The Visions of Joseph Smith
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.
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.
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.
The First Vision (also called the grove experience by members of the Community of Christ) refers to a theophany which Latter Day Saints believe Joseph Smith ...
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 ...
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 ...
Joseph Smith: "The Vision" - Mormon Literature Website
This poetical rendering of Doctrine and Covenants 76, published in Nauvoo in 1843, is the only poem extant supposed to have been written by the Prophet Joseph ...
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.
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 ...
Depiction of Joseph Smith's First Vision.
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 ...
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 ...
The Mystical State of Consciousness in Joseph Smith's First Vision
Joseph Smith's earliest direct encounters with God happened in mystical experience, or what is also known as altered states of consciousness.
006 Joseph Smith's ”Second Vision” and the Coming Forth of the ...
About three and a half years after his “first vision,” Joseph Smith experienced his “second vision.” It occurred on the evening of the 21st ...
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.
Personages who appeared to Joseph Smith - Fair Latter Day Saints
Both Joseph Smith and Oliver Cowdery saw John the Baptist together (D&C 13); Peter, James, and John together (D&C 27:12 and 128:20); Jesus Christ together (D&C ...
The 'First Vision' most Latter-day Saints know little about
Joseph Smith's “First Vision,” as it is known to the 16.3 million members of The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints, is the basis of ...
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 ...
Joseph Smith's First Vision in Context: A Comparative Analysis
We discussed his early spiritual experiences that led to him believing his mothers prophecies that he was the “Flying Roll” and even included him claiming he ...