Unit 3
great and abominable church
8 occurrences in 8 verses
1 Nephi 13:6, 8, 26, 28,
1 Nephi 14:3, 9, 15, 17
1 Nephi 13:6
And it came to pass that I beheld this great and abominable church;
and I saw the devil that he was the founder of it.
1 Nephi 13:8
And the angel spake unto me, saying:
Behold the gold, and the silver, and the silks, and the scarlets,
and the fine-twined linen, and the precious clothing, and the harlots,
are the desires of this great and abominable church.
1 Nephi 13:26
And after they go forth by the hand of the twelve apostles of the Lamb,
from the Jews unto the Gentiles,
thou seest the formation of that great and abominable church,
which is most abominable above all other churches;
for behold, they have taken away from the gospel of the Lamb
many parts which are plain and most precious;
and also many covenants of the Lord have they taken away.
1 Nephi 13:28
Wherefore, thou seest that after the book hath gone forth
through the hands of the great and abominable church,
that there are many plain and precious things taken away from the book,
which is the book of the Lamb of God.
1 Nephi 14:3
And that great pit, which hath been digged for them
by that great and abominable church,
which was founded by the devil and his children,
that he might lead away the souls of men down to hell —
yea, that great pit which hath been digged for the destruction of men
shall be filled by those who digged it,
unto their utter destruction, saith the Lamb of God;
not the destruction of the soul,
save it be the casting of it into that hell which hath no end.
1 Nephi 14:9
And it came to pass that he said unto me:
Look, and behold that great and abominable church,
which is the mother of abominations, whose founder is the devil.
1 Nephi 14:15
And it came to pass that I beheld that
the wrath of God was poured out upon that great and abominable church,
insomuch that there were wars and rumors of wars
among all the nations and kindreds of the earth.
1 Nephi 14:17
And when the day cometh
that the wrath of God is poured out upon the mother of harlots,
which is the great and abominable church of all the earth,
whose founder is the devil,
then, at that day, the work of the Father shall commence,
in preparing the way for the fulfilling of his covenants,
which he hath made to his people who are of the house of Israel.
