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

In the modern church, early leader Oliver Cowdery wrote a declaration about Latter-day Saint beliefs about government and noted that civil officers and magistrates who were willing to ...

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 ...

David Whitmer, Martin Harris and Oliver Cowdery are known to members of The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints as the three witnesses. For nearly 200 years, ...

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.

The printer’s manuscript is a handwritten text of the Book of Mormon made in 1829 by Smith’s close associate Oliver Cowdery. It was the guide for printer E.B. Grandin to lay type for the first ...

Sweat's watercolor of the translation of the Book of Mormon depicts Joseph Smith peering into a hat and Oliver Cowdery scribing. While the scene is historically accurate, ...