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According to Latter Day Saint belief, the golden plates (also called the gold plates or in some 19th-century literature, the golden bible) [1] are the source from which Joseph Smith translated the Book of Mormon, a sacred text of the faith. [2]
A replica of the Book of Mormon plates. With rumors swirling about the plates, Joseph sought to set the record straight by publishing official statements in the first edition of the Book of Mormon.
Joseph showed the plates to Christian Whitmer, Hiram Page, Jacob Whitmer, Joseph Smith Sr., Peter Whitmer Jr., Hyrum Smith, John Whitmer, and Samuel H. Smith (see “The Testimony of Eight Witnesses,” Book of Mormon).
25 wrz 2023 · The Gold Plates were taken from Joseph Smith for a time when Martin Harris, who was working as scribe, lost the first 116 pages of the translation while keeping them at his home to show his wife. The angel Moroni took the plates and the Urim and Thummim until Joseph repented for his carelessness.
The angel Moroni showed Joseph Smith where to find the golden plates. They were buried in the Hill Cumorah. Four years later, Joseph and his wife, Emma, went in a wagon to get the plates.
Joseph Smith was careful to obey the command from the Lord that he not show the plates to others. As he translated the Book of Mormon, Joseph learned that special witnesses would be called to bear testimony of the ancient record written on metal plates.
24 sie 2023 · For two centuries, newspaper editors, treasure-seekers, critics, novelists, artists, historians, missionaries, and Church teachers have sought to understand Joseph Smith’s gold plates. The problem is that there is nothing quite like them in either religious or secular history.
