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- |L=Journal of Discourses/As doctrine and one of the "standard works" of the Church |H=Was the Journal of Discourses one of the "standard works" of the Church?2 KB (310 words) - 21:29, 9 May 2024
- #REDIRECT [[Joseph Smith's use of seer stones as a youth]]58 bytes (10 words) - 21:39, 9 March 2023
- {{Navigation:Book of Mormon}} ...is an ancient text, however, then these elements enrich our understanding of the volume and its message.2 KB (288 words) - 13:15, 12 April 2024
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- #REDIRECT [[Apostles as personal witnesses of Christ]]54 bytes (7 words) - 10:36, 27 May 2023
- {{Navigation:Book of Mormon}} {{:Question: Why did Joseph Smith say that the Book of Mormon was the "most correct book"?}}597 bytes (95 words) - 12:19, 27 April 2024
- |L=Mormonism and the Bible/Joseph Smith Translation/As a restoration of the original Bible text |L1=Question: Was the Joseph Smith Translation intended to be a restoration of original Bible text?2 KB (274 words) - 15:49, 13 April 2024
- ...850): "the Lord took one of his sons, whose name was Mulek, with a company of those who would hearken unto His words, and brought them over the ocean, an Orson Pratt, ''Divine Authenticity of the Book of Mormon, no. 6'' (Liverpool, England: 15 October 1850): 91–92.4 KB (722 words) - 15:44, 13 April 2024
- ...nds of Ephraim, when the book itself tells us that Lehi was of the lineage of Manasseh?"== As cited in B. H. Roberts's 1909 ''New Witnesses for God'', vol. 32 KB (397 words) - 15:44, 13 April 2024
- ...asseh...Ishmael, who was the other founder of the colony, was a descendant of Ephraim"== ...d calls it ' . . . for Joseph, the stick of Ephraim, and for all the house of Israel his companions.'3 KB (466 words) - 15:44, 13 April 2024
- ...Recording mistakes, for example, have sometimes been seized on as evidence of misrepresentations or bumbling by the Prophet"== ...s contained in the Book of Commandments and Revelations, published as part of the Joseph Smith Papers Project, and other early sources we can “peel bac2 KB (261 words) - 15:44, 13 April 2024
- ...Did the First Presidency identify the New York "Hill Cumorah" as the site of the Nephite final battles?== ...h?|url=https://knowhy.bookofmormoncentral.org/knowhy/where-is-the-location-of-the-hill-cumorah|number=489}}10 KB (1,611 words) - 15:17, 13 April 2024
- ...itics of the Mormon doctrines of the plurality of gods and the deification of man?== ...heology but rather a very specific and practical command to recognize YHWH as Israel's only god and the only god to be worshiped===3 KB (482 words) - 22:47, 8 May 2024
- ==Question: Why does the Church continue to use the KJV instead of the JST as its official bible?== ...ch a change would require both prophetic instruction and a sustaining vote of the membership.5 KB (793 words) - 22:10, 29 April 2024
- ...used as a proof-text by critics of Mormon doctrine of the corporeal nature of God?== God is Spirit, and only by the power of his Spirit can people worship him as he really is." (TEV)3 KB (541 words) - 21:43, 9 May 2024
- #REDIRECT [[Question: Does the term "familiar spirit" in the Book of Mormon refer to occult practices?]]104 bytes (16 words) - 17:51, 3 April 2017
- ...nciples relating to plural marriage were revealed to Joseph Smith as early as 1831"]]179 bytes (25 words) - 11:00, 7 October 2018
- ...to the Book of Mormon as an "afterthought" in order to explain the variety of animals in the New World?]]191 bytes (34 words) - 20:30, 18 April 2017
- ...to the Book of Mormon as an "afterthought" in order to explain the variety of animals in the New World?]]191 bytes (34 words) - 20:31, 18 April 2017
- #REDIRECT [[Latter-day Saint interpretation of "neither marry nor given in marriage"]]86 bytes (11 words) - 18:50, 19 May 2023
- ...fraud' with respect to their support of California Proposition 8 and fined as a result?== ...campaign for California’s Proposition 8, “convicted” of “13 counts of election fraud.” This claim is false. Responsible news outlets and commen4 KB (650 words) - 15:28, 13 April 2024
