/lit/ - Literature

I don't know why, but I have always had a fasination with Mormonism. It's theology, history, community, all very interesting to me. For a time I considered becoming Mormon, but I decided to become Catholic in the end. I would say my interest is like that of many moderns who have a renewed interest in Gnosticism I guess. Any good books on Mormon theology?

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for KJV, the deuterocanonical books are refered to as "apocrypha" due to the belief that these books were uninspired due to a lack of Hebrew versions of these books, only having Greek ones at hand. In recent years though, some of these disputed books have been found in Hebrew within the Dead Sea Scrolls. Original copies of KJV had the deuterocanon as an appendix to the Bible, useful, traditional texts to the faithful but uninspired nonetheless. In these latter days many Protestants just don't include the deuterocanon due to them beliving that they are uninspired. There is a book of the KJV of the Apocrypha on Amazon for a decent price I believe.
Mary is considered sinless by Catholics due to Christ needing to be held within a "pure vessal", i.e. someone without sin, so He could come into the world without the spurn of sin from a mother with sin. Belief in Mary's sinless birth (also called the Immaculate Conception) also originates from Scripture, Luke 1:28 (I use Douay Rheims version) with Gabriel telling Mary "Hail, full of grace, the Lord is with thee: blessed art thou among women." Mary being called "full of grace" points to sinlessness due to grace being lost in sin, "the Lord is with thee" points to this as well, showing Mary's closeness to the Lord, which sin would cause to collapse. The statement "blessed art thou among women" points to Mary's elavated position, i.e. being able to carry Christ himself as her child, with Mary's "blessed"-ness being a defining factor of her person allowing her to do such an awesome thing, blessedness being a sign of being without sin as well.
If I caused any confusion I apologize, I haven't slept well for a few days. If you need any clarifying, just ask my friend. Such curiosities about the Scriptures and Mary is what led me to the Catholic Church, I was born a Protestant (Methodist) and wavered between Mormonism and Nondenominatinal Christianity until I found the beauty and truth of the Church. God bless all of you in this thread.