Index
LDS/Mormons, xxvi, 407
Native Americans (sole intended benefactors),
357, 440, 552
rebellious eternal siblings, 461
the house of Israel (Jews, Christians,
Muslims), 270
the modern world, xxvi
those who believe they are chosen/special,
286, 294
Three Nephites and, 77, 81, 192, 228–9, 376, 612, 693
Three Witnesses of, 295, 299, 571–2, 589–90
turned on Joseph, 306, 448, 614
title page of, 113, 322
to counter the Bible, 71
topics within the BOM. See also Indians, American
blacks, 377
calling true messengers, 36
captivity of the devil, 103
contention, 510
covenant people, 366
equality of all, 107, 370–1, 375, 458, 460
eternal families, 114, 341, 351
fall and redemption of man, 14, 176–9, 406
gifts of God, 615
great and abominable church of the devil, 67, 348,
380–1, 383, 492, 494, 498
Holy Ghost, 615–16, 619
holy order of God, 62, 598, 611
homosexuality, 114, 490
judges and lawyers, 242
looking beyond the mark, 8, 209, 223, 365, 392,
420, 485, 566, 619, 677, See also LDS/Mormons,
looked beyond the mark
Masonry, 141
new covenant, 364–5, 428–9, 530, 589–90, 614
polygamy (plural marriage), 664–5, 669
prayer, 200
prophets and seers, 319
reconciliation with laws of the Universe, 564
secret combinations, 407
Stakes of Zion, 402
temples, 114, 532, 576
traditions of their fathers, 105, 291
two churches only, 67, 324, 359, 379–80, 492, 626
war, 509
you are your own god, 212
translation of the BOM, 235, 297, 299, 452, 505
3 Nephi, chapters 12–14, 11
assisted by Joseph's enhanced brain, 103, 132–4
Emma Smith and, 296, 322
gold plates and, 207, See also gold plates
last unsealed plate, 617
Lucy Harris' desire to help, 298
Martin Harris and, 296, 298–9, 308, 322, 571
Moroni and, 616
Oliver Cowdery and, 602–3, 606
placed demands on Joseph's free will, 224
U&T and, 103, 134, 224, 294, 296
Whitmer family and, 311
true messengers and, 64, 96, 129–30, 209, 291
uses of, 35
as template for First Visitation, 9, 163
hope within, 100, 113, 176
witnesses of, 311, 571–2, 610, See also Three
Witnesses and Eight Witnesses
excommunicated by Joseph Jr., 448
Joseph's imprisonment and, 413
Book of Mormon Study, A (B. H. Roberts), 684, See
Appendix 4
Book of Moses, the, 346, 382
Boone County, Mo., 481
Booth, Ezra, 389, 400
first LDS apostate, 389
Boston, MA, 30, 418
Boynton, John F., 454
brass plates. See plates of brass
breastplate, 274–5, 278–9
critics of, 276
Joseph jr. and, 260, 263, 275
shown to others, 276, 278
value of, 278
Bridgman, Peter, 258
brother of Jared, the, 14, 64, 125, 162, 182
Joseph Jr. and, 237, 274
met with Christ, 14, 407
name of, 180
story of, 14, 179, 180
similarities to Bible stories and, 180, 406
Brothers, the, 79, 230, 237, 277, See also John the
Beloved and Three Nephites, the
altered DNA of, 34, 272
evidence of, 376
experience of, 78, 80–1, 192, 229, 238
identities of, kept hidden, 228, 237, 275, 307
interaction with, 230, 264, 345
Christopher, 308, 693
Hyrum, 307–8, 443
Joseph Jr., 273–4, 299, 306, 329, 404
complete, 444, 484–5, 500, 546
instruction to, 274
kept hidden, 301, 307, 323
tutelage of, 229, 236, 263, 326, 342, 349, 367
concerning "intelligence", 251
culmination with "graduation", 272–3
how to give the people religion, 314
J. received most of his education from, 236
meetings with, 250–1
Moroni's breastplate and, 279
oversaw the publication of this biography, 80
role in the MWAW, 276
travels of, 229
volunteered to remain alive, 45
Browning, Esq. O. H., 516
Bullock, Thomas, 408
as scribe, 578, 583