Joseph Smith
Statements by Joseph Smith about the Book of Mormon. 26 statements from 1823 to 1844.
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1830s
- Statement on the Book of Mormon title page (1830, recorded 1839) — Joseph Smith — “a genuine and literal translation”
- Preface to the First Edition (1830) — Joseph Smith — “translated, by the gift and power of God”
- November 1831 conferences (1831) — Joseph Smith — “the great benefits to the world ... the Book of Mormon”
- Church conference in Orange, Ohio (1831) — Joseph Smith — “not intended to tell the world all the particulars”
- Letter to Noah C. Saxton (1833) — Joseph Smith — “translated ... by the gift and power of God”
- Zion's Camp Zelph account (1834) — Wilford Woodruff — “he was a white Lamanite ... His name was Zelph”
- Church conference in Norton, Ohio (1834) — Joseph Smith — “Take away the Book of Mormon ... where is our religion?”
- Letter to Emma Smith (1834) — Joseph Smith — “Roving over the mounds [...] as a proof of [the Book of Mormon’s] divine authenticity”
- Lectures on Faith, Lecture 2, §55 (1835) — School of the Elders (historically associated with Joseph Smith; individual authorship disputed) — “like Enoch, the brother of Jared, and Moses”
- Letter to the Elders of the Church (1835) — Joseph Smith — “it is truth ... come forth out of the earth”
- Kirtland Temple priesthood leadership meeting (1836) — Joseph Smith — “the Saviour did [...] so shall we do”
- Far West, Missouri preaching (1837, recorded 1892) — David Osborn — “The Book of Mormon is true”
- Editorial in the Elders’ Journal (1838) — Joseph Smith — “by the means of which I translated the plates”
- To the Saints scattered abroad (1838) — Elders’ Journal editorial staff — “Jesus says, as recorded in the book of Mormon”
- Discourse at Montrose, Iowa (1839) — Joseph Smith (reported by Wilford Woodruff and Willard Richards) — “do not betray the revelations of God”