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When Smith moved to [[Kirtland, Ohio]] in January 1831, | When Smith moved to [[Kirtland, Ohio]] in January 1831, | ||
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| − | # | + | #{{Harvtxt|Brodie|1971|pp=98–99, 116, 125}} (Smith first lived with [[Newel K. Whitney]] in Kirtland, then moved in with John Johnson in 1831 in the nearby town of [[Hiram, Ohio]], and by 1832 had secured a large estate in Kirtland). |
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his first task | his first task | ||
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| − | # | + | #{{Harvtxt|Brodie|1971|p=98}} (citing LDS D&C 50 {{Harv|Phelps|1833|pp=119–23}} as Smith's "first important revelation in Kirtland"). |
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was to bring the Ohio congregation within his own religious authority | was to bring the Ohio congregation within his own religious authority | ||
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| − | # | + | #{{Harvtxt|Brodie|1971|pp=99–100}} (stating that Smith "appealed as much to reason as to emotion," and referred to Smith's style as "autocratic" and "authoritarian," but noted that he was effective in utilizing members' inherent desire to preach as long as they subjected themselves to his ultimate authority); {{Harvtxt|Remini|2002|p=95}} ("Joseph quickly settled in and assumed control of the Kirtland Church."). |
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by quashing the new converts' exuberant exhibition of [[spiritual gift]]s. | by quashing the new converts' exuberant exhibition of [[spiritual gift]]s. | ||
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| − | # | + | #{{Harvtxt|Brodie|1971|p=99}} (gifts included hysterical fits and trances, frenzied rolling on the floor, loud and extended [[glossalalia]], grimacing, and visions taken from parchments hanging in the night sky); {{Harv|Bushman|2005|pp=150–52}}. |
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*Bushman, p. 151: "Joseph had to restrain the excesses without discouraging spiritual gifts altogether." | *Bushman, p. 151: "Joseph had to restrain the excesses without discouraging spiritual gifts altogether." | ||
*{{SeeCriticalWork|author=Fawn Brodie|work=No Man Knows My History: The Life of Joseph Smith}} | *{{SeeCriticalWork|author=Fawn Brodie|work=No Man Knows My History: The Life of Joseph Smith}} | ||
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Rigdon's congregation of converts included a prophetess that Smith declared to be of the devil. | Rigdon's congregation of converts included a prophetess that Smith declared to be of the devil. | ||
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| − | # | + | #{{Harvtxt|Brodie|1971|p=100}} (noting that the prophetess, named Hubbel, was a friend of Rigdon's) |
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Prior to conversion, the congregation had also been practicing a form of [[Christian communism]], and Smith adopted a communal system within his own church, calling it the [[United Order|United Order of Enoch]]. | Prior to conversion, the congregation had also been practicing a form of [[Christian communism]], and Smith adopted a communal system within his own church, calling it the [[United Order|United Order of Enoch]]. | ||
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| − | # | + | #{{Harvtxt|Brodie|1971|pp=104–108}} (stating that the United Order of Enoch was Rigdon's conception (p. 108)); {{Harvtxt|Bushman|2005|pp=154–55}}; {{Harvtxt|Hill|1977|p=131}} (Rigdon's communal group was called "the family"); ''see also'' {{Harvtxt|Phelps|1833|p=118}} (revelation introducing the communal system, stating, "For behold the beasts of the field, and the fowls of the air, and that which cometh of the earth is ordained for the use of man, for food, and for raiment, and that he might have in abundance, but it is not given that one man should possess that which is above another."). |
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*It is Brodie's own opinion that Joseph got the idea for the United Order from Sidney Rigdon. Bushman notes that the establishment of the Order "put Joseph Smith's Zion in company with scores of utopians who were bent on moderating economic injustices in these years." | *It is Brodie's own opinion that Joseph got the idea for the United Order from Sidney Rigdon. Bushman notes that the establishment of the Order "put Joseph Smith's Zion in company with scores of utopians who were bent on moderating economic injustices in these years." | ||
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At Rigdon's suggestion, | At Rigdon's suggestion, | ||
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| − | # | + | #{{Harvtxt|Brodie|1971|p=103}} (stating that Rigdon suggested that Smith revise the Bible in response to an 1827 revision by Rigdon's former mentor [[Alexander Campbell (clergyman)|Alexander Campbell]]). |
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*Again, it is only Brodie's opinion that Rigdon suggested the Joseph revise the Bible. | *Again, it is only Brodie's opinion that Rigdon suggested the Joseph revise the Bible. | ||
*{{SeeCriticalWork|author=Fawn Brodie|work=No Man Knows My History: The Life of Joseph Smith}} | *{{SeeCriticalWork|author=Fawn Brodie|work=No Man Knows My History: The Life of Joseph Smith}} | ||
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Smith began a [[Joseph Smith Translation of the Bible|revision of the Bible]] in April 1831, | Smith began a [[Joseph Smith Translation of the Bible|revision of the Bible]] in April 1831, | ||
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| − | # | + | #{{Harvtxt|Hill|1977|p=131}} (although Smith described his work beginning in April 1831 as a "translation," "he obviously meant a revision by inspiration"). |
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*{{Detail|Bible/Joseph Smith Translation}} | *{{Detail|Bible/Joseph Smith Translation}} | ||
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on which he worked sporadically until its completion in 1833. | on which he worked sporadically until its completion in 1833. | ||
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| − | # | + | #{{Harvtxt|Bushman|2005|p=142}} (noting that though Smith declared the work finished in 1833, the church lacked funds to publish it during his lifetime). |
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Rectifying what Rigdon perceived as a defect in Smith's church, | Rectifying what Rigdon perceived as a defect in Smith's church, | ||
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| − | # | + | #{{Harvtxt|Prince|1995|p=116}}. |
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Smith promised the church's [[Elder (Latter Day Saints)|elders]] that in Kirtland they would receive an [[Endowment (Latter Day Saints)|endowment]] of heavenly power. | Smith promised the church's [[Elder (Latter Day Saints)|elders]] that in Kirtland they would receive an [[Endowment (Latter Day Saints)|endowment]] of heavenly power. | ||
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| − | # | + | #{{Harvtxt|Phelps|1833|p=83}}; {{Harvtxt|Bushman|2005|pp=125, 156, 308}}. |
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Therefore, in the church's June 1831 [[general conference (Latter Day Saints)|general conference]], | Therefore, in the church's June 1831 [[general conference (Latter Day Saints)|general conference]], | ||
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| − | # | + | #{{Harvtxt|Brodie|1971|pp=111–13}} (describing this conference as "the first major failure of his life" because he made irresponsible prophesies and performed failed [[faith healing]]s, requiring Rigdon to cut the conference short). |
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</blockquote> | </blockquote> | ||
*{{SeeCriticalWork|author=Fawn Brodie|work=No Man Knows My History: The Life of Joseph Smith}} | *{{SeeCriticalWork|author=Fawn Brodie|work=No Man Knows My History: The Life of Joseph Smith}} | ||
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he introduced the greater authority of a [[Melchizedek priesthood (Latter Day Saints)|High ("Melchizedek") Priesthood]] to the church hierarchy. | he introduced the greater authority of a [[Melchizedek priesthood (Latter Day Saints)|High ("Melchizedek") Priesthood]] to the church hierarchy. | ||
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| − | # | + | #{{Harvtxt|Brodie|1971|p=111}}; {{Harvtxt|Bushman|2005|pp=156–60}}; {{Harvtxt|Quinn|1994|pp=31–32}}; {{Harvtxt|Roberts|1902|pp=175–76}} (On 3 June 1831, "the authority of the Melchizedek Priesthood was manifested and conferred for the first time upon several of the Elders." Annotation by Roberts gives an [[apologetics|apologetic]] explanation.). |
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The church grew as new converts poured into Kirtland. | The church grew as new converts poured into Kirtland. | ||
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By the summer of 1835, there were fifteen hundred to two thousand Mormons in the vicinity of Kirtland | By the summer of 1835, there were fifteen hundred to two thousand Mormons in the vicinity of Kirtland | ||
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| − | # | + | #{{Harvtxt|Arrington|1992|p=21}}. |
