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- ...Church says it was Nephi who appeared to Joseph Smith in 1823 rather than Moroni"== ...du/Presentations/Transcripts/Devotionals/2013_9_24_Christofferson.htm "The Prophet Joseph Smith"] (Footnote 14), Brigham Young University-Idaho Devotional (242 KB (281 words) - 15:44, 13 April 2024
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- |L=Moroni's visit/Angel of Satan |H=Theories that Moroni could have actually been something other than an angel sent by God749 bytes (123 words) - 15:05, 13 April 2024
- ..., true from false ([https://www.lds.org/scriptures/bofm/moro/7.19?lang=eng Moroni 7:19]). ...ook of Mormon, and the revelations that have come through Joseph Smith the Prophet. I have never seen him, and do not know his private character. The doctrine44 KB (7,051 words) - 17:45, 13 April 2024
- {{Epigraph|I am not worried that the Prophet Joseph Smith gave a number of versions of the first vision anymore than I a |L8=Hinckley:Ensign:October 1984:I am not worried that the Prophet Joseph Smith gave a number of versions of the first vision8 KB (1,156 words) - 20:51, 4 May 2024
- ===Willard Chase claimed that Joseph Smith, Sr. told him that Moroni appeared in the form of a toad=== Chase claimed that the Prophet's father told him that certain "magical" practices had to be performed in o1 KB (229 words) - 20:49, 27 April 2024
- |L=Moroni's visit/Nephi or Moroni ...tity of the angel that visited Joseph Smith in 1823 as "Nephi" instead of "Moroni"3 KB (403 words) - 21:31, 26 April 2024
- ;21 September 1823: Joseph receives a visit from Moroni—three that night, and one the next day. He is directed to and sees the p ;22 September 1827: Joseph receives the gold plates from Moroni.<ref>[http://scriptures.lds.org/js_h/1/59#59 Joseph Smith History 1:59].</r9 KB (1,264 words) - 21:33, 9 May 2024
- ...ok of Mormon'', is a reproduction of the fifty third chapter of Isaiah the prophet; and 3 Nephi 13:1–18 copies Matthew 6:1–23. ...uth of Christ when the Savior was allegedly preaching to the Nephites. The prophet overlooked the fact that at the time that Christ was allegedly preaching Hi4 KB (734 words) - 15:58, 13 April 2024
- ...are encouraged to seek after ''all'' good things (A of F 1: 13) because as Moroni 7 tells us, all good things come from God. ...-testament/dc/28.2,7,9-10,12?clang=eng&lang=eng#p1 no one else besides the prophet] who can determine what this prophesy from Nephi might mean for the Church6 KB (983 words) - 15:11, 13 April 2024
- ...of the latter days. The writer expresses great fear for the flock, and the Prophet Jeremiah appears to have foretold that they would, and the reason why, Jer. ...eph Wood was tried by a conference of elders and members, Nov. last in the Moroni branch of the church, Brown co., Ill., and found guilty of conduct unbecomi67 KB (11,841 words) - 15:51, 13 April 2024
- ...etimes been seized on as evidence of misrepresentations or bumbling by the Prophet"== ...du/Presentations/Transcripts/Devotionals/2013_9_24_Christofferson.htm "The Prophet Joseph Smith"] (Footnote 14), Brigham Young University-Idaho Devotional (242 KB (261 words) - 15:44, 13 April 2024
- ...y by saying that the Prophet's first visionary experience was of the angel Moroni in 1823. ...roni’s visit, thus making it appear that the religious excitement led to Moroni’s visit.<br><br>4 KB (580 words) - 12:15, 27 April 2024
- ===The wording in the Prophet's 1832 First Vision account can be comfortably interpreted to mean that he ...the Sacred Grove in 1820—not at some later time. The wording in the Prophet's 1832 First Vision account can be comfortably interpreted to mean that he11 KB (1,850 words) - 21:48, 26 April 2024
- ...unto the remission of your sins, that ye become holy, without spot. ({{s||Moroni|10|32-33}}) ...ter-day Saints accept the witness that Joseph was called as an apostle and prophet (see [http://scriptures.lds.org/dc/21/1#1 D&C 21:1]) with the same authorit44 KB (7,529 words) - 14:19, 13 April 2024
