JOEL - It is not my place to make such a judgment against any particular church. The phrase "great and abominable church," which appears in a vision received by the Book of Mormon prophet Nephi in the sixth century B.C. (1 Ne. 13:6), refers to the church of the devil and is understood by Latter-day Saints to be equivalent to the "great wh_ore that sitteth upon many waters" described in Revelation 17:1. This "wh_ore of all the earth" is identified by Nephi's brother Jacob as all those who are against God and who fight against Zion, in all periods of time (2 Ne. 10:16). It was not meant to refer to any single church in history. It refers to all assemblies, congregations, or associations of people not authorized by God and that fight against God and his purposes.