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expecting Smith to lead them shortly to the [[Millennialism|Millennial]] kingdom. | expecting Smith to lead them shortly to the [[Millennialism|Millennial]] kingdom. | ||
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| − | # | + | #{{Harvtxt|Brodie|1971|pp=101–02, 121}}. |
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Though [[Oliver Cowdery]]'s mission to the Indians was a failure, | Though [[Oliver Cowdery]]'s mission to the Indians was a failure, | ||
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| − | # | + | #{{Harvtxt|Brodie|1971|pp=110}} (describing the mission as a "flat failure"). |
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*{{SeeCriticalWork|author=Fawn Brodie|work=No Man Knows My History: The Life of Joseph Smith}} | *{{SeeCriticalWork|author=Fawn Brodie|work=No Man Knows My History: The Life of Joseph Smith}} | ||
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he sent word he had found the site for the New Jerusalem in [[Jackson County, Missouri]]. | he sent word he had found the site for the New Jerusalem in [[Jackson County, Missouri]]. | ||
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| − | # | + | #{{Harvtxt|Brodie|1971|p=108}}. |
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After he visited there in July 1831, Smith agreed and pronounced the county's rugged outpost | After he visited there in July 1831, Smith agreed and pronounced the county's rugged outpost | ||
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| − | # | + | #{{Harvtxt|Bushman|2005|p=162}}; {{Harvtxt|Brodie|1971|p=109}}. |
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[[Independence, Missouri|Independence]] to be the "center place" of [[Zion (Latter Day Saints)|Zion]]. | [[Independence, Missouri|Independence]] to be the "center place" of [[Zion (Latter Day Saints)|Zion]]. | ||
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Rigdon, however, disapproved of the location, and for most of the 1830s, the church was divided between Ohio and Missouri. | Rigdon, however, disapproved of the location, and for most of the 1830s, the church was divided between Ohio and Missouri. | ||
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Smith continued to live in Ohio but visited Missouri again in early 1832 in order to prevent a rebellion of prominent Saints, including Cowdery, who believed Zion was being neglected. | Smith continued to live in Ohio but visited Missouri again in early 1832 in order to prevent a rebellion of prominent Saints, including Cowdery, who believed Zion was being neglected. | ||
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Smith's trip was hastened | Smith's trip was hastened | ||
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by a mob of residents led by former Saints who were incensed over the United Order and Smith's political power. | by a mob of residents led by former Saints who were incensed over the United Order and Smith's political power. | ||
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| − | # | + | #{{Harvtxt|Bushman|2005|pp=178–79}}; {{Harvtxt|Remini|2002|pp=109–10}}. |
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The mob beat Smith and Rigdon unconscious and [[tarring and feathering|tarred and feathered]] them. | The mob beat Smith and Rigdon unconscious and [[tarring and feathering|tarred and feathered]] them. | ||
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| − | # | + | #{{Harvtxt|Brodie|1971|p=119}} (noting that Smith may have narrowly escaped being castrated over some perceived intimacy between Smith and the sixteen year old sister of one of the mob's instigators); {{Harvtxt|Bushman|2005|pp=178–79}} (arguing that the evidence for Smith's intimacy with the girl is thin). Bruised and scarred, Smith preached the following day as if nothing happened ({{Harvtxt|Brodie|1971|p=120}}; {{Harvtxt|2002|pp=110–11}}). |
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*{{SeeCriticalWork|author=Fawn Brodie|work=No Man Knows My History: The Life of Joseph Smith}} | *{{SeeCriticalWork|author=Fawn Brodie|work=No Man Knows My History: The Life of Joseph Smith}} | ||
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The old [[Jackson County, Missouri|Jackson Countians]] resented the Mormon newcomers for various political and religious reasons. | The old [[Jackson County, Missouri|Jackson Countians]] resented the Mormon newcomers for various political and religious reasons. | ||
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| − | # | + | #These reasons included the settlers' understanding that the Saints' intended to appropriate their property and establish a [[Millennialism|Millennial]] political kingdom ({{Harvtxt|Brodie|1971|pp=130–31}}; {{Harvtxt|Remini|2002|pp=114}}), the Saints' friendliness with the Indians ({{Harvtxt|Brodie|1971|p=130}}); {{Harvtxt|Remini|2002|pp=114–15}}), the Saints' perceived religious blasphemy {{Harv|Remini|2002|p=114}}, and especially the belief that the Saints were [[abolitionism|abolitionists]] ({{Harvtxt|Brodie|1971|pp=131–33}}; {{Harvtxt|Remini|2002|pp=113–14}}). |
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Mob attacks began in July 1833, | Mob attacks began in July 1833, | ||
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| − | # | + | #Vigilantes [[Tarring and feathering|tarred and feathered]] two church leaders, destroyed some Mormon homes, destroyed the [[Evening and Morning Star|Mormon press]], then the westernmost American newspaper, including most copies of the unpublished [[Book of Commandments]]. ({{Harvtxt|Bushman|2005|pp=181–83}}; {{Harvtxt|Brodie|1971|p=115}}. |
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but Smith advised the Mormons to [[turning the other cheek|patiently bear them]] | but Smith advised the Mormons to [[turning the other cheek|patiently bear them]] | ||
|authorsources=<br> | |authorsources=<br> | ||
| − | # | + | #{{Harvtxt|Brodie|1971|pp=135–36}}; {{Harvtxt|Bushman|2005|p=235}}. |
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*{{WikipediaCorrect}} | *{{WikipediaCorrect}} | ||
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until a fourth attack, which would permit vengeance to be taken. | until a fourth attack, which would permit vengeance to be taken. | ||
|authorsources=<br> | |authorsources=<br> | ||
| − | # | + | #{{Harvtxt|Quinn|1994|pp=82–83}} (Smith's August 1833 revelation said that after the fourth attack, "the Saints were "justified" by God in violence against any attack by any enemy "until they had avenged themselves on all their enemies, to the third and fourth generation.," citing {{Harvtxt|Smith|Cowdery|Rigdon|Williams|1835|p=218}}).}} |
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Nevertheless, once they began to defend themselves, | Nevertheless, once they began to defend themselves, | ||
|authorsources=<br> | |authorsources=<br> | ||
| − | # | + | #{{Harvtxt|Quinn|1994|pp=83–84}} (after the fourth attack on 2 November 1833, Saints began fighting back, leading to the Battle of Blue River on 4 November 1833). |
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the Mormons were brutally expelled from the county. | the Mormons were brutally expelled from the county. | ||
|authorsources=<br> | |authorsources=<br> | ||
| − | # | + | #{{Harvtxt|Bushman|2005|pp=222–27}}; {{Harvtxt|Brodie|1971|p=137}} (noting that the brutality of the Jackson Countians aroused sympathy for the Mormons and was almost universally deplored by the media). |
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*{{WikipediaCorrect}} | *{{WikipediaCorrect}} | ||
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Under authority of revelations directing Smith to lead the church like a modern [[Moses]] to redeem Zion by power | Under authority of revelations directing Smith to lead the church like a modern [[Moses]] to redeem Zion by power | ||
|authorsources=<br> | |authorsources=<br> | ||
| − | # | + | #{{Harvtxt|Roberts|1904|p=37}} (February 1834 revelation: "[T]he redemption of Zion must needs come by power; [t]herefore, I will raise up unto my people a man, who shall lead them like as Moses led the children of Israel,...and ye must needs be led out of bondage by power, and with a stretched out arm."); {{Harvtxt|Brodie|1971|p=146}} ("Quick-springing visions of an army of liberation marching triumphantly into the promised land betrayed his sounder judgment."); {{Harvtxt|Hill|1989|pp=44–45}} (suggesting that although members of the camp expected to do battle, Smith might have hoped they could merely intimidate the Missourians by a show of force). |
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*{{WikipediaCorrect}} | *{{WikipediaCorrect}} | ||
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and avenge God's enemies, | and avenge God's enemies, | ||
|authorsources=<br> | |authorsources=<br> | ||
| − | # | + | #{{Harvtxt|Smith|Cowdery|Rigdon|Williams|1835|p=237}} (December 1833 revelation: Smith must "get ye straightway unto my land; break down the walls of mine enemies; throw down their tower, and scatter their watchmen. And inasmuch as they gather together against you, avenge me of mine enemies, that by and by I may come with the residue of mine house and possess the land."); {{Harvtxt|Quinn|1994|pp=84–85}} (arguing that as of February 1834, the Saints were "free to take 'vengeance' at will against any perceived enemy"). |
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*{{WikipediaCorrect}} | *{{WikipediaCorrect}} | ||
