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	The Pearl of Great Price
		The Pearl of Great Price serves as a parable of the kingdom of God, speaking specifically to the kingdom as a joyful discovery (Scot 316).
		The Pearl of Great Price is often presented as a twin to The Treasure in the Field (Matt.
		The Pearl of Great Value is a powerful parable because it both recognizes the supreme worth of the kingdom of God and it also emphasizes that the kingdom is something for which one must search out and be willing to sacrifice all.
	wesley.nnu.edu /biblical_studies/parables/stu-not-2000/ma-mt13_45-46.htm (1199 words)

	Pearl of Great Price - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
		The Pearl of Great Price is a parable told by Jesus in explaining the value of the Kingdom of Heaven, according to Matthew 13:45-46.
		The Pearl of Great Price refers to the parable told by Jesus, and is recounted in the Gospel of Matthew 13:45-46.
		The Pearl of Great Price is a selection of choice materials touching many significant aspects of the faith and doctrine of The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints.
	en.wikipedia.org /wiki/Pearl_of_Great_Price (494 words)

	Jung Talk - The Pearl of Great price (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-08)
		The goal of the opus, of integrating the unconscious with consciousness, promises us the pearl of great price, the treasure hard to find, the gold from the dung, the pot at the end of the rainbow, an individuated person.
		The Peal of great price is indeed difficult to define, for me that is! (Note ye who seek references.) To attain the Extra-ordinary is now enshrined within me. This includes odd words like modest.
		Maybe the pearl of great price for you is your profession and your talent in that direction.
	www.cgjungpage.org /talk/printthread.php?t=3792 (1264 words)

	The Pearl of Great Price
		The price to own it has been paid, but the price to possess it in all of its fulness involves a decision.
		Beloved, the life of surrender is the pearl of great price.
		That, beloved, is one of the key messages of the parables of the pearl and the treasure.
	www.higherpraise.com /outlines/lessons/1359b.htm (4723 words)

	The Pearl of Great Price
		The Pearl of Great Price is the smallest volume of LDS scripture, comprising about sixty pages in the current 1981 edition (this includes footnotes and illustrations).
		The Pearl of Great Price became part of the official body of LDS scripture on October 10, 1880 with the vote of a general conference of the Church.
		After the Pearl of Great Price was adopted as an official body of scripture, it was felt to be unnecessary to have the excerpts of those revelations found in the Doctrine and Covenants appear in the Pearl of Great Price.
	www.boap.org /LDS/LDS-scriptures/Pearl_of_GP (2303 words)

	The Pearl of Great Price (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-08)
		And I, God, made two great lights; the greater light to rule the day, and the lesser light to rule the night, and the greater light was the sun, and the lesser light was the moon; and the stars also were made even according to my word.
		And in those days Satan had great dominion among men, and raged in their hearts; and from thenceforth came wars and bloodshed; and a man's hand was against his own brother, in administering death, because of secret works, seeking for power.
		During this time of great excitement my mind was called up to serious reflection and great uneasiness; but though my feelings were deep and ofter poignant, still I keep aloof from all these parties, though I attended their several meetings as often as occasion would permit.
	cs.gmu.edu /~sean/stuff/scriptures/POGP.html (20369 words)

	The Pearl of Great Price
		Cover of the first edition of the Pearl of Great Price, published by Elder Franklin D. Richards at liverpool in 1851 as a "choice selection" of revelations, translations, and narrations of Joseph Smith.
		The Pearl of Great Price was accepted as a standard work by the body of the Church in 1880.
		The second edition of the Pearl of Great Price, the first American edition, was published at Salt Lake City in 1878 and added "A Revelation on the Eternity of the Marriage Covenant, Including Plurality of Wives," which is now known as Doctrine and Covenants section 132.
	www.lightplanet.com /mormons/basic/scripture/pearl_great_price.html (913 words)

	THE PEARL OF GREAT PRICE - (THE UNSEARCHABLE RICHES OF CHRIST) (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-08)
		This Pearl of great price has commissioned us to go out into all the world to preach the Gospel to every creature baptizing them in the name of the Father, the Son, and the Holy Spirit.
		We need to be knowledgeable of the Pearl of great price before we can become successful in the job that He has commissioned us to do, don't we?
		"Those who have found the pearl of great price, those who have discovered the hidden treasure, are to impart their knowledge to those with whom they come in contact.
	www.jlfoundation.net /pearl.html (1574 words)

	Pearl Of Great Price Books - Home Page
		Pearl of Great Price books are mystical revelations of spiritual principles whose wisdom will be balm to the truth seeking soul.
		When the inspiration that opens the eyes and ears of consciousness to seek the pearl of great price, it leads one lo here, lo there, lo everywhere until the Silence reveals the mystery of its whereabouts.
		Such is the joy of a true seeker that "knock and ye shall find." From the heart of every religion to the soul of none at all, Mara has discovered that the divine cup she dipped deeply into the wells has overflowed with mystical truths.
	www.pearlofgreatprice.com (703 words)

