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)
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 inflat/; images are underimages/; and reference data is inreference/. - 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.jsonGit 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 pullSources and credits