Topical Guide/Book of Mormon/Archaeology/Quetzalcoatl

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Relationship to Quetzalcoatl

Summary: Critics claim that LDS scholars believe that Quetzalcoatl was Jesus Christ. However, since Quetzalcoatl's association with a "feathered serpent" constitutes "snake worship," critics claim that this association is therefore inconsistent with worship of Jesus Christ.

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Maxwell Institute Articles

  • Wallace E. Hunt Jr., "Moses' Brazen Serpent as It Relates to Serpent Worship in Mesoamerica," Journal of Book of Mormon Studies 2/2 (1993). [121–131] link
  • John L. Sorenson, "The Decline of the God Quetzalcoatl" from Pressing Forward with the Book of Mormon, pp. 234-236
  • Diane E. Wirth, "'Quetzalcoatl, the Maya Maize God, and Jesus Christ'," Journal of Book of Mormon Studies 11/1 (2002). [4–15] link
  • Diane E. Wirth, "The Bearded, White God Is Everywhere—or Is He? (Review of: Fair Gods and Feathered Serpents: A Search for the Early Americas' Bearded White God)," FARMS Review of Books 12/1 (2000): 9–22. off-site

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