Articles and Covenants of the Church teaching that God gave Joseph the means to translate.

Date
Apr 1830
Type
Manuscript
Source
Joseph Smith, Jr.
LDS
Hearsay
Scribed Verbatim
Reference

Articles and Covenants of the Church (= D&C 20:6-9), March 1831-July 1835, Revelation Book 1, 53, The Joseph Smith Papers website, accessed August 11, 2021

Scribe/Publisher
John Whitmer
People
Moroni, Joseph Smith, Jr.
Audience
General Public
Transcription

but after truly Repenting God ministered unto him [Joseph Smith] by an Holy Angel. . . . & gave unto him Commandments which insp[i]red him from on high & gave unto him power by the means of which was ^were^ before prepared that he should translate a Book which Book contained a record of a fallen People & also the fulness of the Gospel of Jesus Christ to the Gentiles.

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