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Christopher Columbus and the Book of Mormon
Title | Christopher Columbus and the Book of Mormon |
Publication Type | Magazine Article |
Year of Publication | 1966 |
Authors | Merrill, Hyde M. |
Magazine | Improvement Era |
Volume | 69 |
Issue Number | 2 |
Pagination | 96–98, 135–136 |
Date Published | February 1966 |
Keywords | Columbus, Christopher; Inspiration; Lehi (Prophet); Prophecy |
Abstract | This article discusses Lehi’s prophecy regarding “a man among the Gentiles” (Columbus) who would be “wrought upon” by the Holy Ghost and travel “forth upon many waters” (1 Nephi 13:12). The author presents evidence from Columbus’s journals and letters that supports the claim that he was an inspired man who accomplished “a thing more divine than human to have found that way never before known to go to the east where the spices grow” (Sebastian Cabot). |
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