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Whether Smith was the actual author of this passage is uncertain.

Official LDS Church historian B. H. Roberts removed the quote from his History of the Church compilation, saying he found evidence that W. W. Phelps wrote that paragraph and that it was " based on inaccurate premises and was offensively pedantic.

" LDS Church apostle Gordon B. Hinckley noted that the " more good " translation is incorrect but added that " Mormon means ' more good '" is a positive motto for members of the LDS Church.