when Phillips questioned church lawyer David Jordan on conflicting accounts about the Book of Mormon being translated by ...
3 The resulting manuscript, the Book of Mormon, was published in March 1830. On April 6, 1830, Joseph Smith organized The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints and became its first president.
Joseph F. Smith, nephew of the founding prophet, and his family. Courtesy: Church History Library, The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints. Of all the Mormon doctrines, none caused as much ...
More than 200 years ago in 1820, Joseph Smith was ... The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints. “I hope you can see a bit of yourself in young Joseph Smith,” said Elder Dieter F.