Oliver Cowdery: Witness or Apostate?

In this series, Firm Foundations, we examine history and doctrine pertaining to The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints. We examine the LDS (Mormon) faith and culture in order to separate the facts from the fiction in LDS history and doctrine.

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In this episode we discuss one of The Book of Mormon witnesses, Oliver Cowdery. We learn about his life and what he was willing to sacrifice for his testimony of The Book of Mormon. Joseph Smith and Oliver Cowdery had their differences and Oliver was, for a time, an apostate. In this video we learn about some of the valid and important reasons why Oliver left the LDS church. But ultimately, his testimony of The Book of Mormon was unwavering throughout his life.

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Sources

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Oliver_Cowdery
https://www.josephsmithpapers.org/person/oliver-cowdery
https://history.lds.org/saints?lang=eng

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