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These are texts of relevance to Church history and apologetics.  They are not all "endorsed" by FAIR; they can sometimes be important for understanding where an issue or discussion has come from, however.
 
These are texts of relevance to Church history and apologetics.  They are not all "endorsed" by FAIR; they can sometimes be important for understanding where an issue or discussion has come from, however.
  
==Ancient==
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=== Newspapers and Journals ===
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*[[Improvement Era index]]: Published from 1897 to 1970, the ''Improvement Era'' was the Church's primary magazine and was the precursor to the ''Ensign'' and ''Liahona'' magazines.
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*[https://archive.org/details/EveningAndMorningStar18321834/mode/2up The Evening and the Morning Star (1832–1834)]: This newspaper was the Church's first newspaper and was published in Missouri and then in Kirtland.
|summary=Quotes about human deification from non-LDS Christians
 
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==19th Century==
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*[https://archive.org/details/latterdaysaintsm01unse Latter Day Saints' Messenger and Advocate (1834–1837)]: This newspaper was published in Kirtland, Ohio between October 1834 and September 1837. It was the successor to ''The Evening and the Morning Star'' and the predecessor to the ''Elders' Journal''.
===Newspapers and Journals===
 
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|link=Times and Seasons
 
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|summary=The ''Times and Seasons'' was an early Latter-day Saint newspaper published in Nauvoo, Illinois between November 1839 and February 1846. It was the successor to the ''Elders' Journal''.
 
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|link=Journal_of_Discourses
 
|subject=Journal of Discourses
 
|summary=The ''Journal of Discourses'' consists of 26 volumes of discourses, lessons, and essays largely from early leaders of Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints.
 
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|link=Saint's Herald
 
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|summary=Selected articles from the newspaper of the Reorganized Church of Jesus Christ of Latter Day Saints.
 
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===Other sources===
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*[https://archive.org/details/EldersJournal18371838 Elders' Journal of the Church of Latter Day Saints (1837–1838)]: This newspaper was published in Kirtland, Ohio, and then Far West, Missouri. It was the successor to the ''Latter Day Saints' Messenger and Advocate'' and was eventually replaced by the ''Times and Seasons''.
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|link=Primary sources/Brigham Young
 
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|link=Primary sources/Brigham Young/8 October 1861 discourse on plural marriage
 
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|link=Primary sources/David Whitmer
 
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|link=Primary sources/Joseph Knight
 
|subject=Joseph Knight
 
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|link=Primary sources/Joseph Smith, Jr.
 
|subject=Joseph Smith, Jr.
 
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|link=Primary sources/First Vision accounts
 
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|link=Primary sources/Thomas Kane
 
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|link=Primary sources/Thomas Kane on the decline of Nauvoo
 
|subject=Thomas Kane on the decline of Nauvoo
 
|summary= (after the Saints were driven out)
 
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==20th Century==
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*[https://archive.org/details/TimesAndSeasons18391846 Times and Seasons (1839–1846)]: This newspaper was published in Nauvoo, Illinois between November 1839 and February 1846. It was the successor to the Elders' Journal.
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|link=Boyd K. Packer
 
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|link=Primary sources/Unwritten Order of Things
 
|subject=The Unwritten Order of Things
 
|summary="The Unwritten Order of Things,"  Elder Boyd K. Packer, Marriott Center, 15 October 1996
 
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|link=Primary sources/Bruce R. McConkie
 
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|link=Primary sources/Seven deadly heresies
 
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|summary="Seven Deadly Heresies" by Elder Bruce R. McConkie, Marriott Center, June 1, 1980 fireside
 
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==Miscellaneous==
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*[http://contentdm.lib.byu.edu/cdm4/browse.php?CISOROOT=%2FMStar Latter-day Saints' Millennial Star]: This newspaper was the Church's primary newspaper in Great Britain.
  
 
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|link=Journal_of_Discourses
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|subject=Journal of Discourses
|summary=An index to online publications including the ''Improvement Era''.
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|summary=The ''Journal of Discourses'' consists of 26 volumes of discourses, lessons, and essays largely from early leaders of Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints.
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|link=Evolution#Official_statements_regarding_organic_evolution
 
|subject=Evolution primary sources
 
|summary=official
 
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|link=Primary sources/Evolution
 
|subject=Evolution primary sources
 
|summary=unofficial
 
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|link=Primary sources/Nauvoo_Expositor_Full_Text
 
|subject=Nauvoo Expositor
 
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*[[Image:PreExistenceBibleBarney.pdf|Pre-moral existence and the Bible]] - Kevin L. Barney
 

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Articles about Latter-day Saint history

Primary sources

These are texts of relevance to Church history and apologetics. They are not all "endorsed" by FAIR; they can sometimes be important for understanding where an issue or discussion has come from, however.

Newspapers and Journals

  • Improvement Era index: Published from 1897 to 1970, the Improvement Era was the Church's primary magazine and was the precursor to the Ensign and Liahona magazines.
  • Times and Seasons (1839–1846): This newspaper was published in Nauvoo, Illinois between November 1839 and February 1846. It was the successor to the Elders' Journal.

Journal of Discourses

Summary: The Journal of Discourses consists of 26 volumes of discourses, lessons, and essays largely from early leaders of Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints.