This could not have happened
Posted: Mon Apr 14, 2025 9:13 am
Apart from the obvious reason, that it's mythology, this could not have happened. One of the few things we know about the gold plates it that they couldn't be seen by anyone (except in two specified and highly controlled circumstances) without someone's head melting. Yet, this seems to be the church's go-to way of depicting the translation, sometimes with a mysterious top hat lurking in the background.
