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The fourth and final volume of “Saints: The Story of the Church of Jesus Christ in the Latter Days” was published today in 14 languages.
The newest book of the Church’s four-part official history, titled “Sounded in Every Ear,” tells the story of the Latter-day Saints from 1955 to 2020 — a period of accelerated worldwide Church growth and temple building.
Church leaders, historians, writers and editors gathered at the Church History Library on Tuesday, October 29, to celebrate the release and talk to media.
Elder Hugo E. Martinez, a General Authority Seventy who serves as assistant executive director of the Church History Department, spoke at the event, as did historian Matt Grow, the managing director of the Church History Department.
“It’s very moving for me,” Elder Martinez said of volume 4, particularly because he knows several of the people featured. “Volume 4 is filled with individual stories, faith-promoting stories, inspiring stories. … So, our invitation today is for you to have ‘Saints’ and study and find what we have found there — stories of people who follow Jesus Christ and find Him. We will find our Savior, Jesus Christ in the pages and the devotion and the lives that are there.”
‘An Increasingly Global Story’
When volume 4 opens in 1955, the Church is only in a few countries, but by its conclusion, the Church has spread to 150 countries. Still, every country where the Church is present could not be included in the book. Instead, the editors tried to include story lines and countries that could be representative for broader audiences.
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