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View (previous 50 | next 50) (20 | 50 | 100 | 250 | 500)- Question: Did Joseph Smith’s account of the First Vision grow more detailed and more colorful after he first recorded it in 1832? (transclusion) (← links)
- John Taylor (2 March 1879): "the Father and the Son...came to Joseph Smith" and "the Prophet Joseph asked the angel" (transclusion) (← links)
- Gospel Topics: "Church authorities encountered faithful black and mixed-ancestry Mormons who had contributed financially and in other ways to the building of the São Paulo temple, a sanctuary they realized they would not be allowed to enter" (transclusion) (← links)
- Question: Do Mormons believe Jesus Christ was married? (transclusion) (← links)
- Source:Penrose:Peculiar Questions Briefly Answered:Improvement Era:Sept 1912:We do not know anything about Jesus Christ being married (transclusion) (← links)
- Source:Church spokesman:2006:The belief that Christ was married has never been official church doctrine (transclusion) (← links)
- Question: Journal of Discourses 2:210 says Jesus was being married to Mary and Martha in Cana. Why would Jesus be invited to his own wedding? (transclusion) (← links)
- Question: Does Doctrine and Covenants 84 say that one cannot see God without holding the priesthood? (transclusion) (← links)
- Question: Should Church members simply have "blind trust" in their leaders? (transclusion) (← links)
- Question: Were Biblical prophets infallible? (transclusion) (← links)
- Question: How do Biblical prophets compare to modern prophets? (transclusion) (← links)
- Question: How are Church members protected against error by leaders? (transclusion) (← links)
- Question: Do Mormons consider their prophets to be infallible? (transclusion) (← links)
- Neil L. Andersen (2012): "A few question their faith when they find a statement made by a Church leader decades ago that seems incongruent with our doctrine" (transclusion) (← links)
- Charles W. Penrose (1912): "Do you believe that the President of the Church, when speaking to the Church in his official capacity is infallible?" (transclusion) (← links)
- Question: Did Oliver Cowdery "neglect to mention" that Joseph Smith consulted a Bible during the Book of Mormon translation process? (transclusion) (← links)
- Question: Was Bishop M'Kendree, a Methodist revivalist preacher, the model for King Benjamin in the Book of Mormon? (transclusion) (← links)
- Gospel Topics: "Today, the Church disavows the theories advanced in the past that black skin is a sign of divine disfavor or curse, or that it reflects actions in a premortal life" (transclusion) (← links)
- Question: Was the idea that Blacks were neutral in the "war in heaven" ever official doctrine? (transclusion) (← links)
- Question: Did Church leaders ever teach that Blacks were neutral in the "war in heaven?" (transclusion) (← links)
- Question: Did the Church repudiate the idea of neutrality in the "war in heaven?" (transclusion) (← links)
- Question: Did the Church refute the "neutral in the pre-existence" teaching only to preserve their public image? (transclusion) (← links)
- Question: Why did the 1835 Doctrine and Covenants include a statement of marriage that denied the practice of polygamy at a time when some were actually practicing it? (transclusion) (← links)
- Question: Was Oliver Cowdery aware that some in the Church were practicing polygamy in 1835 at the time he authored the "Article on Marriage"? (transclusion) (← links)
- Question: Was the practice of polygamy general knowledge among Latter-day Saints in 1835 when the "Article on Marriage" was published? (transclusion) (← links)
- John A. Widtsoe (apostle, 1943): "That Joseph Smith actually was the person who introduced plural marriage into the Church and that he practiced it himself are amply proved by existing facts" (transclusion) (← links)
- Joseph Smith Papers: "Although he hated adultery and was deeply loyal to his wife Emma, he believed he was to take additional wives as had the ancient patriarchs" (transclusion) (← links)
- Ensign (1977): "plural marriage...Starting during Joseph Smith’s own lifetime but limited to a few dozen families until its official announcement in 1852" (transclusion) (← links)
- Ensign (1989): "The Prophet introduced several doctrines relating to the temple, including the temple ceremonies and plural marriage" (transclusion) (← links)
- Question: Did Joseph Smith revise his account of the First Vision in 1838 to respond to a leadership crisis? (transclusion) (← links)
- Question: Did Joseph Smith lose control of the Church during the 1838 Kirtland apostasy? (transclusion) (← links)
- Question: Did Joseph Smith become a baptized member of the Baptist Church in 1822? (transclusion) (← links)
- Question: Did Joseph Smith join the Methodist, Presbyterian, or Baptist churches between 1820 and 1830 despite the claim made in his 1838 history that he was forbidden by Deity from joining any denomination? (transclusion) (← links)
- Question: Did Joseph Smith become a member of the Methodist Church while he was translating the Book of Mormon? (transclusion) (← links)
- Question: Did Joseph Smith join the Presbyterian Church after the First Vision? (transclusion) (← links)
- Questions: Are there contemporary witnesses that confirm that Joseph Smith didn't join any church after the First Vision? (transclusion) (← links)
- ''Ensign'' (1992): Emma Smith's "great trial came when the prophet revealed to Emma that they would be required to live the ancient law of Abraham—plural marriage" (transclusion) (← links)
- Teachings of Presidents of the Church: Joseph Smith (2007): "The doctrines and principles relating to plural marriage were revealed to Joseph Smith as early as 1831" (transclusion) (← links)
- Church History in the Fulness of Times (2003): "The law of celestial marriage, as outlined in this revelation, also included the principle of the plurality of wives" (transclusion) (← links)
- ''Doctrine and Covenants and Church History Gospel Doctrine Teacher’s Manual'' (1999): "the Lord commanded some of the early Saints to practice plural marriage. The Prophet Joseph Smith and those closest to him...were challenged by this command" (transclusion) (← links)
- Doctrine and Covenants 132:51-52: "all those that have been given unto my servant Joseph" (transclusion) (← links)
- Question: Is interracial marriage prohibited or condemned within the Church? (transclusion) (← links)
- Question: Was a "vagabond fortune-teller" named Walters Joseph Smith's "mentor"? (transclusion) (← links)
- Question: Did Joseph Smith give Brigham Young and Heber C. Kimball divining rods "as a symbol of gratitude for their loyalty"? (transclusion) (← links)
- Fanny Alger was Joseph Smith's first plural wife (transclusion) (← links)
- Question: Did Joseph Smith marry Fanny Alger as his first plural wife in 1833? (transclusion) (← links)
- Question: How could Joseph and Fanny have been married in 1831 if the sealing power had not yet been restored? (transclusion) (← links)
- Question: Did some of Joseph Smith's associates believe that he had an affair with Fanny Alger? (transclusion) (← links)
- Question: Did Emma Smith discover her husband Joseph with Fanny Alger in a barn? (transclusion) (← links)
- Question: Did Fanny Alger have a child by Joseph Smith? (transclusion) (← links)