Joseph Smith's Visions
The First Vision - Church History
Joseph Smith's First Vision 4 stands today as the greatest event in world history since the birth, ministry, and Resurrection of Jesus Christ.
First Vision - The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints
In the spring of 1820, God the Father and Jesus Christ appeared to Joseph Smith in answer to his prayer of faith.
Smith described it as a vision in which he received instruction from God the Father and Jesus Christ. Stained glass depiction of Joseph Smith's First Vision, ...
Visions of Joseph Smith - BYU ScholarsArchive
The Prophet Joseph Smith had his rst vision at the age of fourteen while praying in a grove of trees in western. New York. The appearance of the Lord to him, ...
Accounts of the First Vision - The Joseph Smith Papers
a. In the early 1840s, Howard Coray began making an edited copy of the history begun in 1838. His copy was discontinued after a hundred pages. Although some ...
The Visions of Joseph Smith - BYUH Speeches
A seer is a see-er. Among other gifts and powers, he sees visions, which visions are seen with spiritual eyes.
Joseph Smith's First Vision as Endowment and Epitome of the ...
Joseph Smith's First Vision as Endowment and Epitome of the Gospel of Jesus Christ (or Why I Came Back to the Church)
Primary Accounts of First Vision - The Joseph Smith Papers
For access to images and the full transcripts of the firsthand accounts of the First Vision, see Primary Accounts of Joseph Smith's First Vision of Deity.
I saw the transcendent beauty of the gate through which the heirs of that kingdom will enter, which was like unto circling flames of fire; also the blazing ...
Depiction of Joseph Smith's First Vision.
How Joseph Smith's First Vision Changed over Time
At the end of the timeline, it sums up the evident problems, saying, “Thus we see that the details of the First Vision vary in the different ...
Joseph Smith's Visions: His Style and his Record
Joseph Smith left a tradition wherein it is clear that he claimed to have experienced a number of divine encounters with heavenly beings. ... The best historical ...
Joseph Smith and “The” “First” “Vision” - wasmormon.org
“The” First vision has many accounts and different tellings. These differences are more than just minor details. The multiple accounts do not ...
"I Was Seized Upon by Some Power" | Religious Studies Center
In Joseph Smith's First Vision the devil played a role common in many evangelical conversion experiences. Through Joseph Smith, precept upon precept, God ...
(Bi)centennial of Joseph Smith's First Vision - Steven C. Harper
A living prophet recently declared that since spring 2020 will mark "exactly 200 years since Joseph Smith experienced the theophany that we ...
An overlooked text supporting Joseph Smith's First Vision consistency
Joseph Smith's early Biblical translation efforts provide overlooked evidence that his view of humankind's ability to see God was consistent.
The 'First Vision' most Latter-day Saints know little about
“Collective memory is what the First Vision is about,” she says from her Boston home. “From Joseph Smith's telling about it to ways in which ...
Other First Visions, Which are Not of This Fold - wasmormon.org
The First Vision of Joseph Smith is told today as an original exact story detailing the unique experience that sets the foundation for Mormonism and the ...
Joseph Smith's First Vision - Latter-day Saint Mission Prep
We call Joseph's experience the First Vision, because it was the first in a series of heavenly visions, revelations, and visitations.
Joseph Smith's Visions - MormonThink
There are various accounts of Joseph Smith's visions. Five of them are presented here -- four written by Joseph Smith and one by Oliver Cowdery.