The Book of Mormon Contains “The Fulness of the Everlasting Gospel”
Joseph Smith—History 1:34
34 He said there was a book deposited, written upon gold plates, giving an account of the former inhabitants of this continent, and the source from whence they sprang. He also said that the fulness of the everlasting Gospel was contained in it, as delivered by the Savior to the ancient inhabitants;
Elder L. Tom Perry said:
“Another part of [the] Restoration was the revealing and translating of the Book of Mormon. Joseph described the visit of Moroni, who also returned as a messenger, with these words: ‘He said there was a book deposited, written upon gold plates, giving an account of the former inhabitants of this continent. . . . He also said that the fulness of the everlasting Gospel was contained in it, as delivered by the Savior to the ancient inhabitants’ [Joseph Smith—History 1:34]. We believe that between the Book of Mormon and other things revealed to the Prophet Joseph Smith the full and complete gospel of the Lord and Savior Jesus Christ has been restored to the earth.”
(“The Church and the American Bicentennial” [Brigham Young University devotional, Feb. 24, 1976], 6, speeches.byu.edu)
