During the Sunday morning session of the 190th Annual General Conference of The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints, President Russell M. Nelson presented a proclamation in honor of the 200th anniversary of Joseph Smith’s First Vision.

Titled “The Restoration of the Fulness of the Gospel of Jesus Christ: A Bicentennial Proclamation to the World,” this document outlines core Latter-day Saint beliefs. These include the supremacy of Jesus Christ in salvation, the divinity of Joseph Smith’s revelations and the Book of Mormon, the unique mission of The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints, and the ongoing nature of the Restoration that began with Joseph Smith’s First Vision of Deity in 1820. The proclamation invites people everywhere to know for themselves that God speaks and that this Restoration of truth is occurring to help them prepare for the Second Coming of Jesus Christ.

President Nelson introduced and delivered the proclamation (authored by the First Presidency and Quorum of the Twelve Apostles) in a previously recorded video from the Sacred Grove in Palmyra, New York. That grove was the site of Joseph Smith’s vision of God the Father and Jesus Christ.

This is the sixth proclamation issued by the Church. The others were made in 1841 (to the Saints only), 1845, 1865, 1980 and 1995.

Download a printable PDF of the proclamation in 12 languages. More languages will be translated over the coming weeks.

• Cebuano (Cebuano)
• 中文 (Chinese)
• English
• Français (French)
• Deutsch (German)
• 日本語 (Japanese)
• 한국어 (Korean)
• Português (Portuguese)
• Gagana Samoa (Samoan)
• Español (Spanish)
• Tagalog (Tagalog)
• Faka-tonga (Tongan)

The proclamation is also available in the Gospel Library app in the General Conference tab.

Learn more in the article “Prophet Introduces a New Proclamation to the World: “The Restoration of the Fulness of the Gospel of Jesus Christ.”

See the official general conference announcements page on the Church’s Newsroom site.