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The '''Three Witnesses''' were a group of three early leaders of the [[Latter Day Saint movement]] who signed a statement in 1830 saying that an [[angel]] had shown them the [[golden plates]] from which [[Joseph Smith, Jr.]] translated the [[Book of Mormon]] and that they had heard God's voice testifying that the book had been translated by the power of God. The Three are among the eleven [[Book of Mormon witnesses]], of whom the remainder were the [[Eight Witnesses]] who affirmed that they "saw and handled" the plates. | The '''Three Witnesses''' were a group of three early leaders of the [[Latter Day Saint movement]] who signed a statement in 1830 saying that an [[angel]] had shown them the [[golden plates]] from which [[Joseph Smith, Jr.]] translated the [[Book of Mormon]] and that they had heard God's voice testifying that the book had been translated by the power of God. The Three are among the eleven [[Book of Mormon witnesses]], of whom the remainder were the [[Eight Witnesses]] who affirmed that they "saw and handled" the plates. | ||
The Three Witnesses were [[Oliver Cowdery]], [[Martin Harris (Latter Day Saints)|Martin Harris]], and [[David Whitmer]], whose joint testimony, in conjunction with a separate statement by [[Eight Witnesses]], has been printed with nearly every edition of the Book of Mormon since its first publication in 1830. All three witnesses eventually broke with Smith and were excommunicated from the [[Church of Christ (Latter Day Saints)|church]] he founded,<ref>In 1838, Joseph Smith called Cowdery, Harris, and Whitmer "too mean to mention; and we had liked to have forgotten them." B.H. Roberts, ed. ''[[History of the Church]]'' (Salt Lake City: Deseret News, 1905), 3: 232.</ref> but to varying degrees, they also all continued to testify to the divine origin of the Book of Mormon. | The Three Witnesses were [[Oliver Cowdery]], [[Martin Harris (Latter Day Saints)|Martin Harris]], and [[David Whitmer]], whose joint testimony, in conjunction with a separate statement by [[Eight Witnesses]], has been printed with nearly every edition of the Book of Mormon since its first publication in 1830. All three witnesses eventually broke with Smith and were excommunicated from the [[Church of Christ (Latter Day Saints)|church]] he founded,<ref>In 1838, Joseph Smith called Cowdery, Harris, and Whitmer "too mean to mention; and we had liked to have forgotten them." B.H. Roberts, ed. ''[[History of the Church]]'' (Salt Lake City: Deseret News, 1905), 3: 232.</ref> but to varying degrees, they also all continued to testify to the divine origin of the Book of Mormon. | ||
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Introduction
The Three Witnesses were a group of three early leaders of the Latter Day Saint movement who signed a statement in 1830 saying that an angel had shown them the golden plates from which Joseph Smith, Jr. translated the Book of Mormon and that they had heard God's voice testifying that the book had been translated by the power of God. The Three are among the eleven Book of Mormon witnesses, of whom the remainder were the Eight Witnesses who affirmed that they "saw and handled" the plates.
The Three Witnesses were Oliver Cowdery, Martin Harris, and David Whitmer, whose joint testimony, in conjunction with a separate statement by Eight Witnesses, has been printed with nearly every edition of the Book of Mormon since its first publication in 1830. All three witnesses eventually broke with Smith and were excommunicated from the church he founded,[1] but to varying degrees, they also all continued to testify to the divine origin of the Book of Mormon.- ↑ In 1838, Joseph Smith called Cowdery, Harris, and Whitmer "too mean to mention; and we had liked to have forgotten them." B.H. Roberts, ed. History of the Church (Salt Lake City: Deseret News, 1905), 3: 232.