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.
Now for a bit of background, I listen to a lot of podcasts, but the First Vision podcast is the only podcast I’ve ever listened to more than once. When the host, Spencer McBride, came to the office for an interview for our podcast
, I felt like I was meeting a celebrity who completely changed my understanding of a transformative event in Church history.
So when I got a notification of a new podcast mini-series coming from the Joseph Smith Papers, to say I was excited would be an understatement. I was instantly enthralled with the topic
I’ve since listened to all six episodes in the mini-series, and once again I learned so much from McBride and the historians featured on the podcast. At the beginning of the first episode, McBride starts by talking about the year 1829: