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From late 1827 to the end of 1830, Smith wrote and published the Book of Mormon, and established the Church of Christ. To write the Book of Mormon, Smith enlisted the assistance of Martin Harris, a wealthy Palmyra landowner who acted as Smith's scribe.
Joseph Smith Jr. (December 23, 1805 – June 27, 1844) was an American religious and political leader and the founder of Mormonism and the Latter Day Saint movement. Publishing the Book of Mormon at the age of 24, Smith attracted tens of
The Book of Mormon is a religious text of the Latter Day Saint movement, first published in 1830 by Joseph Smith as The Book of Mormon: An Account Written by the Hand of Mormon upon Plates Taken from the Plates of Nephi. [1] [2] The book is one of the earliest and most well-known unique writings of the Latter Day Saint movement.
Joseph Smith reportedly guided local seer Samuel T. Lawrence to the hill, where the two used a seer stone to view the golden plates; Lawrence reportedly was the first to see a pair of spectacles in addition to the plates. [220] Oliver Cowdrey, one of the Three Witnesses, was a distant relative of Joseph Smith who also engaged in divination. [221]
The life of Joseph Smith, Jr. from 1831 to 1837, when he was 26–32 years old, covers the period of time from when Smith moved with his family to Kirtland, Ohio, in 1831, until he left Ohio for Missouri early in early January 1838. By 1831, Smith had already published the Book of Mormon, and established the Latter Day Saint movement.
Full-scale model of the golden plates based on Joseph Smith's description. The golden plates are a set of bound and engraved metal plates that Latter Day Saint denominations believe are the source of Joseph Smith's English translation of the Book of Mormon. Although several witnesses said they saw the plates, Smith said that he returned them to ...
Joseph Smith Sr. was Joseph Smith's father, and Hyrum and Samuel were his brothers. Christian, Jacob, Peter Jr. and John were David Whitmer 's brothers, and Hiram Page was his brother-in-law. [ 4 ] Noting the familiar relationship among the witnesses, satirist Mark Twain wrote, "I could not feel more satisfied and at rest if the entire Whitmer ...
In 1830, Smith published the Book of Mormon, which he characterized as a religious history of the indigenous people of the Americas. [22] This book contained discussions and sermons teaching many traditional Christian doctrines, such as the idea that Jesus ' death represents an atonement for the sins of humanity, that he was the Messiah , and ...