Statements by Church leaders related to the identity of the Lamanites

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Statements by Church leaders related to the identity of the Lamanites

Summary: A collection of all known statements made by Church leaders regarding the identity of the Lamanites

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Statements by Church leaders regarding the Lamanites: 19th century

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• 1831: "The Holy Bible professes to be a history of the peopling of the old continent–the Golden Bible of the new continent"
• 1833: "We are glad to see the proof begin to come"
• 1834: "There will be tens of thousands of Latter-day Saints who will be gathered in the Rocky Mountains and there they will open the door for the establishing of the Gospel among the Lamanites"
• 1835: "he said the indians were the literal descendants of Abraham"
• 1837: "a remnant of the branches or seed of Joseph are represented as crossing the sea, and settling this continent of North and South America"
• 1841: "I conducted them to the meeting grounds in the grove, and instructed them in many things which the Lord had revealed unto me concerning their fathers"
• 1842: "The city was in some region on the South of what is called at this time, North America"
• 1842: "the American Indians were once an enlightened people and understood the arts and sciences, as the ruined cities and monuments lately discovered fully prove"
• 1844: "Found a book, which told me about your fathers & Great spirit told me"
• 1852: "Four-fifths, or perhaps nine-tenths of the vast population of Peru, as well as of most other countries of Spanish America, are of the blood of Lehi"
• 1853: "they have driven us into the midst of the Lamanites, where we can preach the Gospel unto them"

20th century statements

Summary: A collection of statements made by 20th-century Church leaders regarding the identity of the Lamanites.

21st century statements

Summary: A collection of statements made by 21st-century Church leaders regarding the identity of the Lamanites.