Simple Explanations About What Mormons Believe and Why, From a Lifetime Church Member
The Priesthood is the eternal power and authority of God that He used to create the earth (Moses 1:29-33) and uses to govern the heavens and earth (see here; Matthew 28:18; 1 Corinthians 4:20). God gives some authority to men on earth to exercise this power—but only to men who are willing to live by [...]
Three years after Joseph Smith was visited by God, he was visited by an angel who called himself Moroni. Through a long course of events, Joseph was given a set of golden plates that had been inscribed by prophets who lived in ancient America.
Through power given him from God, Joseph translated the ancient writings on [...]