Testimony of Three Witnesses

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Latter-day Saint scripture-related document religious declaration

The Testimony of Three Witnesses is a formal declaration by three early associates of Joseph Smith affirming that an angel showed them the golden plates and that the Book of Mormon was translated by the power of God.

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All labels observed (2)

Label	Occurrences
Testimony of Eight Witnesses	1
Testimony of Three Witnesses canonical	1

Statements (40)

Predicate	Object
instanceOf	Latter-day Saint scripture-related document ⓘ religious declaration ⓘ
affirms	divine origin of the Book of Mormon ⓘ existence of the golden plates ⓘ
asserts	commandment to bear record of what they saw ⓘ voice of God declared the translation was correct ⓘ
associatedWith	Book of Mormon ⓘ Joseph Smith ⓘ
canonicalStatus	included in standard editions of the Book of Mormon ⓘ
commissionedBy	Joseph Smith ⓘ
controversy	questioned by critics of the Book of Mormon ⓘ
dateWritten	June 1829 ⓘ
declares	an angel showed the witnesses the golden plates ⓘ the Book of Mormon was translated by the power of God ⓘ
documentType	signed statement ⓘ
firstPublishedIn	1830 edition of the Book of Mormon ⓘ
genre	testimony ⓘ
hasInfluenceOn	Latter-day Saint apologetics ⓘ Latter-day Saint missionary teaching ⓘ
hasNumberOfWitnesses	3 ⓘ
hasReception	accepted as authoritative by most Latter-day Saints ⓘ
hasWitness	David Whitmer ⓘ Martin Harris ⓘ Oliver Cowdery ⓘ
includedIn	front matter of the Book of Mormon ⓘ
language	English ⓘ
mentions	angel of God ⓘ golden plates ⓘ
placeAssociated	Fayette, New York ⓘ
purpose	to provide witnesses to the Book of Mormon plates ⓘ
relatedDocument	Testimony of Eight Witnesses ⓘ
religiousSignificance	foundational witness statement for Latter-day Saint claims ⓘ
religiousTradition	Latter-day Saint movement churches ⓘ surface form: Latter-day Saint movement
scripturalContext	introductory material to the Book of Mormon ⓘ
signedBy	David Whitmer ⓘ Martin Harris ⓘ Oliver Cowdery ⓘ
testifiesOf	Book of Mormon ⓘ angelic visitation ⓘ golden plates ⓘ

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Book of Mormon → majorSection → Testimony of Three Witnesses ⓘ

this entity surface form: Testimony of Eight Witnesses