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he led to Missouri a [[paramilitary]] expedition, later called [[Zion's Camp]]. | he led to Missouri a [[paramilitary]] expedition, later called [[Zion's Camp]]. | ||
|authorsources=<br> | |authorsources=<br> | ||
| − | # | + | #{{Harvtxt|Brodie|1971|pp=146–58}}; {{Harvtxt|Remini|2002|p=115}}. |
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When the camp found itself outnumbered, Smith retreated and produced a revelation explaining that the church was unworthy to redeem Zion in part because of the failure of the recently disbanded | When the camp found itself outnumbered, Smith retreated and produced a revelation explaining that the church was unworthy to redeem Zion in part because of the failure of the recently disbanded | ||
|authorsources=<br> | |authorsources=<br> | ||
| − | # | + | #{{Harvtxt|Brodie|1971|p=141}}. |
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{{IndexClaimItemShort | {{IndexClaimItemShort | ||
| − | |title= | + | |title=the Wikipedia article on Joseph Smith<ref name="at_the_time">Due to the nature of wikipedia, articles can change. This analysis applies to the article as it stood circa September 2011.</ref> |
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[[United Order]]. | [[United Order]]. | ||
|authorsources=<br> | |authorsources=<br> | ||
| − | # | + | #{{Harvtxt|Roberts|1904|p=108}} (quoting text of revelation); {{Harvtxt|Hill|1989|pp=44–45}} (noting that in addition to failure to unite under the celestial order, God was displeased the church had failed to make Zion's army sufficiently strong). |
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{{IndexClaimItemShort | {{IndexClaimItemShort | ||
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Redemption of Zion would have to wait until after the elders of the church could receive another [[Endowment (Latter Day Saints)|endowment]] of heavenly power, | Redemption of Zion would have to wait until after the elders of the church could receive another [[Endowment (Latter Day Saints)|endowment]] of heavenly power, | ||
|authorsources=<br> | |authorsources=<br> | ||
| − | # | + | #{{Harvtxt|Brodie|1971|pp=156–57}}; {{Harvtxt|Roberts|1904|p=109}} (text of revelation). |
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{{IndexClaimItemShort | {{IndexClaimItemShort | ||
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this time in the [[Kirtland Temple]] | this time in the [[Kirtland Temple]] | ||
|authorsources=<br> | |authorsources=<br> | ||
| − | # | + | #{{Harvtxt|Smith|Cowdery|Rigdon|Williams|1835|p=233}} (Kirtland Temple "design[ed] to endow those whom [God] ha[s] chosen with power on high"); {{Harvtxt|Prince|1995|p=32 & n.104}} (quoting revelation dated 12 June 1834 (Kirtland Revelation Book pp. 97–100) stating that the redemption of Zion "cannot be brought to pass until mine elders are endowed with power from on high; for, behold, I have prepared a greater endowment and blessing to be poured out upon them [than the 1831 endowment]"). |
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{{IndexClaimItemShort | {{IndexClaimItemShort | ||
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then under construction. | then under construction. | ||
|authorsources=<br> | |authorsources=<br> | ||
| − | # | + | #Construction began in June 1833 {{Harv|Remini|2002|p=115}}, not long before the first attack on the Missouri Saints. |
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Zion's Camp was a major failure | Zion's Camp was a major failure | ||
|authorsources=<br> | |authorsources=<br> | ||
| − | # | + | #{{Harvtxt|Brodie|1971|p=159}} (describing it as Smith's "second major failure"). |
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that stunned Smith for months | that stunned Smith for months | ||
|authorsources=<br> | |authorsources=<br> | ||
| − | # | + | #{{Harvtxt|Bushman|2005|p=328}} (Smith was "stunned for months, scarcely knowing what to do."). |
|authorsources=<br> | |authorsources=<br> | ||
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*{{WikipediaCITE}}The cited source (Bushman, p. 322) does not contain the phrase "stunned for months, scarcely knowing what to do." This sounds more like Brodie. | *{{WikipediaCITE}}The cited source (Bushman, p. 322) does not contain the phrase "stunned for months, scarcely knowing what to do." This sounds more like Brodie. | ||
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and resulted in a crisis in Kirtland. | and resulted in a crisis in Kirtland. | ||
|authorsources=<br> | |authorsources=<br> | ||
| − | # | + | #{{Harvtxt|Brodie|1971|p=160}}; {{Harvtxt|Quinn|1994|p=87}} (noting that in October 1834, Smith only gathered two votes in his failed election as Kirtland's [[coroner]]). |
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{{IndexClaimItemShort | {{IndexClaimItemShort | ||
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But Zion's Camp also led to a transformation in Mormon leadership and culture. | But Zion's Camp also led to a transformation in Mormon leadership and culture. | ||
|authorsources=<br> | |authorsources=<br> | ||
| − | # | + | #{{Harvtxt|Quinn|1994|p=85}}. |
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Just before Zion's Camp left Kirtland, Smith disbanded the United Order | Just before Zion's Camp left Kirtland, Smith disbanded the United Order | ||
|authorsources=<br> | |authorsources=<br> | ||
| − | # | + | #{{Harvtxt|Brodie|1971|p=141}} ("In the Missouri debacle Joseph now saw a chance to erase the whole economic experiment—which in Kirtland had never yielded anything but trouble."). |
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*It is only Brodie's opinion that Joseph saw Missouri as "a chance to erase the whole economic experiment." | *It is only Brodie's opinion that Joseph saw Missouri as "a chance to erase the whole economic experiment." | ||
*{{SeeCriticalWork|author=Fawn Brodie|work=No Man Knows My History: The Life of Joseph Smith}} | *{{SeeCriticalWork|author=Fawn Brodie|work=No Man Knows My History: The Life of Joseph Smith}} | ||
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and changed the name of the church to "Church of Latter Day Saints." | and changed the name of the church to "Church of Latter Day Saints." | ||
|authorsources=<br> | |authorsources=<br> | ||
| − | # | + | #{{Harvtxt|Brodie|1971|pp=147–48}}. |
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*{{Detail|Name of the Church}} | *{{Detail|Name of the Church}} | ||
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After the Camp returned, Smith drew heavily from its participants to establish five governing bodies in the church, all of equal authority to check one another. | After the Camp returned, Smith drew heavily from its participants to establish five governing bodies in the church, all of equal authority to check one another. | ||
|authorsources=<br> | |authorsources=<br> | ||
| − | # | + | #{{Harvtxt|Brodie|1971|p=161}} (The five equal councils were "the [[First Presidency|presidency]], the [[Apostle (Latter Day Saints)|apostles]], the [[Seventy (Latter Day Saints)|seventies]], and the two [[Presiding High Council|high councils]] of Kirtland and Missouri"). |
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*{{WikipediaCorrect}} | *{{WikipediaCorrect}} | ||
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He also produced fewer revelations, relying more heavily on the authority of his own teaching, | He also produced fewer revelations, relying more heavily on the authority of his own teaching, | ||
|authorsources=<br> | |authorsources=<br> | ||
| − | # | + | #{{Harvtxt|Brodie|1971|pp=159–60}} (comparing only 13 or so revelations after July 1834, several of them trivial, to the over 100 in the five years previous); {{Harvtxt|Bushman|2005|pp=322, 419}}. |
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*{{WikipediaCorrect}} | *{{WikipediaCorrect}} | ||
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and he altered and expanded many of the previous revelations to reflect recent changes in theology and practice, publishing them as the ''[[Doctrine and Covenants]]''. | and he altered and expanded many of the previous revelations to reflect recent changes in theology and practice, publishing them as the ''[[Doctrine and Covenants]]''. | ||
|authorsources=<br> | |authorsources=<br> | ||
| − | # | + | #{{Harvtxt|Quinn|1994|pp=5–6, 9, 15–17, 26, 30, 33, 35, 38–42, 49, 70–71, 88, 198}}; {{Harvtxt|Brodie|1971|p=141}} (Smith "began to efface the communistic rubric of his young theology"). |
|authorsources=<br> | |authorsources=<br> | ||
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}} | }} | ||
*{{Detail|Doctrine and Covenants/Textual changes}} | *{{Detail|Doctrine and Covenants/Textual changes}} | ||
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Smith also claimed to translate, from Egyptian papyri he had purchased from a traveling exhibitor, a text he later published as the ''[[Book of Abraham]]''. | Smith also claimed to translate, from Egyptian papyri he had purchased from a traveling exhibitor, a text he later published as the ''[[Book of Abraham]]''. | ||
|authorsources=<br> | |authorsources=<br> | ||
| − | # | + | #{{Harvtxt|Brodie|1971|pp=170–75}}. |
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*{{Detail|Book of Abraham}} | *{{Detail|Book of Abraham}} | ||
