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- ...se to claims made in Early Mormonism and the Magic World View, "Chapter 5: Visions and the Coming Forth of the Book of Mormon"12 KB (1,938 words) - 22:22, 11 May 2024
- ...ord chose Joseph Smith, called upon him at fourteen years of age, gave him visions"]]125 bytes (19 words) - 17:18, 20 October 2017
- I am aware, that a rehearsal of visions of angels at this day, is as inconsistent with a portion of mankind as it f ...sons and daughters will prophesy, old men dream dreams, and young men see visions, and those who are thus favored will be such as embrace the gospel as it wa69 KB (12,223 words) - 15:50, 13 April 2024
- ...testify, to prophesy, to speak with tongues, to interpret, to relate their visions, revelations, and in short, to deify and perfect each other, be a free exer73 KB (12,947 words) - 15:50, 13 April 2024
- ...need for on-going divine revelation today; some even charge that claims of visions from God or revelations to a modern prophet is a blasphemous idea.4 KB (560 words) - 15:57, 13 April 2024
- Shall I, who have witnessed the visions of eternity, and beheld the glorious mansions of bliss, and the regions and12 KB (2,053 words) - 14:16, 13 April 2024
- ...pted to our circumstances. We believe that we have a right to revelations, visions, and dreams from God, our heavenly Father; and light and intelligence, thro65 KB (11,746 words) - 15:50, 13 April 2024
- ...story of the Mormons in the West would be … a history of a mad prophet's visions turned by an American genius into the seed of life" ...story of the Mormons in the West would be … a history of a mad prophet's visions turned by an American genius into the seed of life"==26 KB (3,883 words) - 14:14, 13 April 2024
- ...in Roger Launius, Linda Thatcher, Leonard J. Arrington, eds., ''Differing Visions: Dissenters in Mormon History'', 290.36 KB (5,451 words) - 13:33, 13 April 2024
- ...attributes of the gods that dwell in eternity. Could disaffected ones see visions, even of the future glorified state of their husbands, love for them would15 KB (2,606 words) - 15:08, 13 April 2024
- ...ly limited in mortality, religions struggle to adequately articulate their visions of eternal glory. As the Apostle Paul wrote, “Eye hath not seen, nor ear3 KB (503 words) - 12:48, 30 April 2024
- ...ver fully reveals to men the punishments of outer darkness, but only brief visions thereof. Consider the wording of this revelation as compared to that used b ...(2 Enoch 20:1-4; T. Levi 3:1-8; 3 Apoc. Bar. 11:1-9)."<ref>William Baird, "Visions, Revelation, and Ministry: Reflections on 2 Cor 12:1-5 and Gal 1:11-17," ''45 KB (7,411 words) - 15:12, 28 April 2024
- ...he "First Vision" was of the angel in 1823 (i.e. Moroni), and that the two visions were originally described as "a single 1823 event." ...t to refer to it as the first vision; it is simply the first of Joseph’s visions which that particular writer chose to write about. It may be the only one t6 KB (993 words) - 14:16, 13 April 2024
- ...the book of Nathan the prophet, and in the prophecy of Ahijah, and in the visions of Iddo, the seer and in the book of Gad, the seer"? (2 Chron. 9:29.--1 Chr8 KB (1,292 words) - 14:16, 13 April 2024
- ...itnesses of the plates, other informal witnesses, and the important shared visions with Sidney Rigdon and Oliver Cowdery.5 KB (799 words) - 14:01, 13 April 2024
- ...fessed that they did not see the plates with their natural eyes, but with 'visions of the mind'" ...fessed that they did not see the plates with their natural eyes, but with 'visions of the mind'"==53 KB (8,529 words) - 14:18, 13 April 2024
- ...ssistence of a man by the name of Martin Haris who became convinced of the visions and gave me fifty Dollars to bare my expences and because of his faith and13 KB (2,424 words) - 13:59, 13 April 2024
- ...son Pratt's pamphlet called ''An Interesting Account of Several Remarkable Visions'' was advertised for sale in Nauvoo. It was advertised in the ''Times and S ...and note were repeated for ''An Interesting Account of Several Remarkable Visions'' in the two subsequent editions of the ''Times and Seasons.''<ref>{{TS1 |6 KB (857 words) - 17:18, 11 May 2024
