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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  (An amazing entry)
  • Camp, Zion’s Camp:   Why did Joseph Smith organize Zion’s Camp?  —  #812
  • Canadian copyright:  Why did Joseph Smith try to secure the Book of Mormon copyright in Canada? — #556
  • Canon, closed:  Does the book of Revelation establish a ‘closed canon’? — #704
  • Ceremony: — Why is a ‘ceremony’ mentioned after the execution of King Noah?  —  #561
  • Chains of hell:   Why did Alma add “chains of hell” to Abinadi’s phrase “bands of death”?  — #111
  • Characters on Book of Mormon plates:  Why did Charles Anthon compare the characters he was shown to many languages? —  #774
  • Chariots in the Book of Mormon:  What is the nature and use of chariots in the Book of Mormon? — #126,
  • Chiasmus in 2 Corinthians:  How does Paul use chiasmus to teach about Jesus’ Atonement? — #688
  • Chiasmus and the pride cycle:  How does chiasmus teach us to reverse the pride cycle? — #468
  • Chief Judge:  Why did Alma face such great political challenges as Chief Judge?  — #563
  • Childless:  Why are childless women prominent in the Christmas story? — #705
  • Children: Why did Paul teach that children are holy? —   #798
  • Christ:  What is the doctrine of Christ? — #58
  • Christ:  How is Christ both the Father and the Son? — #92
  • Christ:   Why did Jesus Christ compare himself to a hen? —  #200
  • Christ:  Why did Christ perform miracles?  —  #508
  • Christ:  How does Christ “seal you His”? — #558
  • Christ:  How did Christ view the Nephite prophetic worldview? — #580
  • Christ:  How does the Parable of the Willing and Unwilling Sons teach about Christ? —  #671
  • Christ:  Why did Christ appear to two disciples on the road to Emmaus? — #677
  • Christ:   Why did Christ call the creeds abominations? —   #773
  • Christ coming to earth:  How did Nephi read Isaiah as a witness of Christ’s coming? — #40
  • Christ, looking to:  How did Nephi liken looking to Christ with looking to the brazen serpent? — #721
  • Christians, early:  What did early Christians teach about the 3 degrees of glory? — #689
  • Christians, early:  What did early Christians teach about exaltation? — #701
  • Christmas:  Why are childless women prominent in the Christmas story? — #705
  • Christ’s coming:  How is the revelation of the Magi similar to the Book of Mormon prophecies of Christ? —  #769
  • Christ’s suffering:  Whose ‘word’ was fulfilled by Christ suffering ‘pains and afflictions’? — #624
  • Christ, witnesses of:  Who are the witnesses of Christ in 2 Nephi? — #37
  • Christ, Name of:  Why does an angel reveal the name of Christ to Jacob? — #36
  • Christ, type of:  How was Mosiah a type of Christ? — #104
  • Church, join a:  Why was it easy to join a church in Joseph Smith’s day?  —  #589
  • Church leaders:  What counsel have Church leaders given about the study of Book of Mormon geography? — #739
  • Church members:  Why did Alma ask church members 50 probing questions? — #112
  • Church, the: Why does the Church give so much humanitarian aid? — #801
  • 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
  • Church of Jesus Christ, organization of:  Why was the Church organized in Fayette, New York?  — #781
  • Church of Jesus Christ, organization of:   Why is the Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints organized according to ancient patterns? —  #813
  • Church, order of the:  Why did Alma need to “establish the order of the church” in Zarahemla again? — #113
  • Church, revelation for the:  Why does God give revelation for the Church only to the presiding Prophet? — #783
  • Church, the Great and Abominable:  Why is the Great and Abominable Church described like the Assyrian Empire? — #711
  • Church, the Great and Abominable:  Why did Ezekiel prophesy that the Great and Abominable Church would be destroyed? —  #784
  • Church, The Lord’s:  Why did the Lord call His Church ‘the only true and living Church’?  — #771
  • Church, the name of the Church:  Why must Christ’s true church be called after His name? — #482
  • Churches:  Are there really only TWO churches? — #16
  • Cimeters:  Why does the Book of Mormon mention cimeters? —  #472
  • Classic:  Why is the Book of Mormon a ‘classic’? — #63
  • Columbus, Christopher:  Why did Nephi prophesy of Christopher Columbus? — #547
  • Combinations, secret:   Why are secret combinations associated with Cain and getting gain? —  #585   (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
  • Commentaries, scholarly:   Did the Joseph Smith Translation of the Bible rely on scholarly commentaries? — #786,
  • Compass:  Why did the Nephites call their divine compass “Liahona”? — #743
  • 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
  • Consecration, Law of:   Why are the early Saints invited to live the law of consecration? —  #791
  • Constitution, United States:  What are the ‘just and holy principles’ of the U.S. Constitution? — #615
  • Construction, temple:  How doest the construction of the Kirtland Temple follow ancient patterns?  —  #806
  • Contrasts:  How can contrasts teach us about true conversion?  — #562
  • Conversion:  How can contrasts teach us about true conversion?  — #562
  • Conversion of Paul:  Why are there different accounts of Paul’s conversion? — #682
