“The first portrays Joseph Smith receiving the Melchizedek Priesthood from Apostles Peter, James and John (original, 2006), and the other depicts John the Baptist giving Joseph Smith and Oliver ...

Doctrine and Covenants 8 “Joseph Smith and Oliver Cowdery gained valuable experience with the spirit of revelation as they translated the Book of Mormon. These brethren learned they could receive ...

These events, which took place 195 years ago this week, have been dismissed by some who are ignorant of the long precedent in ...

However, if they read our book, they will see that our challenge to that consensus is based on a deep review of the historical record which shows that (1) the case for the seer stone narrative is ...

The seer stone hypothesis, Lucas says, “ignores or downplays the numerous contemporary written statements by Joseph Smith and Oliver Cowdery, the two primary persons involved in producing the ...

Grateful right down to our socks that Joseph Smith and Oliver Cowdery had the priesthood restored to them in 1829.” By his logic, it doesn’t matter that Black people were oppressed for so many ...

Caleb Spivak as Oliver Cowdery in a scene from “Witnesses.” | Screenshot from trailer on Youtube Caleb Spivak was cast in the role of Oliver Cowdery.

Vermonters Joseph Smith Jr., of Sharon, and Oliver Cowdery, of Wells, said that in 1829 they were visited by the resurrected John the Baptist, who “laid his hands upon us” and ordained them ...

Oliver’s own legal dilemma totaled more than $200,000. While he was fortunate to have insurance and the backing of a large company like HBO, few are so lucky.

But when Oliver Cowdery arrived on the scene in April 1829, the following 85 days were filled with significant progress. “It is clear that the heavens were opened, and a waterfall of revelation and ...

An account recorded in a book of Mormon scripture called the Doctrine and Covenants has Elijah and Moses appearing to Joseph Smith and Oliver Cowdery in the newly-dedicated Kirtland Ohio Temple.

Sweat's watercolor of the translation of the Book of Mormon depicts Joseph Smith peering into a hat and Oliver Cowdery scribing.