In 1827, Joseph retrieved this record, inscribed on thin golden plates, and shortly afterward began translating its words by the "gift of God." 3 The resulting manuscript, the Book of Mormon ...

when Phillips questioned church lawyer David Jordan on conflicting accounts about the Book of Mormon being translated by ...

With the coming Monday marking the 219th anniversary of Joseph Smith’s birth in Sharon ... Nearly 200 years after publication of the Book of Mormon, the seer stone church historians say Smith ...