- #REDIRECT [[Template:Critical sources box:Book of Mormon/As the most correct book/CriticalSources]]99 bytes (14 words) - 12:19, 27 April 2024
- |L=Criticism of Mormonism/Books/One Nation Under Gods/Use of sources/The LDS as Mindless Followers |H=The Latter-day Saints as mindless followers?3 KB (489 words) - 14:16, 13 April 2024
- ...millions of years, is and will remain a matter of speculation in the minds of men"]]172 bytes (31 words) - 16:59, 19 October 2017
- ...ormon histories have a long history of omitting mention of plural marriage as a cause for the Saints' troubles in Illinois?== ===The claim that six Latter-day Saint histories omit plural marriage as a cause for difficulties in Nauvoo is clearly false===12 KB (1,811 words) - 21:52, 9 May 2024
- ...Mormonism/Books/One Nation Under Gods/Use of sources/Brigham as President of the United States |H=Brigham Young as President of the United States?933 bytes (136 words) - 14:15, 13 April 2024
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- #REDIRECT [[Question: Could Moroni have been an "angel of Satan"?]]67 bytes (10 words) - 22:36, 18 April 2017
- ...Young and the Massacre at Mountain Meadows/Omissions/Indians as instrument of vengeance |T=[[../../|Blood of the Prophets: Brigham Young and the Massacre at Mountain Meadows]]4 KB (557 words) - 14:12, 13 April 2024
- ...s? Because as sure as you know that...he translated that book by the power of God"]]178 bytes (32 words) - 12:51, 19 October 2017
- #REDIRECT [[Peterson and Roper: "We know of no one who cites Ferguson as an authority, except countercultists"]]112 bytes (17 words) - 12:30, 19 October 2017
- ...r exaltation/Jesus said "neither marry nor given in marriage"/LDS readings of this scripture/CriticalSources]]180 bytes (25 words) - 20:42, 1 May 2024
- #REDIRECT [[Mormonism and the Bible/Joseph Smith Translation/As a restoration of the original Bible text]]106 bytes (16 words) - 09:15, 17 April 2011
- #REDIRECT [[Source:Stick of Ephraim/Erastus Snow statement]]60 bytes (8 words) - 00:05, 6 May 2024
- #REDIRECT [[The Book of Mormon as the most correct book]]57 bytes (10 words) - 17:25, 12 March 2023
- #REDIRECT [[Question: Does the term "familiar spirit" in the Book of Mormon refer to occult practices?]]104 bytes (16 words) - 22:08, 18 April 2017
- #REDIRECT [[Template:Critical sources box:Book of Mormon/As a "familiar spirit"/CriticalSources]]97 bytes (13 words) - 00:18, 4 May 2024
- #REDIRECT [[Mormonism and the Bible/Joseph Smith Translation/As a restoration of the original Bible text]]106 bytes (16 words) - 09:16, 17 April 2011
- ...0 used as a "proof text" by Latter-day Saints to support the Three Degress of Glory?== ===There is plenty of scholarly support for a resurrection of varying degrees of glory===7 KB (1,135 words) - 15:24, 13 April 2024
- ...s use 2 Corinthians 12:2-4 as a "proof text" to support the Three Degress of Glory?== ...ve fourteen years ago, (whether in the body, I cannot tell; or whether out of the body, I cannot tell: God knoweth;) such a one caught up to the third he5 KB (844 words) - 00:20, 30 April 2024
- ...s/Studies of the Book of Mormon/A Book of Mormon Study/View of the Hebrews as ground plan |H=Response to "View of the Hebrews as ground plan"3 KB (509 words) - 14:17, 13 April 2024
- ...Mormonism/Books/One Nation Under Gods/Use of sources/Brigham as President of the United States]]121 bytes (19 words) - 07:55, 8 April 2011
- ...[Criticism of Mormonism/Books/One Nation Under Gods/Use of sources/The LDS as Mindless Followers]]109 bytes (17 words) - 19:52, 11 April 2011
- ...Young and the Massacre at Mountain Meadows/Omissions/Indians as instrument of vengeance]]161 bytes (23 words) - 22:51, 10 April 2011
- ==Question: Do the Latter-day Saints ("Mormons") use praise of God as part of their prayers and songs in worship?== ===Praise, and the language of praise, is integrated into the worship of Latter-day Saints in both prayer and song===4 KB (663 words) - 15:18, 13 April 2024
