LDS Church breaks with long-standing tradition, embraces modern English translations of the Bible

LDS Church breaks with long-standing tradition, embraces modern English translations of the Bible

For the first time, Latter-day Saints are being encouraged to seek out modern translations of the Bible to further their studies.

The Future of LDS Bible Study (Maybe)

By Matt Bowman The LDS church has authorized the use of non-KJV Bibles. There are two reasons why this shift is significant–but first, some history: The church began using the King James Version in the 19th century because it was the dominant version in English in the 19th century–at least until the 1880s and 1890s, when a group of American and British academics produced the Standard Version. The church, though, made a conscious decision in the…