[1 Nephi 13:]29. An exceeding
great many do stumble] Paul spoke of “One Lord, one faith and one baptism.”
In the United States alone there are 256 distinct denominations claiming to
represent Christ’s Way. (Eldin Ricks, Book of Mormon Commentary, Volume 1: Comprising
the Complete Text of The First Book of Nephi with Explanatory Notes [Salt
Lake City: Deseret News Press, 1951], 153)
The article referenced in the above is:
Deseret News, Church Section, September 19, 1951,
p. 14:
Dr. Howard S. McDonald,
president of Los Angeles Stake and City College, former president of Brigham
Young University, and earlier, president of San Francisco Stake, was guest
speaker on the "Our America," national program, last Saturday in Los
Angeles. . . . Thirty-three returned missionaries are now members of Herauders
Society at LDS Business College. . . . A total of 256 religiou[s] groups are embraced
in the "1951 Yearbook of American Churches," which shows that there
are 285,834 congregations and similar united with a membership of 87,548,021
persons, or 58.9 per cent of the nation's population.