- #REDIRECT [[The Book of Mormon as the Stick of Ephraim]]56 bytes (10 words) - 22:43, 6 May 2024
- #REDIRECT [[Source:Book of Mormon as Stick of Ephraim:Franklin D. Richards statement]]86 bytes (13 words) - 05:14, 1 April 2017
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- ...s/Studies of the Book of Mormon/A Book of Mormon Study/View of the Hebrews as ground plan]]130 bytes (23 words) - 22:09, 8 August 2017
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- The preferences dialog allows you to personalize some aspects of MediaWiki. They will apply only when you are logged in. ...rs''': If you check this, users will not be able to send you e-mail by way of the "E-mail this user" feature.25 KB (4,197 words) - 15:08, 13 April 2024
- |L1=A HISTORY, OF THE PERSECUTION, OF THE CHURCH OF JESUS CHRIST, OF LATTER DAY SAINTS IN MISSOURI. CONTINUED. |L3=COPY OF A LETTER, WRITTEN BY J. SMITH JR. AND OTHERS, WHILE IN PRISON.69 KB (12,268 words) - 15:50, 13 April 2024
- ...age, in the page revision history, on the diff page, and in the watchlists of users who are watching that article. ...the interest of Wikipedians with an expertise in the area. This may not be as necessary for "minor changes", but (e.g.) "fixed spelling" would be nice ev2 KB (285 words) - 14:22, 13 April 2024
- ...t|frame|Photo of James J. Strang, 1856, taken just before his death by one of those who plotted his murder.]] ...ames Strang claimed that Joseph wrote a letter appointing him as president of the Church after Joseph's death===6 KB (902 words) - 15:37, 13 April 2024
- ...nd arriving at truth through rigorous thought. It is a tool that the Light of Christ can use to help us discern good from bad, true from false ([https:// ...discredit Joseph Smith. Joseph was often the target of such efforts; many of the [[The Hurlbut affidavits|early anti-Mormon "affidavits"]] against Josep44 KB (7,051 words) - 17:45, 13 April 2024
- {{Navigation:Book of Mormon}} ...on and DNA Studies:Gospel Topics:Much as critics and defenders of the Book of Mormon would like to use DNA studies to support their views, the evidence i694 bytes (104 words) - 13:15, 12 April 2024
- ''This is a list of on-line Christian and related (such as gnosticism) texts.'' *[http://www.ccel.org/ccel/schaff/npnf102.iv.html City of God]2 KB (246 words) - 15:07, 13 April 2024
- ...chase documents such as Mark Hofmann's "Salamander letter" with the intent of hiding and suppressing them? ...chase documents such as Mark Hofmann's "Salamander letter" with the intent of hiding and suppressing them?}}4 KB (643 words) - 21:26, 9 May 2024
- {{Epigraph|But as you cannot always judge the righteous, or as you cannot always tell the wicked from the righteous, therefore I say unto ...Gordon B. Hinckley were a true prophet, why did he not discern the nature of the Hofmann forgeries?}}1 KB (193 words) - 16:33, 26 April 2024
- ...rst vision anymore than I am worried that there are four different writers of the gospels in the New Testament, each with his own perceptions, each telli ...ink|url=http://www.lds.org/ensign/1984/10/god-hath-not-given-us-the-spirit-of-fear?lang=eng}}8 KB (1,156 words) - 20:51, 4 May 2024
- |L1=Was Joseph Smith's participation in "money digging" as a youth a blot on his character? |L3=Was "money digging" Joseph Smith's primary source of income during his early years?2 KB (242 words) - 20:40, 27 April 2024
- ...h Smith’s neighbors which claim that the Smith family possessed a number of character flaws |L4=Hurlbut's collection of the statements was made at the request of an anti-Mormon committee in Kirtland, Ohio10 KB (1,556 words) - 19:06, 6 May 2024
- ...ts claimed that the Smith family was "lazy" and "worthless" and "destitute of moral character" |L4=If members of the Smith family had been liars, immoral, and "addicted to vicious habits,"8 KB (1,375 words) - 19:06, 6 May 2024
