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11 fascinating images of Latter-day Saint artifacts
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Cordale Ottley
When co-authors Casey Paul Griffiths and and Mary Jane Woodger told people they planned to publish a book with images and stories featuring 50 relics of the Latter-day Saint Restoration, everyone asked the same question.
“Are the gold plates in this book?”
Unfortunately, the answer is no Joseph Smith returned the gold plates to the angel who oversaw the translation of the Book of Mormon.
But Griffiths and Woodger, professors in the Department of Church History and Doctrine at Brigham Young University, did find a multitude of treasures highlighting the global history of The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints.