Brooke Jurges, publications administrative assistant, watches a handoff of Volume 15 of the Joseph Smith Papers during a Church History Department event to commemorate the final print volume of the ...

For Latter-day Saints across the globe, Thursday marks the 180th anniversary of a tragedy — on June 27, 1844, an armed mob stormed into Carthage Jail and took the lives of the prophet Joseph Smith and ...

According to the press release, “Documents Volume 15” relates the final chapter of the Prophet Joseph Smith's life. Scholars within the Church and outside of it have lauded the series for the ...

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The project team for the Joseph Smith Papers is set to release the final volume of the papers on June 27, the 179th anniversary of the Prophet’s martyrdom. The Joseph Smith Papers project is a ...

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(KUTV) — The eighth volume of the Joseph Smith Papers is now officially released by The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints. The Church Historian's Press announced in a Thursday press release ...

The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints has commissioned a new official biography of its 19th-century charismatic founder, to be titled simply: “Joseph the Prophet.” The new volume about ...

In 1841, church founder Joseph Smith placed the original Book of Mormon manuscript into the cornerstone of a hotel he was building in Nauvoo, Ill., and sealed it with molten lead, believing the sacred ...

SALT LAKE CITY -- The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints released never-before-seen images of the "seer stone" used by Joseph Smith to translate the Book of Mormon from golden plates. The ...

SALT LAKE CITY, Utah (August 4, 2015)– The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints released never-before-seen images of the “seer stone” used by Joseph Smith to translate the Book of Mormon from ...

The 2003 "South Park" depiction of the Book of Mormon's translation process turns out to be more accurate than sanitized LDS images of Joseph Smith poring over the golden plates. What will be the ...