  • Corianton:  Why does Alma mention ‘the Plan’ ten times in his words to Corianton?  — #150
  • Coriantumr:  Why was the record of Coriantumr engraved on a ‘large stone’? — #77
  • Council, Jerusalem:   Why was the Jerusalem Council important?  —  #680
  • Court:   Why could Joseph Smith testify in court at age 13? — #590
  • Covenant, Oath and Covenant of the priesthood:  How does the Oath and Covenant of the Priesthood point to the temple?  —  #803
  • Covenant:  What do we covenant to do at baptism? — #97
  • Covenant:  Why did the Ammonites covenant not to take up arms? — #567
  • Covenant community:  Why is grace important in a covenantal community? — #691
  • Cowdery, Oliver:  Why was Oliver Cowdery excommunicated from the Church? — #603
  • Cowdery, Oliver:  Why did Oliver Cowdery come back to the Church? — #605
  • Created in the Image of God:  Why were man and woman created in the image of God? — #627
  • Creation:  Why do we have three different accounts of the Creation? —  #400
  • Creator:  Why did the Lord call himself the “Creator of the First Day”?  —  #810
  • Creeds:   Why did Christ call the creeds abominations? —   #773
  • Cumom:  Why does the Book of Mormon mention elephants, cureloms, and cumoms? — #764
  • Curelom:  Why does the Book of Mormon mention elephants, cureloms, and cumoms? — #764
  • Dark and dreary wilderness:  Why did Nephi and Jeremiah find themselves in a ‘dark and dreary wilderness? — #544
  • Darts, fiery:  What are the ‘fiery darts of the adversary’ spoken of by Nephi? — #18
  • Daughter of Zion:  Why did Isaiah prophesy of the ‘daughter of Zion’? — #550
  • Day, First:  Why did the Lord call himself the “Creator of the First Day”?  —  #810
  • Day of Atonement:   How does the Gospel of John reflect the day of Atonement?  —  #675
  • Day of Joseph Smith:  Why was it easy to join a church in Joseph Smith’s day?  —  #589
  • Day of the Gentiles:  What is the ‘day of the Gentiles’? — #44
  • Dead:  Why do so many people in the Book of Mormon fall to the earth as if dead? — #733
  • Dead, preach to the:  Why did Jesus preach to the dead? — #700
  • Dead, Baptism for the:  Why are people baptized for the dead? — #687
  • Dead, Baptisms for the dead:  Why do Latter-day Saints perform baptisms for the dead?  — #821
  • Dead, unburied:   Why were the unburied dead so troubling to the Jaredites? —  #586
  • Death and Hell:  Why does Jacob choose a ‘monster’ as a symbol of death and hell? — #34
  • Dedication of Kirtland Temple:  How did the dedication of the Kirtland Temple follow ancient patterns? — #815
  • Degrees of glory:  What did early Christians teach about the 3 degrees of glory? — #689
  • Deliberately killing:  Why did Jacob condemn ‘deliberately’ killing? — #549
  • Delightsome:  What does it mean to be a ‘white and delightsome’ people? — #57
  • Democracy, Nephite:  How did King Benjamin’s speech lead to Nephite democracy?  —  #301
  • Deny knowing Jesus:  Why did Peter deny knowing Jesus? —  #673
  • Destroy:  Why did some in Lehi’s time believe that Jerusalem could not be destroyed? — #451
  • Destroyed:  Why did Ezekiel prophesy that the Great and Abominable Church would be destroyed? —  #784
  • Destruction at Christ’s crucifixion:  Is there evidence of destruction in the land northward upon Christ’s crucifixion? — #530
  • Destruction, prophecies of:   Why did Mormon say that many prophets prophesied of the destruction in 3 Nephi? — #754
  • Devil:  How does the Devil lead us astray? — #55
  • Devil:  Why did Nephi say the devil leads sinners by a ‘flaxen cord’? — #551
  • Differing accounts of the Creation:  Why do we have three different accounts of the Creation? —  #400
  • Direction in life:  How does the parable of the Ten Virgins offer us direction in life?  —  #672
  • Disorderly person:  Why was Joseph Smith accused of being a ‘disorderly person’ in 1826?  — #594
  • Doctrine of Christ:  What is the doctrine of Christ? — #58
  • Dream of Lehi:  Why are there similarities between the dreams of Lehi and Joseph Smith, Sr.? —  #474
  • 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
  • Doctrine and Covenants:   Why does Jesus have so many names in the Doctrine and Covenants? —  #780
  • Doctrine and Covenants 45:   Why does Doctrine and Covenants Section 45 quote the book of Zechariah?  —  #790
  • Doctrine and Covenants 65:  Why is Doctrine and Covenants 65 called a revelation on prayer?  — #610
  • Doctrine and Covenants 88:  Why is Doctrine and Covenants 88:117-120 quoted in Doctrine and Covenants 109:6-9?  — #618
  • Doctrine and Covenants 88:   Why is Doctrine and Covenants 88 called the ‘olive leaf’?  —  #805
  • Doctrine and Covenants 109:  Why is Doctrine and Covenants 88:117-120 quoted in Doctrine and Covenants 109:6-9?  — #618
  • Doctrine of Christ:  How does the ‘doctrine of Christ’ relate to the ancient temple? — #552
  • Doctrines, plain and precious:  Were plain and precious doctrines lost? — #15
  • Documents, ancient:  Is the Book of Mormon like other ancient metal documents? — #512
  • Down and Up:  Why does Nephi always go ‘down’ to the wilderness and ‘up’ to Jerusalem?  #6
  • Dragons and the Book of Mormon:  Why does the Book of Mormon mention ‘dragons’? — #732
  • Dumb:  Why was Korihor struck dumb?  —  #741
  • Dust:  Why did Lehi tell his sons to “arise from the dust”? — #715

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