*{{Detail|Book of Abraham/Joseph Smith Papyri}} | *{{Detail|Book of Abraham/Joseph Smith Papyri}} | ||
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The Saints built the [[Kirtland Temple]] at great cost, | The Saints built the [[Kirtland Temple]] at great cost, | ||
|authorsources=<br> | |authorsources=<br> | ||
| − | # | + | #{{Harvtxt|Remini|2002|p=116}} ("The ultimate cost came to approximately $50,000, an enormous sum for a people struggling to stay alive."). |
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*{{WikipediaCorrect}} | *{{WikipediaCorrect}} | ||
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and at the temple's dedication in March 1836, they participated in the prophesied [[endowment (Latter Day Saints)|endowment]], a scene of visions, angelic visitations, prophesying, [[glossolalia|speaking and singing in tongues]], and other spiritual experiences. | and at the temple's dedication in March 1836, they participated in the prophesied [[endowment (Latter Day Saints)|endowment]], a scene of visions, angelic visitations, prophesying, [[glossolalia|speaking and singing in tongues]], and other spiritual experiences. | ||
|authorsources=<br> | |authorsources=<br> | ||
| − | # | + | #{{Harv|Bushman|2005|pp=310–19}}; {{Harv|Brodie|1971|p=178}} ("Five years before...[Joseph] had found a spontaneous orgiastic revival in full progress and had ruthlessly stamped it out. Now he was intoxicating his followers with the same frenzy he had once so vigorously denounced.") |
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*{{WikipediaCorrect}} | *{{WikipediaCorrect}} | ||
*{{SeeCriticalWork|author=Fawn Brodie|work=No Man Knows My History: The Life of Joseph Smith}} | *{{SeeCriticalWork|author=Fawn Brodie|work=No Man Knows My History: The Life of Joseph Smith}} | ||
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The period from 1834–1837 was one of relative peace for Joseph Smith. | The period from 1834–1837 was one of relative peace for Joseph Smith. | ||
|authorsources=<br> | |authorsources=<br> | ||
| − | # | + | #{{Harvtxt|Brodie|1971|pp=165–66}}. |
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Nevertheless, after the dedication of the Kirtland temple in late 1837, "Smith's life descended into a tangle of intrigue and conflict" | Nevertheless, after the dedication of the Kirtland temple in late 1837, "Smith's life descended into a tangle of intrigue and conflict" | ||
|authorsources=<br> | |authorsources=<br> | ||
| − | # | + | #{{Harv|Bushman|2005|p=322}}. |
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*{{WikipediaCorrect}} | *{{WikipediaCorrect}} | ||
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and a series of internal disputes led to the collapse of the Kirtland Mormon community. | and a series of internal disputes led to the collapse of the Kirtland Mormon community. | ||
|authorsources=<br> | |authorsources=<br> | ||
| − | # | + | #{{Harvtxt|Brooke|1994|p=221}} ("Ultimately, the rituals and visions dedicating the Kirtland temple were not sufficient to hold the church together in the face of a mounting series of internal disputes," citing the failure of Zion's camp, the Alger "affair," and new theological innovations). |
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{{IndexClaimItemShort | {{IndexClaimItemShort | ||
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Although the church had publicly repudiated [[polygamy]], | Although the church had publicly repudiated [[polygamy]], | ||
|authorsources=<br> | |authorsources=<br> | ||
| − | # | + | #{{Harvtxt|Hill|1977|pp=340–41}} (noting that Smith confided to [[Brigham Young]] in Kirtland that "if I were to reveal to this people what the Lord has revealed to me, there is not a man or a woman that would stay with me."). |
|authorsources=<br> | |authorsources=<br> | ||
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}} | }} | ||
*{{Detail|Joseph Smith/Polygamy}} | *{{Detail|Joseph Smith/Polygamy}} | ||
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behind the scenes there was a rift between Smith and Oliver Cowdery over the issue. | behind the scenes there was a rift between Smith and Oliver Cowdery over the issue. | ||
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| − | # | + | #{{Harvtxt|Bushman|2005|pp=323–25}}; {{Harvtxt|Hill|1977|p=188}} (noting that [[Benjamin F. Johnson]] "realized later that Joseph's polygamy was one cause of disruption and apostasy in Kirtland, although it was rarely discussed in public."). |
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Smith had by some accounts been teaching a [[Mormonism and polygamy|polygamy doctrine]] as early as 1831. | Smith had by some accounts been teaching a [[Mormonism and polygamy|polygamy doctrine]] as early as 1831. | ||
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| − | # | + | #{{Harvtxt|Compton|1997|p=27}}; {{Harvtxt|Bushman|2005|p=326}}; {{Harvtxt|Hill|1977|p=340}}. |
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Sometime between 1833 and 1836, Smith engaged in a furtive relationship with his adolescent serving girl [[Fanny Alger]]. | Sometime between 1833 and 1836, Smith engaged in a furtive relationship with his adolescent serving girl [[Fanny Alger]]. | ||
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| − | # | + | #{{Harvtxt|Bushman|2005|p=323}} (noting that Alger was fourteen in 1830 when she met Smith, and her involvement with Smith was between that date and 1836, and suggesting that the relationship began as early as 1831). {{Harvtxt|Compton|1997|p=26}}; {{Harvtxt|Bushman|2005|p=326}} (noting Compton's date and conclusion) |
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*{{Detail|Joseph Smith/Polygamy/Plural wives/Fanny Alger}} | *{{Detail|Joseph Smith/Polygamy/Plural wives/Fanny Alger}} | ||
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Although Cowdery claimed the relationship was a "filthy affair," | Although Cowdery claimed the relationship was a "filthy affair," | ||
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| − | # | + | #{{Harvtxt|Brodie|1971|pp=181–82}}; {{Harvtxt|Bushman|2005|pp=323–25}}; {{Harvtxt|Smith|2008|pp=38–39 n.81}} (questioning whether Smith and Alger were actually married; "a dirty, nasty, filthy affair,"). |
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*{{Detail|Joseph Smith/Polygamy/Plural wives/Fanny Alger}} | *{{Detail|Joseph Smith/Polygamy/Plural wives/Fanny Alger}} | ||
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Smith insisted the relationship was not adulterous, presumably because he had taken Alger as a plural wife. | Smith insisted the relationship was not adulterous, presumably because he had taken Alger as a plural wife. | ||
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| − | # | + | #{{Harvtxt|Bushman|2005|p=325}}: Smith "wanted it on record that he had never confessed to such a sin. Presumably, he felt innocent because he had married Alger." |
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On his part, Joseph never denied a relationship with Alger, but insisted it was not adulterous. He wanted it on record that he had never confessed to such a sin. Presumably, he felt innocent because he had married Alger." | On his part, Joseph never denied a relationship with Alger, but insisted it was not adulterous. He wanted it on record that he had never confessed to such a sin. Presumably, he felt innocent because he had married Alger." | ||
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Cowdery, who was in the process of leaving the church, | Cowdery, who was in the process of leaving the church, | ||
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| − | # | + | #{{Harvtxt|Bushman|2005|pp=323–25}} ("In the contemporaneous documents, only one person, Cowdery, believed that Joseph had had an affair with Fanny Alger. Others may have heard the rumors, but none joined Cowdery in making accusations. David Patten, who made inquiries in Kirtland, concluded the rumors were untrue. No one proposed to put Joseph on trial for adultery. Only Cowdery, who was leaving the Church, asserted Joseph's involvement.") |
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was eventually charged with [[slander]] and expelled from the church. | was eventually charged with [[slander]] and expelled from the church. | ||
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| − | # | + | #{{Harvtxt|Bushman|2005|p=324}}: "In 1838, [Cowdery] was charged with 'seeking to destroy the character of President Joseph Smith jr by falsly insinuating that he was guilty of adultry &c.' Fanny Alger's name was never mentioned, but doubtless she was the women in question." |
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*Bushman cites ''Far West Record'', 163 (Apr. 12, 1838) | *Bushman cites ''Far West Record'', 163 (Apr. 12, 1838) | ||
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Emma Smith "suspected a relationship and threw Fanny out of the house." | Emma Smith "suspected a relationship and threw Fanny out of the house." | ||
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*{{Detail|Joseph Smith/Polygamy/Plural wives/Fanny Alger}} | *{{Detail|Joseph Smith/Polygamy/Plural wives/Fanny Alger}} | ||
*{{Detail|Criticism of Mormonism/Books/Mormon America: The Power and the Promise}} for an overview of the Ostlings' book. | *{{Detail|Criticism of Mormonism/Books/Mormon America: The Power and the Promise}} for an overview of the Ostlings' book. | ||
