It all depends on how one defines "the Gospel". I like the simple Biblical definition, which is, essentially, that Jesus frees otherwise captive people.
The Book of Mormon certainly contains that. So does the New Testament - but interpretations of that over time have obscured it (in the Bible, and, ironically, in the Book of Mormon, as well). I see JS as believing the Book of Mormon restored it, with faith, repentance, baptism, and the gift of the Holy Ghost as the process of captive liberation.
I am fine with that view. I just believe the discussion is semantics, with different views influenced by different interpretations of the phrase.
Book of Mormon contains the Fulness of the Gospel?
Re: Book of Mormon contains the Fulness of the Gospel?
I see through my glass, darkly - as I play my saxophone in harmony with the other instruments in God's orchestra. (h/t Elder Joseph Wirthlin)
Even if people view many things differently, the core Gospel principles (LOVE; belief in the unseen but hoped; self-reflective change; symbolic cleansing; striving to recognize the will of the divine; never giving up) are universal.
"For every complex problem there is an answer that is clear, simple, and wrong." H. L. Mencken
Even if people view many things differently, the core Gospel principles (LOVE; belief in the unseen but hoped; self-reflective change; symbolic cleansing; striving to recognize the will of the divine; never giving up) are universal.
"For every complex problem there is an answer that is clear, simple, and wrong." H. L. Mencken