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The Original Context of the First Vision Narrative


The Original Context of the First Vision Narrative: 1820s or 1830s

The original context that gave rise to Joseph Smith's First Vision was not the church he created but the family that created him. And the First Vision was not a ...

The First Vision: A Narrative from Joseph Smith's Accounts

In spring 1820, 14-year-old Joseph Smith prayed in faith and was answered by God and Jesus Christ in person. This remarkable vision is foundational to Latter- ...

Accounts of the First Vision - The Joseph Smith Papers

Although some portions of this copy vary from the original, the account of Joseph Smith's first vision is virtually identical to its source text: JS History, ...

The Earliest Documented Accounts of Joseph Smith's First Vision

The first of these was a six-page autobiographical narrative intended to be a history of his life and “an account of the rise of the Church,” but it was ...

First Vision - Wikipedia

The First Vision refers to a theophany which Latter Day Saints believe Joseph Smith experienced in the early 1820s, in a wooded area in Manchester, ...

The First Vision: Journey to the Sacred Grove - Church History

In addition to attendance at different churches and personal meditation, Joseph searched for God by studying the Bible. And one day, while reading James 1:5, he ...

The First Vision: A Narrative from Joseph Smith's Accounts

“At about the age of twelve years,” Joseph Smith wrote, “my mind became seriously impressed with regard to the all important concerns for the ...

Joseph Smith's First Vision as Endowment and Epitome of the ...

I wanted to understand what the original First Vision (meaning, for me, the original narrative that Joseph Smith had told) was, and what its significance was – ...

How Joseph Smith's First Vision Changed over Time

The pamphlet takes you from 1820 (the year the LDS Church claims Smith received the revelation) to 1888, noting how Smith's vision is portrayed ...

Timeline of the First Vision Story and Development - wasmormon.org

The First Vision is a foundational event in the history and theology of the Church. It refers to an experience Joseph Smith claimed to have ...

The Significance of Joseph Smith's “First Vision” in Mormon Thought

Not even in his own history did Joseph Smith mention being criticized in this period for telling the story of the First Vision. The interest, rather, was in the ...

Joseph Smith's First Vision: Fact or Fiction?

Furthermore, about 1832 Joseph Smith, Jr. began an account of the origin of the Mormon Church (the only one written in his own hand) that contradicts the ...

Joseph Smith's First Vision in Historical Context

Joseph Smith's First Vision in Historical Context: How a Historical Narrative became Theological · Split-Screen · Views Icon Views. Article ...

The Significance of the First Vision - Pearl of Great Price Central

"Extracts from the History of Joseph Smith" as it appeared in the 1851 first edition of the Pearl of Great Price. This narrative, which includes ...

The 'First Vision' most Latter-day Saints know little about

“That singular event in human history initiated the restoration of the Lord's gospel — an unfolding restoration that continues today,” Nelson ...

The Strange Hidden First Vision Account of 1832 - wasmormon.org

What made the new discovery significant was the fact that most writers had supposed that the Manuscript History of Joseph Smith, formally begun ...

Overview of First Vision Accounts - LDS Discussions

While the timeline by itself might not seem like a huge problem, it becomes one when we look at the timeline that Joseph Smith proclaims in his history: In 1820 ...

Approaching the First Vision Saga - Sunstone Magazine

Though Joseph Smith's First Vision story is at home in the wider context of theophanic accounts, it originated during the era of the printing ...

The First Vision: The Joseph Smith Story - The Mormon Delusion

It is history, as recorded by Joseph Smith himself in his various writings and supported by others who knew him. Members and investigators of the Mormon Church ...

What Can We Learn from the First Vision - BYUH Speeches

Brodie hypothesized that Joseph Smith made up the whole story in 1838 to reinvigorate belief at a time when many of his followers were falling ...