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Building the temple left the church deeply in debt, and Smith was hounded by creditors. | Building the temple left the church deeply in debt, and Smith was hounded by creditors. | ||
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| − | # | + | #{{Harv|Bushman|2005|pp=217, 329}} The temple left a debt of $13,000, and Smith borrowed tens of thousands more to make land purchases and purchase inventory for a merchandise store. By 1837, Smith had run up a debt of over $100,000. |
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| − | *According to the cited source, the remaining debt on the temple was $13,000, and "Joseph opened a merchandise store, but the venture called for still more capital. The month after he returned from Salem, he borrowed $11,000 for land purchases and store inventory. John Corrill heard the store inventory eventually cost between $80,000 and $90,000. The borrowing went on through 1837 until Joseph had run up debts of over $100,000 | + | *According to the cited source, the remaining debt on the temple was $13,000, and "Joseph opened a merchandise store, but the venture called for still more capital. The month after he returned from Salem, he borrowed $11,000 for land purchases and store inventory. John Corrill heard the store inventory eventually cost between $80,000 and $90,000. The borrowing went on through 1837 until Joseph had run up debts of over $100,000" (Bushman, p. 329), |
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After Smith heard about treasure supposedly hidden in [[Salem, Massachusetts]], he traveled there and received a revelation that God had "much treasure in this city." | After Smith heard about treasure supposedly hidden in [[Salem, Massachusetts]], he traveled there and received a revelation that God had "much treasure in this city." | ||
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| − | # | + | #{{Harvtxt|Quinn|1998|pp=261–64}}; {{Harvtxt|Brodie|1971|p=192}}; {{Harvtxt|Bushman|2005|p=328}}. |
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*{{Detail|Joseph Smith/Money digging/"Treasure hunting" trip to Salem}} | *{{Detail|Joseph Smith/Money digging/"Treasure hunting" trip to Salem}} | ||
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After a month, he returned empty-handed. | After a month, he returned empty-handed. | ||
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Smith then turned to [[wildcat banking]], establishing the [[Kirtland Safety Society]] in January 1837, which issued [[bank note]]s [[financial capital|capitalized]] in part by [[real estate]]. | Smith then turned to [[wildcat banking]], establishing the [[Kirtland Safety Society]] in January 1837, which issued [[bank note]]s [[financial capital|capitalized]] in part by [[real estate]]. | ||
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*Bushman p. 328: It should be noted that Bushman states that in addition to the capital, that "[t]he rest of the issue was secured by land. In actuality, the Safety Society was a partial 'land bank,' a device New Englanders had once resorted to in their cash-poor, land-rich society." | *Bushman p. 328: It should be noted that Bushman states that in addition to the capital, that "[t]he rest of the issue was secured by land. In actuality, the Safety Society was a partial 'land bank,' a device New Englanders had once resorted to in their cash-poor, land-rich society." | ||
*{{Detail|Kirtland Safety Society}} | *{{Detail|Kirtland Safety Society}} | ||
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Smith invested heavily in the notes | Smith invested heavily in the notes | ||
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| − | # | + | #{{Harvtxt|Bushman|2005|p=328}} (Smith "had bought more stock than eighty-five percent of the investors."). |
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and encouraged the Saints to buy them as a religious duty. | and encouraged the Saints to buy them as a religious duty. | ||
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The bank failed within a month. | The bank failed within a month. | ||
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| − | # | + | #{{Harvtxt|Bushman|2005|p=330}} (noting that business started on 2 January 1837, business was floundering within three weeks, and payment stopped on 23 January 1837). |
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As a result, the Kirtland Saints suffered intense pressure from debt collectors and severe price volatility. | As a result, the Kirtland Saints suffered intense pressure from debt collectors and severe price volatility. | ||
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Smith was held responsible for the failure, and there were widespread defections from the church, | Smith was held responsible for the failure, and there were widespread defections from the church, | ||
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| − | # | + | #{{Harvtxt|Bushman|2005|pp=332, 336–38}}. [[Richard Bushman]] notes that [[Heber C. Kimball]] claimed that in June 1837, not more than 20 men in Kirtland believed Smith was a prophet, but argues that this was an exaggeration, and that there were still "hundreds and probably thousands of loyal followers" during this time {{Harv|Bushman|2005|p=332}}. |
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including many of Smith's closest advisers. | including many of Smith's closest advisers. | ||
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| − | # | + | #The fallout included an unseemly row in the temple where guns and knives were drawn {{Harv|Bushman|2005|p=339}}. When a leading apostle, [[David W. Patten]], raised insulting questions, Smith slapped him in the face and kicked him into the yard {{Harv|Bushman|2005|pp=332, 337, 339}}. Even stalwarts [[Parley P. Pratt]] and [[Orson Pratt]] left the church for a few months {{Harv|Bushman|2005|p=332}}. |
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*{{WikipediaMissingRef}}Bushman states the following on page 626, note 42: "Milton Backman notes that none of the bank's largest shareholders and only eight percent of all shareholders left the Church. (Backman, "Kirtland Temple," 221.) | *{{WikipediaMissingRef}}Bushman states the following on page 626, note 42: "Milton Backman notes that none of the bank's largest shareholders and only eight percent of all shareholders left the Church. (Backman, "Kirtland Temple," 221.) | ||
*From Bushman, "David Patten, a leading apostle, raised so many insulting questions Joseph 'slap[p]ed him in the face & kicked him out of the yard.'" | *From Bushman, "David Patten, a leading apostle, raised so many insulting questions Joseph 'slap[p]ed him in the face & kicked him out of the yard.'" | ||
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After a warrant was issued for Smith's arrest on a charge of banking fraud, Smith and Rigdon fled Kirtland for Missouri on the night of January 12, 1838. | After a warrant was issued for Smith's arrest on a charge of banking fraud, Smith and Rigdon fled Kirtland for Missouri on the night of January 12, 1838. | ||
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*Bushman states, "Joseph and Rigdon left Kirtland in the night on January 12, 1838. The lawsuits were building up, and apostates were feared to be plotting more desperate measures. Joseph claimed that armed men—whether Mormons or irate creditors, he did not say—pursued them for two hundred miles from Kirtland." (Bushman, p. 340) | *Bushman states, "Joseph and Rigdon left Kirtland in the night on January 12, 1838. The lawsuits were building up, and apostates were feared to be plotting more desperate measures. Joseph claimed that armed men—whether Mormons or irate creditors, he did not say—pursued them for two hundred miles from Kirtland." (Bushman, p. 340) | ||
*{{SeeCriticalWork|author=Fawn Brodie|work=No Man Knows My History: The Life of Joseph Smith}} | *{{SeeCriticalWork|author=Fawn Brodie|work=No Man Knows My History: The Life of Joseph Smith}} | ||
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An analysis of Wikipedia article "Joseph Smith"
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Reviews of previous revisions of this section
19 May 2009
Summary: A review of this section as it appeared in Wikipedia on 19 May 2009.Section review
Life in Ohio (1831–38) Updated 9/3/2011
The author(s) of the Wikipedia article on Joseph Smith[1] make(s) the following claim:
When Smith moved to Kirtland, Ohio in January 1831,Author's sources:
FAIR's Response
- Correct, per cited sources
The author(s) of the Wikipedia article on Joseph Smith[1] make(s) the following claim:
his first taskAuthor's sources:
FAIR's Response
- Correct, per cited sources
The author(s) of the Wikipedia article on Joseph Smith[1] make(s) the following claim:
was to bring the Ohio congregation within his own religious authorityAuthor's sources:
FAIR's Response
- Correct, per cited sources
The author(s) of the Wikipedia article on Joseph Smith[1] make(s) the following claim:
by quashing the new converts' exuberant exhibition of spiritual gifts.Author's sources:
FAIR's Response
- Bushman, p. 151: "Joseph had to restrain the excesses without discouraging spiritual gifts altogether."
- For an analysis of Fawn Brodie's critical work, see A FAIR Analysis of No Man Knows My History: The Life of Joseph Smith.
