John Whitmer

6 bearers of surname "Whitmer"

Records (18)

• recorder In a revelation, Joseph was told that he had been given the right to translate by God.
• publisher In a revelation, Joseph was told that he had been given the right to translate by God.
• mentioned Joseph receives revelation that translation is done according to faith.
• recorder Joseph receives revelation that translation is done according to faith.
• publisher Joseph receives revelation that translation is done according to faith.
• recorder Revelation to Oliver about how Oliver cannot translate BOM.
• publisher Revelation to Oliver about how Oliver cannot translate BOM.
• mentioned 8 Witnesses published statement in 1830 claiming that Joseph showed them the plates.
• recorder Articles and Covenants of the Church teaching that God gave Joseph the means to translate.
• publisher Articles and Covenants of the Church teaching that God gave Joseph the means to translate.
• mentioned John Whitmer testifies of use of physical existence of plates.
• declarant John Whitmer testifies of use of physical existence of plates.
• mentioned John Whitmer said that he handled the plates and they were shown to him by a supernatural power.
• mentioned William McLellin attested that there is "a cloud of faithful witnesses" of the plates.
• mentioned David Whitmer recounts that one of the BOM translation instruments of the Urim and Thummim were two white stones placed in spectacles.
• mentioned Zenas H. Gurley meets with John Whitmer; Whitmer discusses the Book of Mormon translation process.
• mentioned Andrew Jenson provides account of David Whitmer showing him the BOM manuscript and identifying the handwriting of the various scribes.
• mentioned Kenneth W. Godfrey, in an article published in the Ensign, notes that scripture indicates the translation involved "the Urim and Thummim or a seerstone."