- ...r Moses, Abraham, Joseph of Egypt, Noah, or virtually any ancient biblical prophet, but this is never mentioned in the video. Many biblical archaeologists are ...o what many people have believed, the Book of Mormon doesn't tell us where Moroni buried the plates. We do know, however, that all the plates ''except'' the15 KB (2,306 words) - 14:19, 13 April 2024
- ...) are obviously not about the 1820 First Vision, but rather the 1823 angel Moroni visitation. Either the critics are misinformed or they want to make it appe ...t Vision event. And they also do not seem to be aware of the fact that the Prophet deliberately constructed the 1832 narrative to parallel the theophany exper14 KB (2,321 words) - 14:19, 13 April 2024
- ...hem would not have done him any good. (Many LDS artists have portrayed the Prophet translating by staring intently at the open plates, but such depictions are ...even if I do it, another person, or an angel from heaven — just like Moroni — he says it is not a real gospel it's a false gospel; let that perso12 KB (1,933 words) - 14:19, 13 April 2024
- ...ant to trust Joseph Smith who is a fraud, a womanizer, many wives, a false prophet, the Book of Mormon? There's nothing to support it, all the evidence says t This is a false dilemma and begs the question. If Joseph Smith is a prophet of God, then we can trust him and the Bible.29 KB (4,776 words) - 14:20, 13 April 2024
- ...nd a lot of time focusing on the mission of Joseph Smith because he is the prophet who was called to restore the gospel in the last days. This can feel unusua ...ld I'm not to question anything. I have read the ten rules for following a prophet blindly, no matter how wrong I feel he might be. Am I to abandon my Holy Sp34 KB (5,824 words) - 22:40, 9 May 2024
- *Moro. Moroni ;Joseph Smith,Jr. : The first prophet and founder of The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints.27 KB (4,268 words) - 15:00, 13 April 2024
- ...(punishing) you, the Lord is providing you an Abrahamic test of faith. The prophet Joseph Smith is canonized saying “deep water is what I am wont to swim in ...tps://www.churchofjesuschrist.org/study/scriptures/bofm/moro/7.16?lang=eng Moroni 7:16]. Here the term used is “Spirit of Christ." It is understood that th40 KB (6,655 words) - 15:39, 13 April 2024
- |L3=Response to claims made in One Nation Under Gods, "Chapter 2: Moroni, Magic, and Masonry" ...sponse to claims made in One Nation Under Gods, "Chapter 3: From Profit to Prophet"12 KB (1,865 words) - 14:15, 13 April 2024
- This poor man who professes to be much of a prophet, has no other dumb ass to ride, but David Whitmer or to forbid his madness, ...after, and laid before the American people for their consideration, their prophet and their learning; and feeling it to be our duty to employ the most effici66 KB (11,467 words) - 15:50, 13 April 2024
- ...that life and immortality came to light by the gospel, and that Abel was a prophet, and that Enoch the seventh from Adam was translated, and that ...he blood of Zacharias. Mathew [Matthew] 23:34, 35 verses, Enoch was also a prophet; for he foretold of the second advent as recorded by Jude. Who does not kno69 KB (12,223 words) - 15:50, 13 April 2024
- |link=../../Book of Mormon/Moroni's Visit/Angel Moroni and Spaniard Ghosts |subject=Angel Moroni and Spaniard Ghosts1 KB (206 words) - 15:55, 13 April 2024
- ...im: 1 - "Had romance blossomed between" Fanny Alger "and the charismatic...prophet"? |L46=Response to claim: 21 - What was new about this 1838 account of Moroni's visit "was that this time the 1823 angelic announcement was preceded by a58 KB (8,618 words) - 14:14, 13 April 2024
- ...ory, 29 August 1842; ''History of the Church'' 5:139; Faulring, ''American Prophet's Record'', 254). ...definitively tested so far—Oliver Buell, Mosiah Hancock, Zebulon Jacobs, Moroni Pratt, and Orrison Smith—have been excluded. Would he have neglected, one30 KB (4,298 words) - 14:14, 13 April 2024