The author(s) of the Wikipedia article on Joseph Smith[1] make(s) the following claim:
Rigdon's congregation of converts included a prophetess that Smith declared to be of the devil.Author's sources:
FAIR's Response
- Correct, per cited sources
The author(s) of the Wikipedia article on Joseph Smith[1] make(s) the following claim:
Prior to conversion, the congregation had also been practicing a form of Christian communism, and Smith adopted a communal system within his own church, calling it the United Order of Enoch.Author's sources:
FAIR's Response
- It is Brodie's own opinion that Joseph got the idea for the United Order from Sidney Rigdon. Bushman notes that the establishment of the Order "put Joseph Smith's Zion in company with scores of utopians who were bent on moderating economic injustices in these years."
The author(s) of the Wikipedia article on Joseph Smith[1] make(s) the following claim:
At Rigdon's suggestion,Author's sources:
FAIR's Response
- Again, it is only Brodie's opinion that Rigdon suggested the Joseph revise the Bible.
- For an analysis of Fawn Brodie's critical work, see A FAIR Analysis of No Man Knows My History: The Life of Joseph Smith.
The author(s) of the Wikipedia article on Joseph Smith[1] make(s) the following claim:
Smith began a revision of the Bible in April 1831,Author's sources:
FAIR's Response
- For a detailed response, see: Bible/Joseph Smith Translation
The author(s) of the Wikipedia article on Joseph Smith[1] make(s) the following claim:
on which he worked sporadically until its completion in 1833.Author's sources:
FAIR's Response
- Correct, per cited sources
The author(s) of the Wikipedia article on Joseph Smith[1] make(s) the following claim:
Rectifying what Rigdon perceived as a defect in Smith's church,Author's sources:
- Prince (1995) , p. 116.
FAIR's Response
The author(s) of the Wikipedia article on Joseph Smith[1] make(s) the following claim:
Smith promised the church's elders that in Kirtland they would receive an endowment of heavenly power.Author's sources:
FAIR's Response
- Correct, per cited sources
The author(s) of the Wikipedia article on Joseph Smith[1] make(s) the following claim:
Therefore, in the church's June 1831 general conference,Author's sources:
FAIR's Response
- Brodie's source is Ezra Booth. Brodie's note on p.111: :
Booth's detailed account of the conference and the story of his own disillusionment were written in a series of letters to Edward Partridge and published in 1831-2 in the Ohio Start at Ravenna. They were reprinted in E. D. Howe: Mormonism Unvailed.
- Booth claims the following (Mormonism Unvailed, pp. 189-90):
It now became clearly manifest, that "the man of sin was revealed," for the express purpose that the elders should become acquainted with the devices of Satan; and after that they would possess knowledge sufficient to manage him. This, Smith declared to be a miracle, and his success in this case, encouraged him to work other and different miracles. Taking the hand of one of the Elders in his own, a hand which by accident had been rendered defective, he said, "Brother Murdock, I command you in the name of Jesus Christ to straighten your hand; in the mean while endeavoring to accomplish the work by using his own hand to open the hand of the other. The effort proved unsuccessful; but he again articulated the same commandment, in a more authoritative and louder tone of voice; and while uttering with his tongue, his hands were at work; but after all the exertion of his power, both natural and supernatural, the deficient hand returned to its former position, where it still remains. But ill success in this case, did not discourage him from undertaking another. One of the Elders who was decriped in one of his legs, was set upon the floor, and commanded, in the name of Jesus Christ to walk. He walked a step or two, his faith failed, and he was again compelled to have recourse to his former assistant, and he has had occasion to use it ever since.
A dead body. which had been retained above ground two or three days, under the expectation that the dead would be raised, was insensible to the voice of those who commanded it to awake into life, and is destined to sleep in the grave till the last trump shall sound, and the power of God easily accomplishes the work, which frustrated the attempts, and bid defiance to the puny efforts of the Mormonite.
- For an analysis of Fawn Brodie's critical work, see A FAIR Analysis of No Man Knows My History: The Life of Joseph Smith.
The author(s) of the Wikipedia article on Joseph Smith[1] make(s) the following claim:
he introduced the greater authority of a High ("Melchizedek") Priesthood to the church hierarchy.Author's sources:
FAIR's Response
- Correct, per cited sources
The author(s) of the Wikipedia article on Joseph Smith[1] make(s) the following claim:
The church grew as new converts poured into Kirtland.Author's sources:
FAIR's Response
- Correct, per cited sources
The author(s) of the Wikipedia article on Joseph Smith[1] make(s) the following claim:
By the summer of 1835, there were fifteen hundred to two thousand Mormons in the vicinity of KirtlandAuthor's sources:
FAIR's Response
- Correct, per cited sources
The author(s) of the Wikipedia article on Joseph Smith[1] make(s) the following claim:
expecting Smith to lead them shortly to the Millennial kingdom.Author's sources:
- Brodie (1971) , pp. 101–02, 121.
FAIR's Response
The author(s) of the Wikipedia article on Joseph Smith[1] make(s) the following claim:
Though Oliver Cowdery's mission to the Indians was a failure,Author's sources:
FAIR's Response
- For an analysis of Fawn Brodie's critical work, see A FAIR Analysis of No Man Knows My History: The Life of Joseph Smith.
The author(s) of the Wikipedia article on Joseph Smith[1] make(s) the following claim:
he sent word he had found the site for the New Jerusalem in Jackson County, Missouri.Author's sources:
- Brodie (1971) , p. 108.
FAIR's Response
The author(s) of the Wikipedia article on Joseph Smith[1] make(s) the following claim:
After he visited there in July 1831, Smith agreed and pronounced the county's rugged outpostAuthor's sources:
FAIR's Response
- Correct, per cited sources
The author(s) of the Wikipedia article on Joseph Smith[1] make(s) the following claim:
Independence to be the "center place" of Zion.Author's sources:
- Smith (Cowdery) , p. 154.
FAIR's Response
The author(s) of the Wikipedia article on Joseph Smith[1] make(s) the following claim:
Rigdon, however, disapproved of the location, and for most of the 1830s, the church was divided between Ohio and Missouri.Author's sources:
- Brodie (1971) , p. 115.
FAIR's Response
The author(s) of the Wikipedia article on Joseph Smith[1] make(s) the following claim:
Smith continued to live in Ohio but visited Missouri again in early 1832 in order to prevent a rebellion of prominent Saints, including Cowdery, who believed Zion was being neglected.Author's sources:
- Brodie (1971) , pp. 119–22.
FAIR's Response
The author(s) of the Wikipedia article on Joseph Smith[1] make(s) the following claim:
Smith's trip was hastenedAuthor's sources:
FAIR's Response
- Correct, per cited sources
The author(s) of the Wikipedia article on Joseph Smith[1] make(s) the following claim:
by a mob of residents led by former Saints who were incensed over the United Order and Smith's political power.Author's sources:
FAIR's Response
- Correct, per cited sources
The author(s) of the Wikipedia article on Joseph Smith[1] make(s) the following claim:
The mob beat Smith and Rigdon unconscious and tarred and feathered them.Author's sources:
FAIR's Response
- Bushman (p. 179): "The historian Fawn Brodie speculated that one of John Johnson's sons, Eli, meant to punish Joseph for an intimacy with his sister Nancy Marinda, but that hypothesis fell for lack of evidence." The editor cites Bushman, but only includes Brodie's speculation without noting that the her hypothesis was disproven.
- Regarding the story of why Joseph was tarred and feathered, Brodie gets the woman's name wrong—it is "Marinda Nancy," not "Nancy Marinda." The account is further flawed because Marinda has no brother named Eli.
- Van Wagoner in Mormon Polygamy describes the tar and feather incident. Unfortunately, Van Wagoner tucks this information into an endnote, where the reader will be unaware of it unless he checks the sources carefully:
One account related that on 24 March [1832] a mob of men pulled Smith from his bed, beat him, and then covered him with a coat of tar and feathers. Eli Johnson, who allegedly participated in the attack "because he suspected Joseph of being intimate with his sister, Nancy Marinda Johnson, … was screaming for Joseph's castration." There is more to the story than this, however—much more. Van Wagoner even indicates that it is "unlikely" that "an incident between Smith and Nancy Johnson precipitated the mobbing."
- Todd Compton casts further doubt on this episode. He notes that Van Wagoner's source is Fawn Brodie, and Brodie's source is from 1884—quite late. Clark Braden, the source, also got his information second-hand, and is clearly antagonistic, since he is a member of the Church of Christ, the “Disciples,” seeking to attack the Reorganized (RLDS) Church.
