Several scholars have looked carefully at Mormon’s letter in Moroni 9 and tried to determine when he wrote it. Pioneering Book of Mormon scholar Sidney B. Sperry dated it to between AD 380–384. 1 More recently, two others, Alan Miner and Joseph Spencer, separately came to similar conclusions, placing this letter somewhere between AD 375–380. 2 The details supporting this dating were summarized in...

Cross-posted from Studio et Quoque Fide. This week for Come, Follow Me , we study the short series of books filling in the gap between Nephi and Jacob (both members of the founding generation of Nephites) and King Benjamin (who reigned about 476 years after Lehi left Jerusalem). Naturally, we would all love to have more information about this period in between. It’s impossible...

Book of Mormon Central teamed up with artist Katie Payne to create a beautiful and engaging video called the "The Story of the Book of Mormon: The Plates of Mormon." Using only the text of the Book of Mormon as the narration, get a glimpse of the father/son relationship between Mormon and Moroni, as they strive to pass the plates along to where we have it today as the Book of Mormon. Credits...

In the 1830s, Joseph Smith struggled with what should be the name of the church he restored. The church was first called The Church of Christ, which was a bit confusing because many Christian churches used that name. We were then, variously, The Church of Jesus Christ, The Church of the Latter Day Saints, and The Church of Christ of Latter Day Saints. We didn’t get our current name until Jesus...

To help #LightTheWorld this Christmas, Book of Mormon Central had the chance to sit down with the media manager of the Book of Mormon Visual Library, produced by the Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints. These Book of Mormon videos will begin to be published next year and will bring to life the stories of the Book of Mormon. Steven D. King, the media manager of these short Book of Mormon...