This is My Beloved Son
F. Burton Howard discusses the visitation of God the Father and Jesus Christ to Joseph Smith.
Book of Mormon, Testimony of Eight Witnesses
en-usJune 03, 2007
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About this Episode
The Lord chose eight additional men to whom would be shown the golden plates from which The Book of Mormon was translated. Although three of the eight men eventually left the Church, none of them ever denied what they saw
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