Source Report Card
Chapter 9: Lehi's Children Blossom as the Rose
| Source | Who | When | Chain | Rung | Grade |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| D&C 49:24 | The Lord, through Joseph Smith | May 1831 | 1st | 1 | A+ |
| 2 Nephi 30:3-7 | Nephi | c. 559-545 BC; pub. 1830 | 1st | 1 | A+ |
| 2 Nephi 30:6: "white" (1830), "pure" (1840), restored 1981 | Joseph Smith; the Church | 1830; 1840; 1981 | 1st | 1 (current verse) | A+ (text); "probably Joseph" = inference from 1840 title page |
| 3 Nephi 16:13, 15; 20:15-16; 21:12, 15, 22-24 | Jesus Christ | c. AD 34; pub. 1830 | 1st | 1 | A+ |
| Mormon 8:20; Alma 63:5-8; 2 Nephi 5:21 | Book of Mormon prophets | pub. 1830 | 1st | 1 | A+ |
| D&C 87:5, 8 | The Lord, through Joseph Smith | Dec. 25, 1832 | 1st | 1 | A+ |
| D&C 109:60, 65 (1836 wording, still in the text) | Joseph Smith, Kirtland Temple dedicatory prayer | March 27, 1836 | 1st | 1 | A+ |
| Gospel Principles, ch. 43 | Church manual | 2011 | 1st | 2 | A |
| Come, Follow Me: Book of Mormon 2024, lesson on 2 Nephi 3-5 | Church manual | 2024 | 1st | 2 | A |
| "Book of Mormon and DNA Studies" essay; Book of Mormon introduction ("among the ancestors") | The Church | 2014; 2006 | 1st | 2 | A |
| Membership and temple counts | Church facts and statistics country pages | Dec. 31, 2025 | 1st | 2 | A |
| "The Day of the Lamanites" (skin-color reading, since abandoned) | Spencer W. Kimball (then Quorum of the Twelve; later Church President) | Oct. 1960 | 1st | 3 | A as a record of what was said; not current teaching |
| Polynesians as Lehi's descendants (Hagoth tradition) | Various Church leaders (not individually cited) | 19th-20th c. | n/a | 3-4 | B as a tradition; Alma 63:5-8 names no destination |
| The Millennial Messiah, quoted in Book of Mormon Seminary Teacher Manual | Bruce R. McConkie (then Quorum of the Twelve) | 1982 (manual 2017) | 1st | 4 | B |
| "Redemption of Zion," JD 17:289-306 | Orson Pratt (then Quorum of the Twelve), reported by David W. Evans | Feb. 7, 1875 | 2nd | 4 | C ("American Indians" = Pratt's identification; nothing about vexing) |
| Mormonism Unveiled: Zion's Watchman Unmasked | Parley P. Pratt (then Quorum of the Twelve) | 1838 | 1st | 4 | B (real, didn't happen; full quote in Ch. 15) |
| "The Doctrine of a Covenant People" | Joseph Fielding McConkie (BYU religion professor), BYU Religious Studies Center | 1993 | 1st | 5 | C |
| "Young lion" / "uprising" folk stories | Folk prophecy | 19th c. onward | Untraceable | 6 | F (White Horse Prophecy, separately, is ✖ Disavowed) |