- |>=[[../Chapter 2|Claims made in "Chapter 2: Moroni, Magic, and Masonry"]] {{:Source:Christofferson:The Prophet Joseph Smith:BYUI Devotional:2013:Critics have also claimed that there were15 KB (2,307 words) - 13:33, 13 April 2024
- |H=Response to claims made in "Chapter 2: Moroni, Magic, and Masonry" |>=[[../Chapter 3|Claims made in "Chapter 3: From Profit to Prophet"]]23 KB (3,492 words) - 13:33, 13 April 2024
- |H=Response to claims made in "Chapter 3: From Profit to Prophet" |<=[[../Chapter 2|Claims made in "Chapter 2: Moroni, Magic, and Masonry"]]27 KB (4,316 words) - 13:33, 13 April 2024
- |<=[[../Chapter 3|Claims made in "Chapter 3: From Profit to Prophet"]] |L12=Response to claim: 73, 514n62 (HB) 512n62 (PB) - The names "Moroni" and "Cumorah" could have been taken from the "Comoros" Islands off the coa33 KB (5,102 words) - 14:15, 13 April 2024
- ...ven exist until 1830, and Joseph wrote the stories of his First Vision and Moroni's visit well after 1823. The author simply wants to dramatically set the st *By the "late 1800s" there were ''many'' published accounts of Moroni's visit, including the "official" 1838 version that was printed in the Pear14 KB (2,213 words) - 14:15, 13 April 2024
- ...roni was originally identified as Nephi|Response to claim: 186 - The angel Moroni was originally identified as Nephi]] ...s to Smith's religion because they were strangers and the character of the prophet was unknown in those areas]]118 KB (18,356 words) - 13:33, 13 April 2024
- |L=Moroni's visit/Joseph reported "a spirit" visiting in him in 1827 |L1=Question: Did the story of Moroni's visit to Joseph Smith evolve from that of a magical spiritual treasure gu2 KB (371 words) - 16:48, 30 April 2024
- ...seph's mother, said that the "First Vision" was of the angel in 1823 (i.e. Moroni), and that the two visions were originally described as "a single 1823 even ...h, "Preliminary Manuscript" of ''Biographical Sketches of Joseph Smith the Prophet, and His Progenitors for many Generations'', cited in Vogel, ''Early Mormon6 KB (993 words) - 14:16, 13 April 2024
- |L1=Response to claim: 459, 616n1 - Moroni told Joseph that Isaiah 11:6-11 was "about to be fulfilled" ==Response to claim: 459, 616n1 - Moroni told Joseph that Isaiah 11:6-11 was "about to be fulfilled"==31 KB (5,042 words) - 13:33, 13 April 2024
- ||"This '''messenger from the great beyond''' declared himself to be Moroni, a resurrected and glorified servant of the Lord (i.e. an angel)." {{ea}} ...words of a living prophet...always supercede{{cs}} the teachings of a dead prophet."4 KB (620 words) - 14:15, 13 April 2024
- ...larded with available, original documents including the revelations to the Prophet. His own comments generally serve to tie the documents together in historic ...perfect record. ''In our history, if there are mistakes, we can say as did Moroni in the Book of Mormon, "They are the mistakes of men."''5 KB (774 words) - 14:16, 13 April 2024
- ...n few words, the interesting account given by Mormon, and his faithful son Moroni, of a people once beloved and favored by heaven, would supercede [supersede ...f the seed of Jacob, upon this continent, it was easily to be seen, as the prophet said would be, that darkness covered the earth and gross darkness the minds66 KB (11,956 words) - 15:50, 13 April 2024
- "Do you suppose that God in person called upon Joseph Smith, our Prophet? God called upon him; But God did not come himself and call..." ...onstrates that Heber was speaking of delegation of authority and mentioned Moroni bringing the Book of Mormon and Peter, James, and John restoring the Melchi7 KB (1,253 words) - 14:13, 13 April 2024
- ...as reported to have told by his mother after his interviews with the angel Moroni. He is presenting the critical perspective that Joseph had sufficient imagi ...It is a stretch to interpret this phrase as some sort of admission by the Prophet that he actually created the ''Book of Mormon'' from his own mind and exper17 KB (2,652 words) - 14:11, 13 April 2024
