There are scholars, of repute and renown, who place his natal day in every year from 1 B.C. What is the date of our Lord's birth? This is one of those fascinating problems about which the wise and the learned delight to debate.
McConkie wrote, "We do not believe it is possible with the present state of our knowledge-including that which is known both in and out of the Church-to state with finality when the natal day of the Lord Jesus actually occurred." He went on to observe, in a footnote: McConkie did not believe it was possible to determine the exact date of the Savior's birthīruce R. without being intended as an actual count of years.īruce R. is too late for Matthew's account of Herod the Great and the magi Herod died in 4 B.C.) D&C 20:1's "one thousand eight hundred and thirty years" is probably just an elaborate or formal way of referring to the year 1830 A.D. Most scholars accept that Jesus’ birth year was somewhere between 6 and 4 B.C. It is thus probably inappropriate to regard it as some type of revealed dating of Jesus' birth. The Joseph Smith Papers Project has demonstrated that D&C 20:1 is not part of the original wording of D&C 20, but was rather added at a later date-probably by John Whitmer, the Church's first historian-to reflect the date the Church was organized. ĭ&C 20:1 was added later, probably by John Whitmer, and is not a revealed date of Jesus' birth
On the other hand, several writers, including some modern apostles and prophets, have urged caution in interpreting D&C 20:1 as an exact count of years. Many Mormons have taken this reference to be a literal count of the years from the birth of Jesus to the organization of the Church. Many Mormons have taken this reference to be a literal count of the years from the birth of Jesus to the organization of the Church This passage says the Church was organized "one thousand eight hundred and thirty years since the coming of our Lord and Savior Jesus Christ in the flesh.in the fourth month, and on the sixth day of the month which is called April." The common Latter-day Saints belief that Jesus was born on April 6th is based on a single scripture - D&C 20:1. It is not a matter of great consequence in Latter-day Saint worship Members and leaders of the Church have been of varying opinions on this topic. Question: Do Latter-day Saints believe Jesus was born 1830 years before the Church's organization on 6 April 1830? The common Latter-day Saints belief that Jesus was born on April 6th is based on a single scripture
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