seal you His”? — #558, April 21, 2020
Christ: How did Christ view the Nephite prophetic worldview? — #580, October 13, 2020
Christ: How does the Parable of the Willing and Unwilling Sons teach about Christ? — #671, May 16, 2023
Christ: Why did Christ appear to two disciples on the road to Emmaus? — #677, June 27, 2023
Christ: Why did Christ call the creeds abominations? — #773, January 16, 2025
Christ coming to earth: How did Nephi read Isaiah as a witness of Christ’s coming? — #40, February 24, 2016
Christ, looking to: How did Nephi liken looking to Christ with looking to the brazen serpent? — #721, March 4, 2024
Christians, early: What did early Christians teach about the 3 degrees of glory? — #689, September 18, 2023
Christians, early: What did early Christians teach about exaltation? — #701, November 28, 2023
Christmas: Why are childless women prominent in the Christmas story? — #705, December 22, 2023
Christ’s coming: How is the revelation of the Magi similar to the Book of Mormon prophecies of Christ? — #769, December 24, 2024
Christ’s suffering: Whose ‘word’ was fulfilled by Christ suffering ‘pains and afflictions’? — #624, June 2, 2020
Christ, witnesses of: Who are the witnesses of Christ in 2 Nephi? — #37, February 19, 2016
Christ, Name of: Why does an angel reveal the name of Christ to Jacob? — #36, February 18, 2016
Christ, type of: How was Mosiah a type of Christ? — #104, May 19, 2016
Church, join a: Why was it easy to join a church in Joseph Smith’s day? — #589, January 11, 2021
Church leaders: What counsel have Church leaders given about the study of Book of Mormon geography? — #739, July 4, 2024
Church members: Why did Alma ask church members 50 probing questions? — #112, June 1, 2016
Church of Jesus Christ, establishment of: How did the establishment of the Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints in 1830 comply with the law? — #598, October 8, 2021
Church of Jesus Christ, organization of: Why was the Church organized in Fayette, New York? — #781, March 4, 2025
Church, order of the: Why did Alma need to “establish the order of the church” in Zarahemla again? — #113, June 2, 2016
Church, revelation for the: Why does God give revelation for the Church only to the presiding Prophet? — #783, March 18, 2025
Church, the Great and Abominable: Why is the Great and Abominable Church described like the Assyrian Empire? — #711, January 23, 2024
Church, the Great and Abominable: Why did Ezekiel prophesy that the Great and Abominable Church would be destroyed? — #784, March 25, 2025
Church, The Lord’s: Why did the Lord call His Church ‘the only true and living Church’? — #771, January 7, 2025
Church, the name of the Church: Why must Christ’s true church be called after His name? — #482, November 6, 2018
Churches: Are there really only TWO churches? — #16, January 21, 2016
Cimeters: Why does the Book of Mormon mention cimeters? — #472, October 2, 2018
Classic: Why is the Book of Mormon a ‘classic’? — #63, March 26, 2016
Columbus, Christopher: Why did Nephi prophesy of Christopher Columbus? — #547, January 23, 2020
Combinations, secret: Why are secret combinations associated with Cain and getting gain? — #585, November 18, 2020 (An amazing entry)
Come unto Him: Why does Jesus invite all to ‘come unto Him’? — #758, October 20, 2024
Comfort: How were Jonah and the brother of Jared able to find comfort? — #526, July 26, 2019
Coming of Christ: How is the revelation of the Magi similar to the Book of Mormon prophecies of Christ? — #769, December 24, 2024
Commentaries, scholarly: Did the Joseph Smith Translation of the Bible rely on scholarly commentaries? — #786, April 3, 2025
Compass: Why did the Nephites call their divine compass “Liahona”? — #743, July 30, 2024
Comply with the law: How did the establishment of the Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints in 1830 comply with the law? — #598, October 8, 2021
Consecration, Law of: Why are the early Saints invited to live the law of consecration? — #791, May 6, 2025
Constitution, United States: What are the ‘just and holy principles’ of the U.S. Constitution? — #615, September 7, 2021
Contrasts: How can contrasts teach us about true conversion? — #562, May 19, 2020
Conversion: How can contrasts teach us about true conversion? — #562, May 19, 2020
Conversion of Paul: Why are there different accounts of Paul’s conversion? — #682, August 1, 2023
Corianton: Why does Alma mention ‘the Plan’ ten times in his words to Corianton? — #150, July 25, 2016
Coriantumr: Why was the record of Coriantumr engraved on a ‘large stone’? — #77, April 13,2016
Council, Jerusalem: Why was the Jerusalem Council important? — #680, July 18, 2023
Court: Why could Joseph Smith testify in court at age 13? — #590, January 15, 2021
Covenant: What do we covenant to do at baptism? — #97, May 11, 2016
Covenant: Why did the Ammonites covenant not to take up arms? — #567, June 30, 2020
