February 25, 1969 by •
ancient world,
antiquities,
Bible,
Book of Mormon,
Christianity,
Eduard Meyer,
God,
investigations,
Islam,
Joseph Smith and Judaism,
Koran,
miracle(s),
Mohammed,
Mormon(s),
Mormonism,
Moslem(s),
Plan of Salvation,
prophet(s),
religion,
religion revealed,
Satan,
Three Witnesses,
Word of Wisdom
The Ensign 2:3 (March 1972): 55-64. Not all of the footnotes containing the citations for the supporting texts and explanations were published with this essay. — Midgley
January 2, 1967 by •
adversary,
apologists,
apostasy,
apostles,
Apostolic Church,
Apostolic Fathers,
betrayal,
Christian(s),
Christianity,
darkness,
defeat,
disciples,
doctrine of Christ,
Early Christians,
eschatology,
eschaton,
failure,
future,
Gentiles,
gnosis,
gnostic,
God,
Great Assembly Gap,
history,
Jerusalem,
Jesus Christ,
Jews,
John Chrysostom,
martyr(s),
martyrdom,
message,
mysteries,
neglect,
passing of the Church,
Paul,
perverters,
prince of this world,
reticence,
scholar(s),
social gospel,
spiritual decline,
survival,
temple(s),
the Church,
the Church history,
the critic(s),
the Gospel of Jesus Christ,
the Kingdom,
the Light,
The LORD,
the Primitive Church,
the Prophets,
the two ways
Church History 30: 2 (June 1961): 84-85; reprinted in When the Lights Went Out (1970, 2001), and later in BYU Studies 16:1 (Autumn 1975): 139-164; and CWHN 4:168-208. Nibley presents forty arguments for the apostasy in an examination of the expectation of early Christian writers of the fading of the Church. Professor Hans J. Hillerbrand …
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February 18, 1966 by •
ancient world,
Apollodorus,
Athens,
Augustus Caesar,
blackmail,
Christianity,
disciples,
education,
Egypt,
Greeks,
idleness,
imposing appendix,
John Chrysostom,
Palaemon,
pseudo-wisemen,
rhetoric,
Rome,
Seven Sages,
Socrates,
Sophists,
Symmachus,
teachers,
the University of Athens,
tyrant(s),
underachievement,
upper-class,
wisdom
BYU Studies 9:4 (Summer 1969): 440-452; CWHN 10: 287-302. Nibley traces some interesting parallels in educational matters and especially in campus unrest in the decade after 1960 with the medieval world. — Midgley
March 17, 1965 by •
Abraham,
Alma,
ancient Israel practice,
anti-gnostic,
apocrypha,
apocryphal works writings,
Babylonian(s),
Baruch,
Bible,
Book of Jubilees,
Book of Mormon,
buried up unto the Lord,
Cain,
Christian(s),
Christianity,
Coffin texts,
Copper Scroll,
Creation Apocrypha,
Dead Sea Scrolls,
Demotic,
devil(s),
doctrine(s),
Egypt,
Egyptian(s),
ephod of Cia,
false teachers,
filthy water,
Gentiles,
Gilgamish,
God,
Helaman,
hidden book,
hieratic,
hieroglyphics,
house boat Israel,
images,
iron rod,
Isaac,
Isaiah,
Israel,
Jacob,
Jeremiah,
Jesus Christ,
Jewish Apocrypha,
Jews,
Joseph Smith,
Judaism,
King Benjamin,
King(s) Benjamin,
knowledge,
Laban,
Lehi,
libraries,
Lord Raglan,
Manual of Discipline,
metaphors,
Nephi,
newly discovered,
Odes of Solomon,
olive tree,
Origins of Religion,
Paanchi,
path,
Pharaoh,
plan of redemption,
plates,
pre-existence,
pride of the world,
private libraries,
prophet(s),
reality,
Reformed Egyptian,
righteous,
Satan,
scripture(s),
Sons of Darkness,
Sons of Light,
star(s),
testamentary literature,
the Gospel of Philip,
The LORD,
The Pearl,
the plan,
the Redeemer,
the two ways,
the wicked,
the Word of God,
third dimension,
treasures,
wilderness,
will of God,
Wisdom of Solomon,
writing,
Zenos,
[Egyptian] genealogical records
58 pp. d.s. typed transcript of a lecture given on March 17, 1965; CWHN 12:212-263. The imagery and practices found in the Book of Mormon are compared with certain phrases and material concerns found in Jewish and Christian apocryphal writings. — Midgley Listen to recording: Part 1 Part 2 Right-click (cntrl-click for macs) and “save …
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October 25, 1963 by •
Catholic(s) Church,
Christian(s),
Christianity,
Christopher Columbus,
Constantine (Emperor),
Crusades,
Emperor,
God,
Gregory,
Holy peace,
Islam,
Jerome,
Jerusalem,
Jerusalem earthly,
Jerusalem heavenly,
Jews,
Justinian,
Mormon(s),
Mosque of Omar,
Omar,
Palestine,
peace holy,
peace pilgrimage,
pilgrimage peace,
Popes,
Protestant(s),
Reformation,
Rome,
Salidan,
temple(s),
the Law,
wealth
18 pp. typed transcript of a talk given on October 25, 1963. Listen to recording: MP3 Right-click (cntrl-click for macs) and “save link as” to download onto MP3 This recording is also found at BYU Speeches.
March 24, 1959 by •
Bible,
Christian(s),
Christianity,
church,
consensus,
Egyptian,
evidence,
God,
historian(s),
historical evidence,
history,
Homer,
ignorance,
Iliad,
Jews,
knowledge,
Mormon(s),
order,
philosophers,
prophecy,
religion,
religious,
scholar(s),
secular,
Sophists,
the system
in Great Issues Forum, Series 2 (Religion), No. 5 (Salt Lake City: University of Utah, Extension Division, 1955): 22-39; CWHN 12:434-449. This is the published version of the first of several famous exchanges that Nibley has had with Sterling M. McMurrin. This one was held on March 23, 1955, under the sponsorship of the Department …
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November 1, 1955 by •
apocalyptic,
believing,
Christian(s) churches,
Christian(s) world,
Christianity,
end of the earth,
eschatology,
eschaton,
God,
Jesus,
Jesus Christ,
Jews,
myth(s),
mythology,
New Education Testament,
reality,
religion,
renewal of the earth,
Rudolf Bultman,
scholar(s),
skepticism
originally appeared as a series in the Improvement Era, 58 (Jan.–Dec. 1955); CWHN 4:209-322
January 2, 1950 by •
anthropomorphists,
Brigham Young University,
Christianity,
church,
classical,
degree,
God,
graduate studies,
intellectuals,
Jesus Christ,
knowledge,
language(s),
learned world,
learning,
religion,
religious views,
rhetoric,
scholar(s),
schoolmen,
service degree,
Sophists,
spiritualizers,
the Gospel,
the School,
the University,
True Church,
universities
8 pp. Open letter, addressed to “Dear Brother Burgon,” dated July 29, 1960, with a cover letter, addressed to “Dear Brother…,” 1 p., dated August 3, 1960