- *{{DoubleStandard}}: Biblical visions of God also contain angelic hosts (e.g., {{s||Isaiah|6|1-4}}). We suspect8 KB (1,107 words) - 14:01, 13 April 2024
- ...r conventional Christian neighbors-anointings, endowments, proxy baptisms, visions, healings, writhing ecstasies, and, especially, the concepts of 'eternal pr ...ot introduced until Nauvoo, they were not known at Kirtland. Healings and visions were present from the Church's very beginnings. "Writhing ecstasies" were13 KB (1,987 words) - 14:11, 13 April 2024
- ...r conventional Christian neighbors-anointings, endowments, proxy baptisms, visions, healings, writhing ecstasies, and, especially, the concepts of 'eternal pr ...ot introduced until Nauvoo, they were not known at Kirtland. Healings and visions were present from the Church's very beginnings. "Writhing ecstasies" were27 KB (4,121 words) - 13:33, 13 April 2024
- #Paul R. Cheesman, "An Analysis of the Accounts Relating Joseph Smith's Early Visions," Master's thesis, Brigham Young University, 1965, pp.130-3116 KB (2,501 words) - 13:33, 13 April 2024
- |L13=Response to claim: 109 - No visions actually occurred in the Kirtland Temple. William McClellin claimed that th ==Response to claim: 109 - No visions actually occurred in the Kirtland Temple. William McClellin claimed that th33 KB (5,227 words) - 13:33, 13 April 2024
- ...the fruits of Joseph's prophetic ministry. How many of those who claimed visions also produced a 500+ page book in less than three months?13 KB (1,970 words) - 14:17, 13 April 2024
- *[[/Chapter 2|Claims made in "Chapter 2: Visions and Revivals"]] (20-32)2 KB (215 words) - 15:48, 13 April 2024
- |section=[[../../Index/|Index of claims]]: Claims made in "Chapter 2: Visions and Revivals" ===Claims made in "Chapter 2: Visions and Revivals"===4 KB (598 words) - 15:48, 13 April 2024
- |section=[[../../Index/|Index of claims]]: Claims made in "Chapter 3: Visions and Revivals" |previous=[[../Chapter 2|Claims made in "Chapter 2: Visions and Revivals"]]461 bytes (49 words) - 15:48, 13 April 2024
- ...mdash;Jerry C. Roundy, “The Greatness of Joseph Smith and His Remarkable Visions,” ''New Era'', Dec 1973, 7 {{link|url=http://www.lds.org/ldsorg/v/index.j ...of the Prophet’s vision in his Interesting Account of Several Remarkable Visions, issued in 1840 in Edinburgh, Scotland; (5) Orson Hyde’s revision of Orso70 KB (10,752 words) - 04:18, 16 May 2024
- |<=[[../Chapter 5|Claims made in "Chapter 5: Visions and the Coming Forth of the Book of Mormon"]]5 KB (741 words) - 14:12, 13 April 2024
- |H=Response to claims made in "Chapter 5: Visions and the Coming Forth of the Book of Mormon" ...se to claims made in Early Mormonism and the Magic World View, "Chapter 5: Visions and the Coming Forth of the Book of Mormon"811 bytes (125 words) - 14:12, 13 April 2024
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- ...gument falls short theoretically. For those who do not believe in Joseph's visions, there was nothing to wake anyone anyway" ...gument falls short theoretically. For those who do not believe in Joseph's visions, there was nothing to wake anyone anyway.}}2 KB (346 words) - 00:37, 27 April 2024
- We hear much, of late, about visions, trances, clairvoyance, mediums of communication with the spirit world, wri ...he case, what then do we wish, in communicating with the eternal world, by visions, angels, or ministering spirits? Why, if a person is sick they would like t33 KB (6,039 words) - 14:32, 13 April 2024
- ...s that this should he given to them in a different manner; and behold, the visions of heaven opened before them. They gazed upon the eternal worlds, and saw t ...lothed upon with His glory, be filled with exceeding great faith; that the visions of eternity may be opened to their minds; that they may be Prophets, Priest45 KB (8,337 words) - 14:33, 13 April 2024
- ...ouncils of the Church, he would confess that he had lied, in pretending to visions, angels, and revelations, and ask forgiveness. If he was excommunicated, he12 KB (2,168 words) - 14:32, 13 April 2024
