And the angel of the Lord said unto me:
Thou hast beheld the book proceeded
forth from the mouth of a Jew;
and when it proceeded
forth from the mouth of a Jew
it contained the fulness of the gospel of the Lord,
of whom the twelve apostles bear record;
and they bear record according to
the truth which is in the Lamb of God.
Wherefore, these things go forth
from the Jews in purity unto the Gentiles,
according to the truth which is in God.
And after they go forth
by the hand of the twelve apostles of the Lamb,
from the Jews unto the Gentiles,
thou seest the formation of
that great and abominable church,
which is most abominable above all other churches;
for behold, they have taken away
from the gospel of the Lamb
many parts which are plain and most precious;
and also many covenants of the Lord
have they taken away.
And all this have they done that they
might pervert the right ways of the Lord,
that they might blind the eyes and
harden the hearts of the children of men.
Wherefore, thou seest that after the book
hath gone forth through the hands of
the great and abominable church,
that there are many plain and precious things
taken away from the book,
which is the book of the Lamb of God.
And after these plain and precious things
were taken away it goeth forth
unto all the nations of the Gentiles;
and after it goeth forth
unto all the nations of the Gentiles,
thou seest—because of
the many plain and precious things
which have been taken out of the book,
which were plain unto
the understanding of the children of men,
according to the plainness
which is in the Lamb of God—
because of these things which are
taken away out of the gospel of the Lamb,
an exceedingly great many do stumble,
yea, insomuch that Satan
hath great power over them.
(1 Nephi 13:24-29)