- For a detailed response, see: Marinda Nancy Johnson
- For an analysis of Fawn Brodie's critical work, see A FAIR Analysis of No Man Knows My History: The Life of Joseph Smith.
The author(s) of the Wikipedia article on Joseph Smith[1] make(s) the following claim:
The old Jackson Countians resented the Mormon newcomers for various political and religious reasons.Author's sources:
- These reasons included the settlers' understanding that the Saints' intended to appropriate their property and establish a Millennial political kingdom (Brodie (1971) , pp. 130–31; Remini (2002) , pp. 114), the Saints' friendliness with the Indians (Brodie (1971) , p. 130); Remini (2002) , pp. 114–15), the Saints' perceived religious blasphemy Remini (2002) , p. 114, and especially the belief that the Saints were abolitionists (Brodie (1971) , pp. 131–33; Remini (2002) , pp. 113–14).
FAIR's Response
The author(s) of the Wikipedia article on Joseph Smith[1] make(s) the following claim:
Mob attacks began in July 1833,Author's sources:
FAIR's Response
- Correct, per cited sources
The author(s) of the Wikipedia article on Joseph Smith[1] make(s) the following claim:
but Smith advised the Mormons to patiently bear themAuthor's sources:
FAIR's Response
- Correct, per cited sources
The author(s) of the Wikipedia article on Joseph Smith[1] make(s) the following claim:
until a fourth attack, which would permit vengeance to be taken.Author's sources:
- Quinn (1994) , pp. 82–83 (Smith's August 1833 revelation said that after the fourth attack, "the Saints were "justified" by God in violence against any attack by any enemy "until they had avenged themselves on all their enemies, to the third and fourth generation.," citing Smith (Cowdery) , p. 218).
FAIR's Response
The author(s) of the Wikipedia article on Joseph Smith[1] make(s) the following claim:
Nevertheless, once they began to defend themselves,Author's sources:
- Quinn (1994) , pp. 83–84 (after the fourth attack on 2 November 1833, Saints began fighting back, leading to the Battle of Blue River on 4 November 1833).
FAIR's Response
The author(s) of the Wikipedia article on Joseph Smith[1] make(s) the following claim:
the Mormons were brutally expelled from the county.Author's sources:
FAIR's Response
- Correct, per cited sources
The author(s) of the Wikipedia article on Joseph Smith[1] make(s) the following claim:
Under authority of revelations directing Smith to lead the church like a modern Moses to redeem Zion by powerAuthor's sources:
FAIR's Response
- Correct, per cited sources
The author(s) of the Wikipedia article on Joseph Smith[1] make(s) the following claim:
and avenge God's enemies,Author's sources:
FAIR's Response
- Correct, per cited sources
The author(s) of the Wikipedia article on Joseph Smith[1] make(s) the following claim:
he led to Missouri a paramilitary expedition, later called Zion's Camp.Author's sources:
FAIR's Response
- Correct, per cited sources
The author(s) of the Wikipedia article on Joseph Smith[1] make(s) the following claim:
When the camp found itself outnumbered, Smith retreated and produced a revelation explaining that the church was unworthy to redeem Zion in part because of the failure of the recently disbandedAuthor's sources:
- Brodie (1971) , p. 141.
FAIR's Response
The author(s) of the Wikipedia article on Joseph Smith[1] make(s) the following claim:
United Order.Author's sources:
- Roberts (1904) , p. 108 (quoting text of revelation); Hill (1989) , pp. 44–45 (noting that in addition to failure to unite under the celestial order, God was displeased the church had failed to make Zion's army sufficiently strong).
FAIR's Response
The author(s) of the Wikipedia article on Joseph Smith[1] make(s) the following claim:
Redemption of Zion would have to wait until after the elders of the church could receive another endowment of heavenly power,Author's sources:
- Brodie (1971) , pp. 156–57; Roberts (1904) , p. 109 (text of revelation).
FAIR's Response
The author(s) of the Wikipedia article on Joseph Smith[1] make(s) the following claim:
this time in the Kirtland TempleAuthor's sources:
- Smith (Cowdery) , p. 233 (Kirtland Temple "design[ed] to endow those whom [God] ha[s] chosen with power on high"); Prince (1995) , p. 32 & n.104 (quoting revelation dated 12 June 1834 (Kirtland Revelation Book pp. 97–100) stating that the redemption of Zion "cannot be brought to pass until mine elders are endowed with power from on high; for, behold, I have prepared a greater endowment and blessing to be poured out upon them [than the 1831 endowment]").
FAIR's Response
The author(s) of the Wikipedia article on Joseph Smith[1] make(s) the following claim:
then under construction.Author's sources:
- Construction began in June 1833 Remini (2002) , p. 115, not long before the first attack on the Missouri Saints.
FAIR's Response
The author(s) of the Wikipedia article on Joseph Smith[1] make(s) the following claim:
Zion's Camp was a major failureAuthor's sources:
FAIR's Response
- Bushman states,
Was Zion's Camp a catastrophe? Perhaps, but it was not the unmitigated disaster that it appears to be. Most camp members felt more loyal to Joseph than ever, bonded by their hardships. The future leadership of the Church came from this group. Nine of the Church's original Twelve Apostles, all seven presidents of the Seventy, and sixty-three other members of the seventy marched in Zion's Camp. (Bushman, p. 247)
- For an analysis of Fawn Brodie's critical work, see A FAIR Analysis of No Man Knows My History: The Life of Joseph Smith.
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The author(s) of the Wikipedia article on Joseph Smith[1] make(s) the following claim:
that stunned Smith for monthsAuthor's sources:
FAIR's Response
- Violates Wikipedia: Citing sources off-site— There is either no citation to support the statement or the citation given is incorrect.
The cited source (Bushman, p. 322) does not contain the phrase "stunned for months, scarcely knowing what to do." This sounds more like Brodie.
The author(s) of the Wikipedia article on Joseph Smith[1] make(s) the following claim:
and resulted in a crisis in Kirtland.Author's sources:
- Brodie (1971) , p. 160; Quinn (1994) , p. 87 (noting that in October 1834, Smith only gathered two votes in his failed election as Kirtland's coroner).
FAIR's Response
The author(s) of the Wikipedia article on Joseph Smith[1] make(s) the following claim:
But Zion's Camp also led to a transformation in Mormon leadership and culture.Author's sources:
- Quinn (1994) , p. 85.
FAIR's Response
The author(s) of the Wikipedia article on Joseph Smith[1] make(s) the following claim:
Just before Zion's Camp left Kirtland, Smith disbanded the United OrderAuthor's sources:
FAIR's Response
- It is only Brodie's opinion that Joseph saw Missouri as "a chance to erase the whole economic experiment."
- For an analysis of Fawn Brodie's critical work, see A FAIR Analysis of No Man Knows My History: The Life of Joseph Smith.
The author(s) of the Wikipedia article on Joseph Smith[1] make(s) the following claim:
and changed the name of the church to "Church of Latter Day Saints."Author's sources:
FAIR's Response
- For a detailed response, see: Name of the Church
The author(s) of the Wikipedia article on Joseph Smith[1] make(s) the following claim:
After the Camp returned, Smith drew heavily from its participants to establish five governing bodies in the church, all of equal authority to check one another.Author's sources:
FAIR's Response
- Correct, per cited sources
The author(s) of the Wikipedia article on Joseph Smith[1] make(s) the following claim:
He also produced fewer revelations, relying more heavily on the authority of his own teaching,Author's sources:
FAIR's Response
- Correct, per cited sources
The author(s) of the Wikipedia article on Joseph Smith[1] make(s) the following claim:
and he altered and expanded many of the previous revelations to reflect recent changes in theology and practice, publishing them as the Doctrine and Covenants.Author's sources:
FAIR's Response
- For a detailed response, see: Doctrine and Covenants/Textual changes
The author(s) of the Wikipedia article on Joseph Smith[1] make(s) the following claim:
Smith also claimed to translate, from Egyptian papyri he had purchased from a traveling exhibitor, a text he later published as the Book of Abraham.Author's sources:
FAIR's Response
- For a detailed response, see: Book of Abraham
- For a detailed response, see: Book of Abraham/Joseph Smith Papyri
The author(s) of the Wikipedia article on Joseph Smith[1] make(s) the following claim:
The Saints built the Kirtland Temple at great cost,Author's sources:
FAIR's Response
- Correct, per cited sources
The author(s) of the Wikipedia article on Joseph Smith[1] make(s) the following claim:
and at the temple's dedication in March 1836, they participated in the prophesied endowment, a scene of visions, angelic visitations, prophesying, speaking and singing in tongues, and other spiritual experiences.Author's sources:
FAIR's Response
- Correct, per cited sources
- For an analysis of Fawn Brodie's critical work, see A FAIR Analysis of No Man Knows My History: The Life of Joseph Smith.