- ...d with angels, have had the power of the Holy Ghost upon them, giving them visions and revelations, than hear any other kind of preaching that ever saluted my ...happiness is here, angels are here, God is here, and we are wrapped in the visions of eternity. But I am not the Lord, and can do nothing more than others of24 KB (4,534 words) - 14:32, 13 April 2024
- ...ey to your minds? None, unless your minds are open, and enlightened by the visions of the Holy Spirit. The principles of truth are eternal. The mind would ask32 KB (5,819 words) - 14:32, 13 April 2024
- ...sy, and I love to hear him. I scarcely ever say much about revelations, or visions, but suffice it to say, five years ago last July I was here, and saw in the ...to him, he might have {{page break|134|top}} revelations, and see as many visions as you could count; he might have the heavens opened to him, and see the fi23 KB (4,433 words) - 14:32, 13 April 2024
- ...ut when the man comes to reflect, when the Saint of God considers, and the visions of eternity are open to his view, and the unalterable purposes of God are d45 KB (8,266 words) - 14:32, 13 April 2024
- ...nt, and consequently, to be consistent, we must believe in new revelation, visions, angels, in all the gifts of the Holy Ghost, and all the promises contained ...ay converse with Jesus Christ, have the visitation of angels, have dreams, visions, and revelations, and understand and know God for yourselves. Is it not a s44 KB (8,351 words) - 14:32, 13 April 2024
- ...dividuals; or in other words, certain individuals in this age enjoyed open visions. ...e can we read in sacred history of a people of God by whom the doctrine of visions and ministering of angels would be discarded, or be considered erroneous? I42 KB (7,756 words) - 14:32, 13 April 2024
- ...erstand and comprehend correct principles, because they do not possess the visions of the Almighty; they understand not the end from the beginning, neither do38 KB (7,058 words) - 14:33, 13 April 2024
- ...t of the Lord, and in the light of His countenance. Many received heavenly visions, revelations, the ministering of holy angels, and the manifestations of the33 KB (6,326 words) - 14:43, 13 April 2024
- ...ail in their midst and every heart be filled with unutterable joy. Let the visions of eternity be opened unto them, that they may behold things new and precio3 KB (609 words) - 14:43, 13 April 2024
- ...mmon people, began to advocate the principle of converse with the dead, by visions, divination, clairvoyance, knocking, and writing mediums, &c., &c. This spi ...newed unto us, that all the animal magnetic phenomena, all the trances and visions of clairvoyant states, all the phenomena of spiritual knockings, writing me15 KB (2,550 words) - 14:43, 13 April 2024
- ..., unless it is revealed to you by the spirit of prophecy, or in dreams and visions; then you know it. This is the benefit of dreams and visions, although this power is lightly spoken of, and repudiated in the Christian45 KB (8,717 words) - 14:43, 13 April 2024
- ...ould consume too much time, it could not easily be done. So it is with the visions of eternity; we can see and understand, but it is difficult to tell. May Go9 KB (1,722 words) - 14:43, 13 April 2024
- ...r lived alone; When men, the high born offspring of the sky, Lived but in visions to the Eternal's eye; T'was then that freedom held her bright abode In clo32 KB (6,111 words) - 14:43, 13 April 2024
- ...is all nonsense to him. To know the truth of my testimony he must have the visions and revelations of God for himself. And when he gets them, and turns aside,31 KB (5,949 words) - 14:43, 13 April 2024
- ...We understand it, and view it in its true light. We have learned it by the visions of the Almighty—by that spirit of intelligence that searches out all thin ...Prophet stood in his own house when he told several of us of the night the visions of heaven were opened to him, in which he saw the American continent drench16 KB (3,077 words) - 14:43, 13 April 2024