	Parable of the Pearl of Great Price
		The kingdom of heaven is like unto a merchant man, seeking goodly pearls: Who when he had found one pearl of great price, went and sold all that he had, and bought it.
		To buy the pearl, he would have to sell his shop, his home, all of his valuables, and every coin which he had managed to save over the years.
		He could have waited until he was better able to afford the pearl, or even spent time begging for a lower price, but his desire was too great to wait.
	www.suite101.com /article.cfm/sunday_school_teaching_tips/113175 (503 words)

	THE PEARL OF GREAT PRICE - (THE UNSEARCHABLE RICHES OF CHRIST)
		This Pearl of great price has commissioned us to go out into all the world to preach the Gospel to every creature baptizing them in the name of the Father, the Son, and the Holy Spirit.
		"The kingdom of heaven is like unto a merchant man, seeking goodly pearls: who, when he had found one pearl of great price, went and sold all that he had, and bought it.
		"Those who have found the pearl of great price, those who have discovered the hidden treasure, are to impart their knowledge to those with whom they come in contact.
	jlfoundation.net /pearl.html (1574 words)

	The Pearl of Great Price (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-08)
		But there was one stone in the store, a flawless pearl, which was more strikingly beautiful than any other, and this was displayed in its own case located in a prominent location, where everyone who came into the store could gaze at it in awe of its perfection.
		He noticed the pearl in its display case, and, like everyone else, he was fascinated by it, unable to take his eyes off of it.
		With just a hint of a smile on his face, he handed both to the surprised beggar, saying, "You gave me everything you had, and now everything I have is yours." He then put on the beggar's overcoat, opened the door, and vanished into the night.
	www.faithfulhope.com /readingroom/item.cfm?doc_id=306 (369 words)

	On the Pearl of Great Price - Maxwell Institute Papers
		Showing that Joseph Smith missed the mark in the Pearl of Great Price may well be a necessary step to proving that the whole body of belief is fraudulent, you can't prove it's all fraudulent unless you have proven that this part of it is fraudulent, Too, but this is as far as it goes.
		Peters says, "The plates displayed in the Pearl of Great Price are rather comical, and the interpretation of the plates displays an amusing ignorance." And then Mercer says, "In general, it may be remarked that his explanations, from a scientific and scholarly standpoint are absurd.
		Two conflicting charges are brought up against the Pearl of Great Price by the experts: One is that they are perfectly ordinary and familiar things; and the other, that they are not ordinary and familiar at all.
	farms.byu.edu /display.php?table=transcripts&id=68 (18498 words)

	Christ's Object Lessons - Chapter 9 - The Pearl
		He illustrated His lesson by the parable of the merchantman seeking goodly pearls "who, when he had found one pearl of great price, went and sold all that he had, and bought it." Christ Himself is the pearl of great price.
		Christ offered them the pearl of great price; but they disdained to accept it, and He said to them, "The publicans and the harlots go into the kingdom of God before you." Matt.
		We are to seek for the pearl of great price, but not in worldly marts or in worldly ways.
	www.preparingforeternity.com /co/co09.htm (1727 words)

	Pearl of Great Price (Forerunner Commentary) :: Bible Tools
		The common explanation is that the merchant represents a Christian, and the pearl of great price is the Kingdom of God to which he gives his all so he can be a part of it.
		The pearl is first embedded in a mass of live but corruptible flesh, then separated and cleansed from its surroundings so that it can appear in its purity and beauty.
		The "pearl" is the church as a whole, whereas the "treasure" in the preceding parable is the church in its individual members.
	bibletools.org /index.cfm/fuseaction/Topical.show/RTD/cgg/ID/1093/Pearl-of-Great-Price.htm (5014 words)

	Pearl of Great Price \| csmonitor.com
		New types of risk require a new calculation of caution, especially when an opponent can be a fellow passenger on a flight or, in Mr.
		Pearl's case, someone luring him falsely to an interview in Karachi.
		Like other reporters who have been captured, harmed, or killed in their work, Pearl isn't a glory seeker in writing about terrorists or being naive about the risk of gathering facts in volatile, violent places like Karachi.
	www.csmonitor.com /2002/0204/p10s04-comv.html (284 words)

	Pearl of Great Price - MormonWiki - Mormonism - the LDS Church, Beliefs & Religion
		Pearl of Great Price - MormonWiki - Mormonism - the LDS Church, Beliefs & Religion
		The Pearl of Great Price is a collection of sacred writings and one of the four standard works that are accepted as scripture by the members of the Mormon Church (Latter-day Saints).
		This book of scriptures was first published at Liverpool, England, in 1851 by Franklin D. Richards, who was then the president of the British Mission and a member of the Quorum of the Twelve Apostles of the Mormon Church.
	www.mormonwiki.com /mormonism/Pearl_of_Great_Price (366 words)

	Pearl of great Price
		The female figure represents the church(believer) There is a cross embroidery on the napkin to the left, a reminder of the death burial and resurrection of Christ, a pearl in the middle, a silk scarf (with the history of the queen of Sheba), an egg and a bible.
		Mat 13:45 "Again, the kingdom of heaven is like unto a merchant man, seeking goodly pearls: Mat 13:46 Who, when he had found one pearl of great price, went and sold all that he had, and bought it.
		The outer shell, the white of the yolk: and the yolk.
	www.yisehakfinearts.com /sia/PearlOGPr_Detail.html (149 words)

