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The Book of Mormon is the word of God.
Like the Bible, it is Holy Scripture.
It is a record of God's dealings with the ancient
inhabitants of the Americas and contains the fullness of
the everlasting Gospel.
The book was written by many ancient profits through the
spirit of prophecy and revelation.
Their words, written on gold plates, were quoted unabridged
by a profit historian named Mormon.
The crowning event recorded in the Book of Mormon is the
personal ministry of the Lord Jesus Christ among the
Nephites soon after his Resurrection.
It puts forth the doctrines of the Gospel, outlines the plan
of salvation, and tells men and women what they must do to
gain peace in this life and eternal salvation
in the life to come.
In due course, the plates were delivered to Joseph Smith, who
translated them by the gift and power of God.
The record is now published in many languages as a new and
additional witness that Jesus Christ is the Son of the
living God and that all who will come unto Him and obey
the laws and ordinances of His Gospel may be saved.
We invite all men and women everywhere to read the Book of
Mormon, to ponder in their hearts the message it
contains, and then to ask God, the Eternal Father, in the
name of Christ, if the book is true.
Those who pursue this course and ask in faith will gain a
testimony of its truths and affinity by the power of the
Holy
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