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===This claim is contradicted by an enormous amount of historical evidence===

Some critics have claimed that the Church is "embarrassed" by the Joseph Smith Translation of the Bible. <ref>{{CriticalWork:Tanner:Changing World|pages=385}}</ref>

This claim is contradicted by an enormous amount of historical evidence. The claim was made in 1977. In 1978, the Church produced its new version of the KJV after years of work. Thus, the JST was the focus of serious attention by the Church long before the Tanners began to insist that leaders were ashamed of it.<ref>{{Ensign1|author=Lavina Fielding Anderson|article=[https://www.lds.org/ensign/1979/10/church-publishes-first-lds-edition-of-the-bible?lang=eng Church Publishes First LDS Edition of the Bible]|date=Oct 1979|start=9}} </ref> It had multiple footnote and appendix entries from the JST.

The Church magazines also launched a concerted effort to introduce Latter-day Saints to the JST material that was now easily available, and to encourage its use. Some examples of this effort published around the time the Tanners were making their claim include:

* Robert J. Matthews, “The Bible and Its Role in the Restoration,” Ensign, Jul 1979, 41 {{link|url=https://www.lds.org/ensign/1979/07/the-bible-and-its-role-in-the-restoration?lang=eng}}
* Robert J. Matthews, “Plain and Precious Things Restored,” Ensign, Jul 1982, 15 {{link|url=https://www.lds.org/ensign/1982/07/plain-and-precious-things-restored?lang=eng}}
* Robert J. Matthews, “Joseph Smith’s Efforts to Publish His Bible ‘Translation’,” Ensign, Jan 1983, 57–58. {{link|url=https://www.lds.org/ensign/1983/03/a-greater-portrayal-of-the-master?lang=eng}}
* Monte S. Nyman, “Restoring ‘Plain and Precious Parts’: The Role of Latter-day Scriptures in Helping Us Understand the Bible,” Ensign, Dec 1981, 19–25 {{link|url=https://www.lds.org/ensign/1981/12/restoring-plain-and-precious-parts-the-role-of-latter-day-scriptures-in-helping-us-understand-the-bible?lang=eng}}

The Church is not, and was not, embarrassed by the JST. In its historical context, the critics' claim is incredibly ill-informed.

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ReedComire at 19:37, 25 October 2025