	The Pearl of Great Price : Apologetics research resources
		One of the problems relating to the Pearl of Great Price is the serious changes that have appeared in the text since it was published in 1851.
		The portion of the Pearl of Great Price which has had the most drastic alterations made in it is the "Book of Moses." The Book of Moses is actually only a part of a far larger work known as the "Inspired Version" of the Bible.
		This was a great blow to the Mormon leaders because they considered the Reorganized Church to be an "apostate" organization.
	www.apologeticsindex.org /m04ad.html (1100 words)

	Eternity 124 - The Pearl Of Great Price
		The pearl merchant is a person who knows good value when he sees it.
		Now there were probably dozens of other pearl merchants out there, looking at the pearl of great price, and "wishing".
		He is the Pearl of Great Price, His kingdom is worth entering into and sacrificing for.
	aibi.gospelcom.net /eternity/eternity124.htm (881 words)

	BYU Broadcasting \| Pearl of Great Price Series
		Faculty members from BYU Religious Education discuss the writings and teachings of The Pearl of Great Price in this 12 part series.
		Each of the half-hour episodes covers portions of the writings from The Pearl of Great Price.
		Funding for this series was provided in part by the BYU Division of Continuing Education.
	byubroadcasting.org /pogp (154 words)

	Flaws in the Pearl of Great Price, Salt Lake City Messenger, June 1991, Reason!, Jerald and Sandra Tanner, LDS ... (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-08)
		In 1880, the Pearl of Great Price was canonized and at that time became one of the four standard works of the church.
		As one reads the first section of the Pearl of Great Price (the "Book of Moses") the question arises as to whether the words were actually spoken to Moses by God over 3,000 years ago or if they came from the fertile imagination of someone who lived in the 19th century.
		While the Pearl of Great Price is filled with problems, the other two books of scripture which Joseph Smith produced are also laced with serious errors.
	www.xmission.com /~country/reason/fpgp.htm (4336 words)

	pearl
		I was raised in a denomination that taught us that we were like the merchant, and that in order to buy the pearl of great price, in this case Jesus, we would have to give up everything we valued in order to purchase Him.
		As the oyster lies on the floor of the ocean (or wherever) it may be invaded by a minute particle of foreign matter or sand.
		So, the pearl is an abnormal growth resulting from the invasion of foreign matter into the body of the mollusk.
	www.geocities.com /flutterbybliss/pearl.html?989828598730 (705 words)

	"The Pearl of Great Price"
		A pearl so precious, so comely that the Merchant Man, Jesus, seeking goodly pearls was willing to sell all that He had to buy just that one pearl.
		As a child of God, I find this parallel between pearls and the body of Christ interesting because a pearl has such a questionable beginning, one which could well be described as far from beautiful.
		As it is with the pearl, so it is with the bride of Christ-as it is with the bride of Christ, so it is with the pearl.
	www.wfial.org /index.cfm?fuseaction=artOther.article_3 (908 words)

	Introductory Note
		The Pearl of Great Price is a selection of choice materials touching many significant aspects of the faith and doctrine of The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints.
		The first collection of materials carrying the title Pearl of Great Price was made in 1851 by Elder Franklin D. Richards, then a member of the Council of the Twelve and president of the British Mission.
		The Pearl of Great Price received wide use and subsequently became a standard work of the Church by action of the First Presidency and the general conference in Salt Lake City on October 10, 1880.
	scriptures.lds.org /en/pgp/introduction (502 words)

	THE PEARL OF GREAT PRICE (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-08)
		That is, if I had to keep the pearl and its only dividend was the pride of ownership, I would not give up everything else I have just for that.
		Jesus' pearl is truth; the truth that makes man free; the truth that leads men and women to eternal life.
		To possess that pearl of great price I would sell all I have to buy it, if that should be the way to get it.
	www.theexaminer.org /volume5/number3/pearl.htm (1377 words)

	Pearl of Great Price
		The Pearl of Great Price is one of the four holy books of the Mormon church in addition to the King James Version Bible (interpreted by the Mormon church), the Book of Mormon, and Doctrines and Covenants.
		Significant portions of the Pearl of Great Price are texts taken from the Bible and then rearranged to support Mormon beliefs.
		The Pearl of Great Price is not inspired by God, it is not a reliable historical document, and it was created to give support to the doctrines of the Mormon Church.
	www.allaboutcults.org /pearl-of-great-price-faq.htm (369 words)

	The Parables of the treasure hid in the field and the pearl of great price
		The Kingdom is so great and wonderful that we must be willing to venture all, and quit all, in the prospect of it, and we will be big winners!...
		Jesus Christ is the Pearl of great price, a Jewel of inestimable value, which will make those who have it rich, truly rich, enough to make us happy here and for ever.
		There are actually 500,000 priests and one million nuns who did just that: They sold everything to buy the Great Pearl, Jesus, with vows of poverty, chastity and obedience for life, they gave up all the money, the children they could have...
	www.biblia.com /parables/pearl.htm (338 words)

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