- ...to tell fortunes; he had a stone which he used to put in his hat, by means of which he professed to tell people's fortunes.<ref>E.D. Howe, ''Mormonism Un ...oseph Smith, Jr. "he had a stone which he used to put in his hat, by means of which he professed to tell people's fortunes."3 KB (546 words) - 19:07, 6 May 2024
- ...ey Chase claimed that the Smiths were lazy, intemperate that they "boasted of their skill" at lying==== ...h family on 2 December 1833, three years after the publication of the Book of Mormon:1 KB (234 words) - 20:47, 27 April 2024
- ...his event because it was remarkable and fairly minor—hardly the sign of Joseph being perpetually drunk. * The lack of other claims in the affidavits that Joseph Jr. was a drunk is also telling&2 KB (270 words) - 20:48, 27 April 2024
- ...tin Harris said that Mormonism was false and that he could "make money out of it"=== ...'What if it is a lie'''; if you will let me alone '''I will make money out of it!'''"9 KB (1,529 words) - 20:51, 27 April 2024
- ...he Hurlbut affidavits say about Joseph Smith claiming that he was "as good as Jesus Christ"?== ...r depositions together said that Joseph Smith claimed that he was "as good as Jesus Christ"===3 KB (451 words) - 20:55, 27 April 2024
- ...t Joseph Smith's religious ideas derived in part from ''Kabbalah'', a type of (usually Jewish) mysticism. Critics and the unwary presume that because a f ...id. And, thus far, that proof has not been forthcoming. Extensive reviews of the works which purport to find this strain in Joseph Smith's thought are a19 KB (2,997 words) - 21:55, 27 April 2024
- |L=Journal of Discourses/As doctrine and one of the "standard works" of the Church |H=Was the Journal of Discourses one of the "standard works" of the Church?2 KB (310 words) - 21:29, 9 May 2024
- ...which were later referred to as "Urim and Thummim") to translate the Book of Mormon. |L1=Joseph Smith's use of seer stones as a youth1 KB (184 words) - 13:59, 30 April 2024
- {{Navigation:Book of Mormon}} ...Joseph Smith distant cousins make Oliver an unreliable witness to the Book of Mormon?}}2 KB (248 words) - 13:15, 12 April 2024
- ...ts to "hide history" by portraying Brigham Young (a well-known polygamist) as having only one wife. ...pt to "hide history" by portraying Brigham Young (a well-known polygamist) as having only one wife?1 KB (190 words) - 22:25, 5 May 2024
- ...use she continued to insist that her husband had never taught the doctrine of plural marriage |L4= Brigham and Emma did not agree on the disposition of Joseph's estate8 KB (1,370 words) - 22:31, 5 May 2024
- ...ten exclude from their discussion of the Kinderhook plates, and the extent of Joseph Smith's involvement. ...tory of the Church say that Joseph Smith said "I have translated a portion of them..."?5 KB (745 words) - 21:48, 30 April 2024
- ...g.org/2013/11/07/the-prophet-and-the-pistol-a-perspective-on-the-martyrdom-of-joseph-and-hyrum-smith/ |title=The Prophet and the Pistol: A Perspective on the Martyrdom of Joseph and Hyrum Smith3 KB (503 words) - 22:31, 28 April 2024
- ==Question: What is the nature of the Joseph Smith Translation (JST)?== ===Question: Is the JST intended primarily or solely as a restoration of lost Bible text?===2 KB (367 words) - 16:31, 28 April 2024
- ...original ''intent'' and ''clarifying the message'' of the original author of the text in question. We are not entirely sure, but in either case the JST ...e in the JST and whether a particular change was meant to be a restoration of original text.4 KB (737 words) - 16:33, 28 April 2024
- |L=Alleged false prophecies of Joseph Smith |H=Alleged false prophecies of Joseph Smith5 KB (745 words) - 23:14, 29 April 2024
- ...s accuse Mormons of either changing their teachings or rejecting teachings of prophets they find uncomfortable or unsupportable. |L2=Question: What is the history of Brigham Young's Adam-God Theory and why was it rejected by the Church?3 KB (501 words) - 20:39, 26 April 2024
