Episode 05 – Slide 61

FootnoteLorenzo Saunders (affidavit with William H. Kelly of Sep 20, 1884; interview by E. L. Kelly on Nov 12, 1884; letter to Thomas Gregg, Jan 28, 1885; statement to Arthur Deming, July 21, 1887). John H. Gilbert repeatedly confirmed that Lorenzo Saunders had...

Episode 05 – Slide 58

FootnoteBC 9 is given 89% probability to Cowdery; 7% to Rigdon. BoM chapter attributions for unique phrases in BC 9: Rigdon – 85% Spalding – 8% Cowdery – 0% Smith – 8% Pratt – 0% BoM chapter attributions overall: Rigdon – 33% Spalding – 35% Cowdery – 13% Smith – 10%...

Episode 05 – Slide 56

FootnoteBC 9:1 – Now, behold I say unto you, that because you delivered up so many writings, which you had power to translate, into the hands of a wicked man, you have lost them, and you also lost your gift at the same time, nevertheless it has been restored unto you...

Episode 05 – Slide 53

FootnoteLorenzo Saunders to Thomas Gregg (January 28, 1885): “Smith and Rigdon had an intimacy but it was very secret and still and there was a mediator between them and that was Cowdery. The [Spalding] manuscript was stolen by Rigdon and modelled over by him and then...