SALT LAKE CITY -- The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints released never ... to translate the Book of Mormon from golden plates. The images of the small, smooth brown and black colored ...

Seer stones, Urim and Thummin, golden plates: In the story of the coming forth of the Book of Mormon, all of these odd-sounding components play a part. But most contemporary Mormons don’t spend ...

That the book came along in a moment when there was a large Latter-day ... about Smith’s purported gold plates, which he said he translated into the Book of Mormon. Were they really gold?

In his new book, “Joseph Smith’s Gold Plates: A Cultural History,” historian Richard Bushman calls the Book of Mormon, the signature scripture of The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day ...

Seven years ago, the legendary comic book artist Michael Allred had a hit series and a “pile of money.” X-Statix, a quirky story about a team of mutants who happened to be massive celebrities ...

Making this a role in which Holmes fits the black tie to a tee. The Book of Mormon sold out in a matter of hours at the Overture Center the day tickets went up for sale. There is no question as to ...