The Scriptures

The Standard Works of the Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints are:

• The Authorized King James Version (KJV) of the Bible, consisting of the Old Testament and the New Testament
• The Book of Mormon, subtitled since 1981 "Another Testament of Jesus Christ"
• The Doctrine and Covenants (D&C)
• The Pearl of Great Price (containing the Book of Moses, the Book of Abraham, Joseph Smith–Matthew, Joseph Smith–History, and the Articles of Faith)

Documentation

What this repository contains

• Merged Scriptures: JSON copies of the Standard Works and study helps. Full copies live in the complete/ directory; flattened, per-chapter files are in flat/; images are under images/; and reference data is in reference/.
• Scripts: Small Python utilities live in scripts/ for downloading source data, producing flattened files, and building references.
• Scriptures: The scriptures/ folder contains the hierarchical per-volume/per-book structure.
• Study helps: The helps/ folder contains JSON files for the various study helps (e.g. Bible Dictionary, Topical Guide, etc.)

Running the scripts Prerequisites: Python 3.8+ is recommended.

# Examples:
python scripts/download.py # download or refresh source data
python scripts/make-flat.py # produce flattened JSON files
python scripts/make-reference.py # build reference JSON
python scripts/complete.py # combine pieces into complete/scriptures.json

Git LFS The complete scriptures are stored with Git LFS to keep the repository lightweight. To access the full data, install Git LFS and run:

# install Git LFS (OS-specific installer) then:
git lfs install
git lfs pull

Sources and credits

• https://www.churchofjesuschrist.org
• https://openscriptureapi.org
• https://github.com/bcbooks/scriptures-json
• https://scriptures.nephi.org