Joseph Fielding Smith

In October 1967, he spoke of the blessing for mankind that is known as the Fall of Adam. He performed the greatest work that was ever performed in this mortal world by the shedding of His blood, which paid a debt that mankind owes to the Eternal Father, and which debt we inherited after the Fall of Adam.

Gospel Library > Magazines > Liahona > January 2006

Bruce R. McConkie

It ransoms men from the temporal and spiritual death brought into the world by the Fall of Adam. Knowing that the Creation is the father of the Fall, and that the Fall made possible the Atonement, and that salvation itself comes because of the Atonement, we are in a position to put the revealed knowledge about the Creation in a proper perspective.

Gospel Library > Magazines > Liahona > September 1983

Joseph Fielding Smith

In October 1967, he spoke of the blessing for mankind that is known as the Fall of Adam. He performed the greatest work that was ever performed in this mortal world by the shedding of His blood, which paid a debt that mankind owes to the Eternal Father, and which debt we inherited after the Fall of Adam.

Gospel Library > Magazines > Ensign > January 2006

Russell M. Nelson

And before we can understand the Fall of Adam, we must first understand the Creation. Scripture teaches that “Adam fell that men might be; and men are, that they might have joy.” 7 The Fall of Adam (and Eve) constituted the mortal creation and brought about the required changes in their bodies, including the circulation of blood and other modifications as well. 8 They were now able to have children.

Gospel Library > Magazines > Ensign > November 1996

Russell M. Nelson

And before one can comprehend the fall of Adam, one must first understand the Creation. Indeed, “Adam fell that men might be; and men are, that they might have joy.” (2 Ne. 2:25.) The so-called “fall of Adam” might thus be termed the mortal creation.

Gospel Library > Magazines > Ensign > August 1991

Russell M. Nelson

If that state had persisted, you and I would still be stranded among the heavenly host as unborn sons and daughters of God. 21 “The great plan of [happiness] would have been frustrated” (Alma 42:5). 22 The Fall That leads us to the fall of Adam. Accordingly, we could speak of the fall of Adam in terms of a mortal creation, because “Adam fell that men might be” (2 Ne. 2:25). 27 Other blessings came to us through the Fall.

Gospel Library > Magazines > Ensign > November 1993

Jeffrey R. Holland

Every other principle, commandment, and virtue of the restored gospel draws its significance from this pivotal event.2 The Atonement was the foreordained but voluntary act of the Only Begotten Son of God in which He offered His life and spiritual anguish as a redeeming ransom for the effect of the Fall of Adam upon all mankind and for the personal sins of all who repent. The Atonement of Jesus Christ was indispensable because of the separating transgression, or Fall, of Adam, which brought two kinds of death into the world when Adam and Eve partook of the fruit of the tree of knowledge of good and evil.3 Physical death brought the separation of the spirit from the body, and spiritual death brought the estrangement of both the spirit and the body from God.

Gospel Library > Magazines > Liahona > March 2008

Jeffrey R. Holland

Every other principle, commandment, and virtue of the restored gospel draws its significance from this pivotal event.2 The Atonement was the foreordained but voluntary act of the Only Begotten Son of God in which He offered His life and spiritual anguish as a redeeming ransom for the effect of the Fall of Adam upon all mankind and for the personal sins of all who repent. The Atonement of Jesus Christ was indispensable because of the separating transgression, or Fall, of Adam, which brought two kinds of death into the world when Adam and Eve partook of the fruit of the tree of knowledge of good and evil.3 Physical death brought the separation of the spirit from the body, and spiritual death brought the estrangement of both the spirit and the body from God.

Gospel Library > Magazines > Ensign > March 2008

Ezra Taft Benson

In the words of Moroni, “By Adam came the fall of man. Are we accepting and teaching what the revelations tell us about the Creation, Adam and the fall of man, and redemption from that fall through the atonement of Christ?

Gospel Library > Magazines > Ensign > May 1987

Jess L. Christensen

He first talked with Adam, but Adam did not yield. Before we can comprehend it, though, we must understand the fall of Adam.” 8 As Latter-day Saints, we believe that Adam and Eve’s choice to partake of the forbidden fruit was ultimately a good thing—an essential act for our growth.

Gospel Library > Magazines > Liahona > August 2002

But truth revealed to latter-day prophets teaches that the Fall was not a tragedy—without it Adam and Eve would have had no posterity. Transgression, Not Sin President Joseph Fielding Smith (1876–1972) said: “I never speak of the part Eve took in this fall as a sin, nor do I accuse Adam of a sin.

Gospel Library > Magazines > Liahona > June 2006

Todd B. Parker and Robert Norman

Moses had received the Melchizedek Priesthood from Jethro, a high priest who had received it in a priesthood line that went back to Adam (see D&C 84:6–16).

Gospel Library > Magazines > Ensign > April 1998

Jess L. Christensen

He first talked with Adam, but Adam did not yield. Before we can comprehend it, though, we must understand the fall of Adam.” 8 As Latter-day Saints, we believe that Adam and Eve’s choice to partake of the forbidden fruit was ultimately a good thing—an essential act for our growth.

Gospel Library > Magazines > Ensign > January 2002

But truth revealed to latter-day prophets teaches that the Fall was not a tragedy—without it Adam and Eve would have had no posterity. Transgression, Not Sin President Joseph Fielding Smith (1876–1972) said: “I never speak of the part Eve took in this fall as a sin, nor do I accuse Adam of a sin.

Gospel Library > Magazines > Ensign > June 2006

Arthur A. Bailey

Our Father in Heaven knew Adam and Eve would fall. After the Fall, Adam and Eve were given coats of skins to cover their bodies (see Gen. 3:21).

Gospel Library > Magazines > Ensign > January 1998

Robert J. Woodford

Then the Bible was clear to him and he understood.” 1 Genesis 1–3 The first three chapters of Genesis contain an account of the Creation, life in the Garden of Eden, the Fall of Adam and Eve, and the beginning of life outside of the Garden. We also know there was a purpose in the Fall of Adam and Eve from the Garden of Eden.

Gospel Library > Magazines > Ensign > January 1998

Bruce R. McConkie

It ransoms men from the temporal and spiritual death brought into the world by the Fall of Adam. Knowing that the Creation is the father of the Fall, and that the Fall made possible the Atonement, and that salvation itself comes because of the Atonement, we are in a position to put the revealed knowledge about the Creation in a proper perspective.

Gospel Library > Magazines > Ensign > June 1982

Gerald N. Lund

Gerald N. Lund Ensign January 1990 One of the most misunderstood and misinterpreted doctrines in all of Christianity is the doctrine of the Fall of Adam. Five Fundamentals Lehi indicates that we must understand five fundamentals to properly understand the Fall.

Gospel Library > Magazines > Ensign > January 1990

The angel told Adam other things. Then the angel taught Adam the gospel and told him to repent and be baptized.

Gospel Library > Magazines > New Era > April 1983

Thomas S. Monson

Our Father knew that because of the nature of mortality, we would be tempted, would sin, and would fall short. Not only would He atone for our sins, but as a part of that Atonement, He would also overcome the physical death to which we would be subject because of the Fall of Adam.

Gospel Library > Magazines > Liahona > May 2010