Testimony of Three Witnesses
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The Testimony of Three Witnesses is a formal declaration by three early associates of Joseph Smith affirming that an angel showed them the golden plates and that the Book of Mormon was translated by the power of God.
All labels observed (2)
| Label | Occurrences |
|---|---|
| Testimony of Eight Witnesses | 1 |
| Testimony of Three Witnesses canonical | 1 |
How this entity was disambiguated
This entity first appeared as the object of triple T1968841 — resolving that mention is where its identity was fixed. The disambiguator weighed these candidate entities and picked the highlighted one (or “None”, minting a new entity). This is how homonymy is resolved: the same surface form can point to different entities.
NED1
Entity disambiguation (via context triple)
gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07
Target entity: Testimony of Three Witnesses Context triple: [Book of Mormon, majorSection, Testimony of Three Witnesses]
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A.
Pages of Testimony
Pages of Testimony are individual biographical forms documenting the lives and fates of Jewish Holocaust victims, preserved as a central memorial and archival resource at Yad Vashem.
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B.
Yad ha-Chazakah
Yad ha-Chazakah is a monumental 12th-century legal code by Maimonides that systematically organizes and clarifies all areas of Jewish law.
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C.
Revelation at Mount Sinai
Revelation at Mount Sinai is the foundational biblical event in which God is said to have revealed the Torah and the Ten Commandments to the Israelites through Moses.
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D.
Utnapishtim
Utnapishtim is the immortal survivor of a great flood in the Mesopotamian Epic of Gilgamesh, often seen as a precursor to later biblical and mythological flood heroes.
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E.
A Witness Tree
A Witness Tree is a 1942 poetry collection by Robert Frost that reflects his mature style and themes of nature, time, and human experience.
- F. None of above. chosen
- G. Unsure - the case is ambiguous/there is not enough information to decide.
NED2
Entity disambiguation (via description)
gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07
Target entity: Testimony of Three Witnesses Target entity description: The Testimony of Three Witnesses is a formal declaration by three early associates of Joseph Smith affirming that an angel showed them the golden plates and that the Book of Mormon was translated by the power of God.
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A.
Pages of Testimony
Pages of Testimony are individual biographical forms documenting the lives and fates of Jewish Holocaust victims, preserved as a central memorial and archival resource at Yad Vashem.
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B.
Yad ha-Chazakah
Yad ha-Chazakah is a monumental 12th-century legal code by Maimonides that systematically organizes and clarifies all areas of Jewish law.
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C.
Revelation at Mount Sinai
Revelation at Mount Sinai is the foundational biblical event in which God is said to have revealed the Torah and the Ten Commandments to the Israelites through Moses.
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D.
Utnapishtim
Utnapishtim is the immortal survivor of a great flood in the Mesopotamian Epic of Gilgamesh, often seen as a precursor to later biblical and mythological flood heroes.
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E.
A Witness Tree
A Witness Tree is a 1942 poetry collection by Robert Frost that reflects his mature style and themes of nature, time, and human experience.
- F. None of above. chosen
Statements (40)
| Predicate | Object |
|---|---|
| instanceOf |
Latter-day Saint scripture-related document
ⓘ
religious declaration ⓘ |
| affirms |
divine origin of the Book of Mormon
ⓘ
existence of the golden plates ⓘ |
| asserts |
commandment to bear record of what they saw
ⓘ
voice of God declared the translation was correct ⓘ |
| associatedWith |
Book of Mormon
ⓘ
Joseph Smith ⓘ |
| canonicalStatus | included in standard editions of the Book of Mormon ⓘ |
| commissionedBy | Joseph Smith ⓘ |
| controversy | questioned by critics of the Book of Mormon ⓘ |
| dateWritten | June 1829 ⓘ |
| declares |
an angel showed the witnesses the golden plates
ⓘ
the Book of Mormon was translated by the power of God ⓘ |
| documentType | signed statement ⓘ |
| firstPublishedIn | 1830 edition of the Book of Mormon ⓘ |
| genre | testimony ⓘ |
| hasInfluenceOn |
Latter-day Saint apologetics
ⓘ
Latter-day Saint missionary teaching ⓘ |
| hasNumberOfWitnesses | 3 ⓘ |
| hasReception | accepted as authoritative by most Latter-day Saints ⓘ |
| hasWitness |
David Whitmer
ⓘ
Martin Harris ⓘ Oliver Cowdery ⓘ |
| includedIn | front matter of the Book of Mormon ⓘ |
| language | English ⓘ |
| mentions |
angel of God
ⓘ
golden plates ⓘ |
| placeAssociated | Fayette, New York ⓘ |
| purpose | to provide witnesses to the Book of Mormon plates ⓘ |
| relatedDocument | Testimony of Eight Witnesses ⓘ |
| religiousSignificance | foundational witness statement for Latter-day Saint claims ⓘ |
| religiousTradition |
Latter-day Saint movement churches
ⓘ
surface form:
Latter-day Saint movement
|
| scripturalContext | introductory material to the Book of Mormon ⓘ |
| signedBy |
David Whitmer
ⓘ
Martin Harris ⓘ Oliver Cowdery ⓘ |
| testifiesOf |
Book of Mormon
ⓘ
angelic visitation ⓘ golden plates ⓘ |
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Subject: Testimony of Three Witnesses Description of subject: The Testimony of Three Witnesses is a formal declaration by three early associates of Joseph Smith affirming that an angel showed them the golden plates and that the Book of Mormon was translated by the power of God.
Referenced by (2)
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this entity surface form:
Testimony of Eight Witnesses