- ...It is claimed that Joseph Smith and Sidney Rigdon supported the formation of a vigilante band called the “Danites," and that the Danites were pledged ...of Far West, some leaders and members organized a paramilitary group known as the Danites"3 KB (412 words) - 21:21, 26 April 2024
- |H=Relationship of polygamy to modern Mormonism ...tions. Some often call upon the Church to "stop" the polygamist activities of such groups.1 KB (173 words) - 15:08, 13 April 2024
- ...Joseph Smith and Oliver Cowdery's day similarly believed in divining rods as instruments for revelation. Cowdery was among those who believed in and use ...Oliver desired, the revelation went on to say, the Lord would add the gift of translation to the revelatory gifts Oliver already possessed (D&C 8:8-11).2 KB (235 words) - 23:48, 30 April 2024
- == Church sources discussing issues with Changes to the Book of Mormon== ===Textual changes to the Book of Mormon===2 KB (308 words) - 23:48, 30 April 2024
- ...seph using the stone to receive revelation. Sometimes the hat is mentioned as well. These facts are found hidden in the official Church magazines the ''E ...her the use of the seer stone or the stone and the hat as part of the Book of Mormon translation process?}}9 KB (1,315 words) - 23:49, 30 April 2024
- ...in turn, to conclude that the LDS endowment is nothing but a variant form of Masonic initiation and therefore not from a divine source. <small>Video published by The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints.</small>4 KB (630 words) - 21:24, 26 April 2024
- {{Navigation:Book of Mormon}} {{:Source:Echoes:Ch2:11:John Whitmer 1876:I have never heard that any one of the three or eight witnesses ever denied the testimony}}2 KB (356 words) - 13:15, 12 April 2024
- {{Navigation:Book of Mormon}} |L=The Book of Mormon and the fulness of the gospel2 KB (268 words) - 22:25, 28 April 2024
- #REDIRECT[[Joseph Smith listed as author and proprietor of the Book of Mormon]]79 bytes (13 words) - 17:15, 5 March 2023
- |L14=LIST OF AGENTS. For publishing at the City of Nauvoo, Hancock County Illinois, a Semi-monthly periodical, to be entitled68 KB (11,468 words) - 15:51, 13 April 2024
- ...of years. These articles help address these stories and practices in light of the Restored Gospel. ...ecause respect and obedience toward parents is regarded as the cornerstone of all order and authority"4 KB (659 words) - 15:58, 13 April 2024
- #REDIRECT [[Joseph Smith's use of seer stones as a youth]]58 bytes (10 words) - 21:39, 9 March 2023
- {{Navigation:Book of Mormon}} ...is an ancient text, however, then these elements enrich our understanding of the volume and its message.2 KB (288 words) - 13:15, 12 April 2024
- #REDIRECT [[The Book of Mormon as history]]43 bytes (7 words) - 14:19, 12 March 2023
- |L1=Question: Why would the Church remove or alter elements of the temple ceremony if these ceremonies were revealed by God? ...ersion of the temple endowment that required vengeance upon the government of the United States?2 KB (276 words) - 21:26, 26 April 2024
- |H=History of the Mountain Meadows Massacre ...d claim that Church leaders—possibly as high as Brigham Young—approved of, or even ordered the killing.3 KB (473 words) - 16:40, 11 May 2024
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- ...ue published. The events surrounding its publication lead to the martyrdom of Joseph and Hyrum Smith. The full text is provided below for study. ...further Church proceedings will appear in our columns, except in the form of brief communications.--ED.72 KB (12,886 words) - 15:09, 13 April 2024
- |L3=Question: Did Albert Einstein refer to Elder James E. Talmage as the smartest man he had ever met? ...tion: Did Elder Russell M. Nelson talk of a friend who translated the Book of Mormon into Arabic?3 KB (555 words) - 16:36, 26 April 2024
- ===In the lack of a revealed answer to the question, both positions appear to be acceptable a ...e way some things turn out, a conclusion which raises theological problems of its own.9 KB (1,504 words) - 15:19, 13 April 2024