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- Source:Gospel Topics:Book of Mormon Translation:Joseph placed either the interpreters or the seer stone in a hat
- Source:Gospel Topics:Church Disciplinary Councils:Church discipline is an inspired process that takes place over a period of time
- Source:Gospel Topics:Decisions about birth control and the consequences of those decisions rest solely with each married couple
- Source:Gospel Topics:Plural Marriage and Families in Early Utah:It is therefore difficult to accurately generalize about the experience of all plural marriages
- Source:Hamblin:The Bow and Arrow in the Book of Mormon:After the sword, the bow is the second most frequently mentioned weapon in the Book of Mormon
- Source:Hamblin and Merrill:Swords in the Book of Mormon:The Book of Mormon mentions the sword 156 times
- Source:Harold B. Lee:the Lord appeared to him, very informal, the same as I was sitting talking to him
- Source:Hegesippus:These also, as there were none of the apostles left, henceforth attempted, without shame to preach their false doctrine against the gospel of truth
- Source:Hyde:Ein Ruf aus der Wuste:1842:Two glorious heavenly personages stood before him, resembling each other exactly in features and stature
- Source:Hyde:The Frontier Guardian:6 March 1850:both the Father and the Son, while he was praying, appeared unto him
- Source:Hyrum Smith:Liberty Jail:I felt a determination to die, rather than deny the things which my eyes had seen
- Source:Ignatius:the false prophets and the false apostles
- Source:Irenaeus:evil is spread abroad among men
- Source:JBMS 8:1:It is true that firstlings...were not used for the normal burnt offering. However it is a mistake to think that they were not sacrificed at all
- Source:JD 11:262:Brigham Young:There is also a man down the street who tried to exhibit the endowments to a party who was here
- Source:James E. Talmage:1899:The hill, which was known by one division of the ancient peoples as Cumorah, by another as Ramah, is situated near Palmyra in the State of New York
- Source:James E. Talmage:The Vitality of Mormonism:42:God has not established His Church to make of its members irresponsible automatons
- Source:John E. Clark:JBMS:8:1:1999:My purpose here is to present the latest drawing of this monument, to discuss how this drawing was made, and to suggest its implications for the Lehi hypothesis
- Source:John E. Page:1 Jul 1842:The city was in some region on the South of what is called at this time, North America
- Source:John Taylor:1 Apr 1845:cities have been discovered by Mr. Stevens in Central America'', exactly were the Book of Mormon left them
- Source:John Whitmer:Letter to Mark Forscutt:1876:Oliver Cowdery would not have denied his witness "at the peril of his life"
- Source:Joseph Smith:15 Jul 1842:Stephens and Catherwood's researches in Central America abundantly testify of this thing
- Source:Joseph Smith:Bernhisel letter:1841:I received your kind present...of all histories that have been written pertaining to the antiquities of this country it is the most correct
- Source:Joseph Smith:I frequently fell into many foolish errors, and displayed the weakness of youth, and the foibles of human nature
- Source:Joseph Smith:Letter to Oliver Cowdery:December 1834:during this time, as is common to most, or all youths, I fell into many vices and follies
- Source:Joseph Smith:Wentworth letter:1 Mar 1842:The remnant are the Indians that now inhabit this country
- Source:LDS Newsroom:Belief in prophets and apostles at the head of the Church does not mean that members blindly follow their leaders
- Source:LDS Newsroom:the Church revelation spelling out health practices does not mention the use of caffeine
- Source:LDS missionary tract:1844:where has the seed of Joseph gone to?...There is no place except North and South America to which they could have gone
- Source:Larsen and Rencher:Who Wrote the Book of Mormon? An Analysis of Wordprints:Our approach is sometimes referred to as the science of stylometry, which can be defined loosely as statistical analysis of style
- Source:Last Testimony of Sister Emma
- Source:Levi Nicklin:18 Jan 1841:To prove the divinity of the book he assured us that a prophecy, and the description of certain cities in South America were accurately laid down
- Source:Martin Harris:EMD 2:338:no man ever heard me in any way deny the truth of the Book of Mormon
- Source:Martin Harris:Investigating the Book of Mormon Witnesses:116:2:It is not a mere belief
- Source:Martin Harris:Letter from George A. Smith:All would be damned that rejected it
- Source:Martin Harris:Millennial Star 2:52:Martin Harris...gave me a particular description of the plates
- Source:Matthias F. Cowley:Obedience:Talks on Doctrine:160-161:true obedience to the Lord's commands is an indication of moral courage
- Source:Millennial Star:2 Jul 1841:Canada on the north, Oregon on the West, Mexico on the south, together with all the tribes in central and South America
- Source:Millennial Star:9 Jul 1842:the American Indians were once an enlightened people and understood the arts and sciences, as the ruined cities and monuments lately discovered fully prove
- Source:Millennial Star:Sep 1842:as the western continent is separate from the eastern
- Source:Morrise:Simile Curses in the Ancient Near East, Old Testament, and Book of Mormon:The simile curse is a type of curse that appears in ancient Near Eastern, Old Testament, and Book of Mormon texts
- Source:Moses Thatcher:JD 23:203:The "Mormon" Priesthood dominates the affairs of the "Mormon" people upon the principles of righteousness and equity
- Source:New Era:Feb 2016:What does the Church believe about dinosaurs?
- Source:Norwood:Review of Vernal Holley, ''Book of Mormon Authorship: A Closer Look'':Vernal Holley's contribution to the issue is a plethora of parallels
- Source:Orson Pratt:15 Feb 1871:they landed on the south-west coast of South America
- Source:Orson Pratt:JD 7:309-310:to obtain those revelations and visions that belong to the High Priesthood and to the Apostleship
- Source:Parley P. Pratt:13 Mar 1852:Four-fifths, or perhaps nine-tenths of the vast population of Peru, as well as of most other countries of Spanish America, are of the blood of Lehi
- Source:Parley P. Pratt:15 Nov 1841:with it their prophecies and their testimony of Jesus as the risen Messiah and the Saviour of the world, not of Asia only, but of America also
- Source:Parley P. Pratt:Feb 1841:What heart can be so indifferent as not to wish to peruse the record of half a world?
- Source:Parley P. Pratt:Mar 1842:Mr Stephens...penetrated a dense forest, till then unexplored by modern travellers , and actually finds the ruins of those very cities mentioned by Mormon