''A Comprehensive History of The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints: Century I'' is a six-volume history published in 1930 and written by
B.H. Roberts
Brigham Henry Roberts (March 13, 1857 – September 27, 1933) was a historian, politician, and leader in the Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints (LDS Church). He edited the seven-volume ''History of the Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day ...
, a
general authority and
Assistant Church Historian of the
Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints
The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints, informally known as the LDS Church or Mormon Church, is a nontrinitarian Christian church that considers itself to be the restoration of the original church founded by Jesus Christ. The c ...
(LDS Church). It should not be confused with the seven-volume ''
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'' (nicknamed ''Documentary History of the Church''), which was also produced by Roberts in the early 20th-century but as an editor and which focused on the history of
.
, B. H. Roberts, Assistant Church Historian of the Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints (LDS Church), asked the magazine to allow him to publish a rebuttal. After his four-part response, the editor was so pleased that he invited Roberts to next write a detailed history of the LDS Church.