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The Primary (formerly the Primary Association) is the children's organization of the Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints (LDS Church). It acts as a Sunday school organization for the church's children (ages 3–11).
In 1838, Smith simply stated, "I obtained [the plates], and the Urim and Thummim with them; by the means of which, I translated the plates; and thus came the Book of Mormon." [12] No mention of the term "Urim and Thummim" exists in the 1833 version of the Book of Commandments, or in early transcriptions of Joseph Smith's revelations.
The Book of Mormon, published in 1830, is one of the primary religious texts of Mormonism, [2] also known as the Latter Day Saint movement. [3] Founder Joseph Smith said that an angel of the Christian God directed him to uncover metal plates inscribed with the history of an ancient American people and that by miraculous means he translated the ...
In the 1950s there was a resistance from LDS Church leadership to having artistic portrayals of Jesus. For example, when Arnold Friberg created his series of Book of Mormon paintings, his initial portrayal of Christ visiting the Americas was rejected by LDS Church leadership. Friberg's final portrayal shows Christ at a distance, descending far ...
The plates were manufactured and buried by three men who lived in Kinderhook, and who had intended the plates as a prank against the LDS community. Although Smith did not translate the plates, William Clayton , his secretary, wrote that Smith said they contained "the history of the person with whom they were found and he was a descendant of Ham ...
The Friend, formerly titled The Children's Friend, is a monthly children's magazine published by the Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints (LDS Church). It is aimed at those of Primary age, approximately ages 3 through 12. [1]
The Golden Plates were a set of plates that Joseph Smith, Jr. had discovered in 1823 which were later translated and published as the Book of Mormon in 1830. [1] [2] The following other plates are described in the Book of Mormon. The Brass Plates were a set of plates retrieved by Nephi at the direction of his father, Lehi. They contained Jewish ...
Carl Christian Anton Christensen (November 28, 1831 – July 3, 1912) was a Danish-American painter who painted the history of the Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints (LDS Church). [2] Of him, it has been said that he "did more than any other person to capture the images of the history of Mormon migration to Utah and the life lived ...