Covenant community: Why is grace important in a covenantal community? — #691, October 3, 2023
Cowdery, Oliver: Why was Oliver Cowdery excommunicated from the Church? — #603, May 11, 2021
Cowdery, Oliver: Why did Oliver Cowdery come back to the Church? — #605, May 27, 2021
Created in the Image of God: Why were man and woman created in the image of God? — #627, January 11, 2022
Creation: Why do we have three different accounts of the Creation? — #400, January 18, 2018
Creeds: Why did Christ call the creeds abominations? — #773, January 16, 2025
Cumom: Why does the Book of Mormon mention elephants, cureloms, and cumoms? — #764, November 19, 2024
Curelom: Why does the Book of Mormon mention elephants, cureloms, and cumoms? — #764, November 19, 2024
Dark and dreary wilderness: Why did Nephi and Jeremiah find themselves in a ‘dark and dreary wilderness? — #544, January 3, 2020
Darts, fiery: What are the ‘fiery darts of the adversary’ spoken of by Nephi? — #18, January 25, 2016
Daughter of Zion: Why did Isaiah prophesy of the ‘daughter of Zion’? — #550, February 18, 2020
Day of Atonement: How does the Gospel of John reflect the day of Atonement? — #675, April 18, 2024
Day of Joseph Smith: Why was it easy to join a church in Joseph Smith’s day? — #589, January 11, 2021
Day of the Gentiles: What is the ‘day of the Gentiles’? — #44, March 1, 2016
Dead: Why do so many people in the Book of Mormon fall to the earth as if dead? — #733, May 27, 2024
Dead, preach to the: Why did Jesus preach to the dead? — #700, November 21, 2023
Dead, Baptism for the: Why are people baptized for the dead? — #687, September 5, 2023
Dead, unburied: Why were the unburied dead so troubling to the Jaredites? — #586, November 20, 2020
Death and Hell: Why does Jacob choose a ‘monster’ as a symbol of death and hell? — #34, February 16, 2016
Degrees of glory: What did early Christians teach about the 3 degrees of glory? — #689, September 18, 2023
Deliberately killing: Why did Jacob condemn ‘deliberately’ killing? — #549, February 13, 2020
Delightsome: What does it mean to be a ‘white and delightsome’ people? — #57, March 18, 2016
Democracy, Nephite: How did King Benjamin’s speech lead to Nephite democracy? — April 17, 2017
Deny knowing Jesus: Why did Peter deny knowing Jesus? — #673, May 30, 2023
Destroy: Why did some in Lehi’s time believe that Jerusalem could not be destroyed? — #451, July 19, 2018
Destroyed: Why did Ezekiel prophesy that the Great and Abominable Church would be destroyed? — #784, March 25, 2025
Destruction at Christ’s crucifixion: Is there evidence of destruction in the land northward upon Christ’s crucifixion? — #530, September 6, 2019
Destruction, prophecies of: Why did Mormon say that many prophets prophesied of the destruction in 3 Nephi? — #754, September 24, 2024
Devil: How does the Devil lead us astray? — #55, March 16, 2016
Devil: Why did Nephi say the devil leads sinners by a ‘flaxen cord’? — #551, February 25, 2020
Differing accounts of the Creation: Why do we have three different accounts of the Creation? — #400, January 18, 2018
Direction in life: How does the parable of the Ten Virgins offer us direction in life? — #672, May 23, 2023
Disorderly person: Why was Joseph Smith accused of being a ‘disorderly person’ in 1826? — #594, February 2, 2021
Doctrine of Christ: What is the doctrine of Christ? — #58, March 21, 2016
Dream of Lehi: Why are there similarities between the dreams of Lehi and Joseph Smith, Sr.? — #474, October 9, 2018
Doctrine and Covenants: Why were so many sections in the Doctrine and Covenants revealed during the days when the Book of Mormon was being translated? — #593, January 26, 2021
Doctrine and Covenants: Why does Jesus have so many names in the Doctrine and Covenants? — #780, February 25, 2025
Doctrine and Covenants 45: Why does Doctrine and Covenants Section 45 quote the book of Zechariah? — #790, April 29, 2025
Doctrine and Covenants 65: Why is Doctrine and Covenants 65 called a revelation on prayer? — #610, June 17, 2021
Doctrine and Covenants 88: Why is Doctrine and Covenants 88:117-120 quoted in Doctrine and Covenants 109:6-9? — September 28, 2019
Doctrine and Covenants 109: Why is Doctrine and Covenants 88:117-120 quoted in Doctrine and Covenants 109:6-9? — September 28, 2019
Doctrine of Christ: How does the ‘doctrine of Christ’ relate to the ancient temple? — #552, March 3, 2020
Doctrines, plain and precious: Were plain and precious doctrines lost? — #15, January 20, 2016
Down and Up: Why does Nephi always go ‘down’ to the wilderness and ‘up’ to Jerusalem? #6, January 7, 2016
Dragons and the Book of Mormon: Why does the Book of Mormon mention ‘dragons’? — #732, May 21, 2024
Dumb: Why was Korihor struck dumb? — #741, July 16, 2024
Dust: Why did Lehi tell his sons to “arise from the dust”? — #715, February 2, 2024

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