The author(s) of the Wikipedia article on Joseph Smith[1] make(s) the following claim:
The period from 1834–1837 was one of relative peace for Joseph Smith.Author's sources:
FAIR's Response
- Correct, per cited sources
The author(s) of the Wikipedia article on Joseph Smith[1] make(s) the following claim:
Nevertheless, after the dedication of the Kirtland temple in late 1837, "Smith's life descended into a tangle of intrigue and conflict"Author's sources:
FAIR's Response
- Correct, per cited sources
The author(s) of the Wikipedia article on Joseph Smith[1] make(s) the following claim:
and a series of internal disputes led to the collapse of the Kirtland Mormon community.Author's sources:
FAIR's Response
The author(s) of the Wikipedia article on Joseph Smith[1] make(s) the following claim:
Although the church had publicly repudiated polygamy,Author's sources:
FAIR's Response
- For a detailed response, see: Joseph Smith/Polygamy
The author(s) of the Wikipedia article on Joseph Smith[1] make(s) the following claim:
behind the scenes there was a rift between Smith and Oliver Cowdery over the issue.Author's sources:
FAIR's Response
- Correct, per cited sources
The author(s) of the Wikipedia article on Joseph Smith[1] make(s) the following claim:
Smith had by some accounts been teaching a polygamy doctrine as early as 1831.Author's sources:
FAIR's Response
- Correct, per cited sources
- For a detailed response, see: Joseph Smith/Polygamy
The author(s) of the Wikipedia article on Joseph Smith[1] make(s) the following claim:
Sometime between 1833 and 1836, Smith engaged in a furtive relationship with his adolescent serving girl Fanny Alger.Author's sources:
FAIR's Response
- For a detailed response, see: Joseph Smith/Polygamy/Plural wives/Fanny Alger
The author(s) of the Wikipedia article on Joseph Smith[1] make(s) the following claim:
Although Cowdery claimed the relationship was a "filthy affair,"Author's sources:
FAIR's Response
- Correct, per cited sources
- For a detailed response, see: Joseph Smith/Polygamy/Plural wives/Fanny Alger
The author(s) of the Wikipedia article on Joseph Smith[1] make(s) the following claim:
Smith insisted the relationship was not adulterous, presumably because he had taken Alger as a plural wife.Author's sources:
FAIR's Response
- Correct, per cited sources
- Bushman notes,
On his part, Joseph never denied a relationship with Alger, but insisted it was not adulterous. He wanted it on record that he had never confessed to such a sin. Presumably, he felt innocent because he had married Alger."
The author(s) of the Wikipedia article on Joseph Smith[1] make(s) the following claim:
Cowdery, who was in the process of leaving the church,Author's sources:
FAIR's Response
- Correct, per cited sources
The author(s) of the Wikipedia article on Joseph Smith[1] make(s) the following claim:
was eventually charged with slander and expelled from the church.Author's sources:
FAIR's Response
- Correct, per cited sources
- Bushman cites Far West Record, 163 (Apr. 12, 1838)
The author(s) of the Wikipedia article on Joseph Smith[1] make(s) the following claim:
Emma Smith "suspected a relationship and threw Fanny out of the house."Author's sources:
FAIR's Response
- The Ostlings state,
The comely sixteen-year-old Fanny Alger, a hired girl living with the Smiths in Kirtland, became the prophet's plural wife in 1833 when he was twenty-seven. In a pattern that was to be repeated several times, Emma suspected a relationship and threw Fanny out of her house.
- The Ostlings do not provide precise endnotes for the reference. In the endnotes on page 405 for the related chapter, they cite "Early Mormon polygamy and Emma's reaction to the principle: Linda King Newell and Valeen Tippetts Avery, Mormon Enigma: Emma Hale Smith: Prophet's Wife, "Elect Lady," Polygamy's Foe, p. 64.
- For a detailed response, see: Joseph Smith/Polygamy/Plural wives/Fanny Alger
- For a detailed response, see: Criticism of Mormonism/Books/Mormon America: The Power and the Promise for an overview of the Ostlings' book.
The author(s) of the Wikipedia article on Joseph Smith[1] make(s) the following claim:
Building the temple left the church deeply in debt, and Smith was hounded by creditors.Author's sources:
FAIR's Response
- According to the cited source, the remaining debt on the temple was $13,000, and "Joseph opened a merchandise store, but the venture called for still more capital. The month after he returned from Salem, he borrowed $11,000 for land purchases and store inventory. John Corrill heard the store inventory eventually cost between $80,000 and $90,000. The borrowing went on through 1837 until Joseph had run up debts of over $100,000" (Bushman, p. 329),
The author(s) of the Wikipedia article on Joseph Smith[1] make(s) the following claim:
After Smith heard about treasure supposedly hidden in Salem, Massachusetts, he traveled there and received a revelation that God had "much treasure in this city."Author's sources:
FAIR's Response
- For a detailed response, see: Joseph Smith/Money digging/"Treasure hunting" trip to Salem
The author(s) of the Wikipedia article on Joseph Smith[1] make(s) the following claim:
After a month, he returned empty-handed.Author's sources:
FAIR's Response
- For a detailed response, see: Joseph Smith/Money digging/"Treasure hunting" trip to Salem
The author(s) of the Wikipedia article on Joseph Smith[1] make(s) the following claim:
Smith then turned to wildcat banking, establishing the Kirtland Safety Society in January 1837, which issued bank notes capitalized in part by real estate.Author's sources:
FAIR's Response
- Bushman p. 328: It should be noted that Bushman states that in addition to the capital, that "[t]he rest of the issue was secured by land. In actuality, the Safety Society was a partial 'land bank,' a device New Englanders had once resorted to in their cash-poor, land-rich society."
- For a detailed response, see: Kirtland Safety Society
The author(s) of the Wikipedia article on Joseph Smith[1] make(s) the following claim:
Smith invested heavily in the notesAuthor's sources:
FAIR's Response
- For a detailed response, see: Kirtland Safety Society
The author(s) of the Wikipedia article on Joseph Smith[1] make(s) the following claim:
and encouraged the Saints to buy them as a religious duty.Author's sources:
FAIR's Response
- For a detailed response, see: Kirtland Safety Society
The author(s) of the Wikipedia article on Joseph Smith[1] make(s) the following claim:
The bank failed within a month.Author's sources:
FAIR's Response
- Correct, per cited sources
The author(s) of the Wikipedia article on Joseph Smith[1] make(s) the following claim:
As a result, the Kirtland Saints suffered intense pressure from debt collectors and severe price volatility.Author's sources:
FAIR's Response
- Correct, per cited sources
The author(s) of the Wikipedia article on Joseph Smith[1] make(s) the following claim:
Smith was held responsible for the failure, and there were widespread defections from the church,Author's sources:
FAIR's Response
- Correct, per cited sources
The author(s) of the Wikipedia article on Joseph Smith[1] make(s) the following claim:
including many of Smith's closest advisers.Author's sources:
FAIR's Response
- References not included in the Wikipedia article
Bushman states the following on page 626, note 42: "Milton Backman notes that none of the bank's largest shareholders and only eight percent of all shareholders left the Church. (Backman, "Kirtland Temple," 221.) - From Bushman, "David Patten, a leading apostle, raised so many insulting questions Joseph 'slap[p]ed him in the face & kicked him out of the yard.'"
The author(s) of the Wikipedia article on Joseph Smith[1] make(s) the following claim:
After a warrant was issued for Smith's arrest on a charge of banking fraud, Smith and Rigdon fled Kirtland for Missouri on the night of January 12, 1838.Author's sources:
FAIR's Response
- Bushman states, "Joseph and Rigdon left Kirtland in the night on January 12, 1838. The lawsuits were building up, and apostates were feared to be plotting more desperate measures. Joseph claimed that armed men—whether Mormons or irate creditors, he did not say—pursued them for two hundred miles from Kirtland." (Bushman, p. 340)
- For an analysis of Fawn Brodie's critical work, see A FAIR Analysis of No Man Knows My History: The Life of Joseph Smith.
Notes
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