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Footnotes
1. See, for example, Russell Stevenson, “Why Columbus Isn’t Who Mormons Want Him to Be,” Rational Faiths (blog), Mar. 12, 2015, https://rationalfaiths.com/why-columbus-may-not-be-who-mormons-want-him-to-be/.
2. Alonzo L. Gaskill, The Lost Language of Symbolism: An Essential Guide for Recognizing and Interpreting Symbols of the Gospel (Salt Lake City: Deseret Book, 2003), 191.
3. Etymologically, Christopher literally means “Christ Bearer.” The suffix “-fer” means bearer.
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