The Gold Plates are records of God's dealing with ancient inhabitants of the Americas and contain the fullness of the everlasting Gospel of Jesus Christ. The prophet Joseph Smith translates them by the gift and power of God. Known as The Book of Mormon, he said "I told the brethren that the Book of Mormon was the most correct of any book of earth, and the keystone of our religion, and a man would get nearer to God by abiding by its precepts, than by any other book." 2-5/8" x 2" x 1-7/8"