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View (previous 50 | next 50) (20 | 50 | 100 | 250 | 500)- Question: Was there no mention of revival activity in 1820 in the newspaper? (transclusion) (← links)
- Question: What evidence of religious excitement is there from non-Mormon sources? (transclusion) (← links)
- Source:Christofferson:The Prophet Joseph Smith:BYUI Devotional:2013:Critics have also claimed that there were no religious revivals in the Palmyra, New York, area in 1820 (transclusion) (← links)
- Question: Were revivals and religious excitement too common to be noticed in the newspapers? (transclusion) (← links)
- Source:Palmyra Register:28 June 1820:5 July 1820:It was far from our intention to charge the Methodists with retailing ardent spirits while professedly met for the worship of their God (transclusion) (← links)
- Question: Did Joseph Smith simply conflate elements of the 1818 and 1824-25 revivals in his story of the First Vision? (transclusion) (← links)
- Source:Benajah Williams:July 1820:Had a two Days meeting at Sq Bakers in Richmond (transclusion) (← links)
- Question: Why didn't the newspapers in Palmyra take notice of Joseph Smith's First Vision? (transclusion) (← links)
- The Joseph Smith Papers: "The historical preamble to the 1830 'articles and covenants,'...appears to reference JS’s vision in speaking of a moment when 'it truly was manifested unto this first elder, that he had received a remission of his sins'" (transclusion) (← links)
- Question: How early was the story of the First Vision known among the members of the Church? (transclusion) (← links)
- Question: What references to the First Vision exist in published documents from the 1830s? (transclusion) (← links)
- Question: Did Joseph Smith decide that all churches were wrong before he received the First Vision? (transclusion) (← links)
- Question: Why does Joseph Smith's 1832 account of the First Vision not mention two personages? (transclusion) (← links)
- Question: Is there any reference to God the Father being present in Joseph Smith's 1832 account? (transclusion) (← links)
- Question: Why did the Prophet construct the 1832 narrative in a manner such as to exclude explicit mention of the Father's appearance? (transclusion) (← links)
- Question: Did any of Joseph's scribes ever say anything about Joseph's story of the vision changing over time? (transclusion) (← links)
- Question: Did the actual words "God the Father" and "Jesus Christ" appear in Joseph's 1838 account of the First Vision? (transclusion) (← links)
- Question: Did Joseph mention a "pillar of fire" or a "pillar of light" in his 1832 account of the First Vision? (transclusion) (← links)
- Joseph Smith (1832): "a piller of fire light above the brightness of the sun at noon day come down from above" (transclusion) (← links)
- Joseph Smith (9 Nov. 1835): "a pillar of fire appeared above my head...a personage appeard in the midst of this pillar of flame" (transclusion) (← links)
- Orson Pratt (1840): "a very bright and glorious light in the heavens...He expected to have seen the leaves and boughs of the trees consumed, as soon as the light came in contact with them" (transclusion) (← links)
- Joseph Smith (1842): "surrounded with a brilliant light which eclipsed the sun at noon-day" (transclusion) (← links)
- Question: Why did Joseph Smith state the he was visited by two personages and then just five days later say that he was visited by angels? (transclusion) (← links)
- Joseph Smith (9 Nov. 1835): "a personage appeard in the midst of this pillar of flame...another personage soon appeard like unto the first...and I saw many angels in this vision" (transclusion) (← links)
- Joseph Smith (14 Nov. 1835): "I received the first visitation of Angels which was when I was about 14" (transclusion) (← links)
- Question: Why does Joseph Smith's 9 November 1835 account of the First Vision mention "many angels?" (transclusion) (← links)
- Question: Does the use of the capitalized word "Angel" in the 14 November 1835 account refer to Deity? (transclusion) (← links)
- Question: What are the two 1835 First Vision accounts that refer to angels? (transclusion) (← links)
- Question: Does the 14 November 1835 account reference to the "first vision of Angels" mean that Joseph Smith did not see Deity? (transclusion) (← links)
- Question: Was the ''History of the Church'' falsified when "first visitation of Angels" was changed to "my first vision"? (transclusion) (← links)
- Question: Were missing portions of Facsimile 2 incorrectly restored? (transclusion) (← links)
- Christensen: "Runnells shifts the argument regarding the First Vision from 'absolutely no record of' to...'the first vision was unknown to the Saints and the world before 1832'" (transclusion) (← links)
- Christensen: "Notice again the shift from an original argument against the priesthood restoration based on 'no such claim until 1834' to a much softer complaint about the general membership being 'unfamiliar with the now official story.'" (transclusion) (← links)
- Question: Why did several years pass before Oliver Cowdery talked about the priesthood restoration? (transclusion) (← links)
- Painesville Telegraph (1830): "The name of the person here, who pretends to have a divine mission, and to have seen and conversed with Angels, is Cowdray" (transclusion) (← links)
- The Palmyra Reflector (1831): "Jo Smith had now received a commission from God...Cowdery and his friends had frequent interviews with angels" (transclusion) (← links)
- Question: What is the date of the restoration of the Melchizedek Priesthood? (transclusion) (← links)
- Question: Where was the Melchizedek Priesthood restored? (transclusion) (← links)
- Question: What criticisms are put forth regarding the restoration of the Melchizedek Priesthood? (transclusion) (← links)
- Question: In what manner was the Aaronic Priesthood restored? (transclusion) (← links)
- Question: In what manner was the Melchizedek Priesthood restored? (transclusion) (← links)
- Reverend Taggart (1833): "Joe Smith...told them he had seen Jesus Christ and the Apostles and conversed with them, and that he could perform miracles" (transclusion) (← links)
- Painesville Telegraph (1830): "Cowdry claims that he and his associates are the only persons on earth who are qualified to administer in his name. By this authority, they proclaim to the world" (transclusion) (← links)
- Question: How did Elder Holland respond during a BBC interview when asked how the Book of Abraham was translated? (transclusion) (← links)
- Question: Are the original Temple Lot Case transcripts available online? (transclusion) (← links)
- Question: Did Joseph Smith ever publicly attempt to teach the doctrine of plural marriage? (transclusion) (← links)
- Question: Why did Joseph keep the doctrine of plural marriage private? (transclusion) (← links)
- Question: Was Joseph Smith ever charged with adultery under Illinois law? (transclusion) (← links)
- Question: Why did Joseph Smith say "I had not been married scarcely five minutes...before it was reported that I had seven wives"? (transclusion) (← links)
- Question: Were there any similar cases under Illinois adultery statute which demonstrate that Joseph was not breaking the law? (transclusion) (← links)