- |<=[[../Chapter 5|Claims made in "Chapter 5: Moroni and 'The Golden Pot'"]] ...heard from Oliver Cowdery about how the plates were returned to the angel Moroni. Nowhere in his discourse does Brigham mention "the Smiths."33 KB (5,205 words) - 13:33, 13 April 2024
- ...6, ''The Personal Writings of Joseph Smith'', p. 78 and ''Teachings of the Prophet Joseph Smith'', 104. ...practicioner of spiritual wifery was Robert Matthews, alias "Matthias the Prophet." Matthews announced that "all marriages not made by himself, and according26 KB (4,113 words) - 14:14, 13 April 2024
- ...oncile Joseph Smith’s numerous false prophecies, with the test of a true prophet as found in Deuteronomy 18?" {{:Source:Highlights in the Prophet's Life:Ensign:June 1994:Tried and acquitted on fanciful charge of being a "53 KB (8,529 words) - 14:18, 13 April 2024
- * The Bible also contains similar examples of God commanding a prophet to make a "strictly true" statement intended to deceive the wicked and prot ...return to him, and the consequences for disobedience. The speaker is the prophet Alma, addressing a sinful son who has left the ministry in pursuit of a har26 KB (4,299 words) - 22:24, 30 April 2024
- ...ized and focused upon it. That he did not shows that the idea of being a 'prophet' was a later invention." (''See: [[First_Vision_accounts|First Vision accou ...ision was of personal importance to him, but it wasn't until the visits of Moroni and the translation of the Book of Mormon that Joseph seems to have underst19 KB (2,906 words) - 17:43, 13 April 2024
- ...lates. The final entry in the Book of Mormon is written around A.D. 421 by Moroni and indicates that God instructed him to bury the plates and that they will ...tten history of that people as recorded by a Jaredite prophet named Ether. Moroni’s abridgement of, and commentary on, this record appears within the Book22 KB (3,753 words) - 15:34, 13 April 2024
- ...was "surrounded by 'a pillar of light' during a visitation from the angel Moroni" ...himself by "carrying out church orders at Mountain Meadows." According to "Prophet Heber Kimball," Bateman was placed "in the front ranks" to be put "to the t13 KB (1,990 words) - 14:10, 13 April 2024
- ...ond-hand account. Nevertheless, there is no reason ''not'' to believe that Moroni instructed Joseph to cease being involved with "money diggers." *Bruce R. McConkie said: "The Prophet also had a seer stone which was separate and distinct from the Urim and Thu16 KB (2,501 words) - 13:33, 13 April 2024
- ...s Book of Mormon witness because he thought that Joseph Smith was a fallen prophet?}} ...e stories, however, were Joseph's reports of his interviews with the angel Moroni.33 KB (5,227 words) - 13:33, 13 April 2024
- ...to the vision as an event of the past, and proceeded to tell the story of Moroni's visit instead. It is evident that Oliver had Joseph Smith's 1832 history ...to the vision as an event of the past, and proceeded to tell the story of Moroni's visit instead. It is evident that Oliver had Joseph Smith's 1832 history13 KB (1,970 words) - 14:17, 13 April 2024
- |next=[[../Chapter 3|Claims made in "Chapter 3: The Prophet in His Own Country"]] *In 1834, Oliver Cowdery described the visit of Moroni as Joseph's "first" vision.4 KB (598 words) - 15:48, 13 April 2024
- {{Epigraph|Mormons, your prophet is lame, deaf and mute. Can he get a miracle cure?<br>—MormonThink e ...ud is a serious crime."<br>"British judge tosses fraud suit against Mormon prophet," ''Salt Lake Tribune'' (20 March 2014) {{link|url=http://www.sltrib.com/sl17 KB (2,551 words) - 14:20, 13 April 2024
- ...''other'' Nephite records were hidden there. The only reason we know where Moroni ultimately buried the plates is because of where they were found. ...ommandment of the Lord. The general condition of the world as noted by the Prophet at the commencement of this chapter, was doubtless the occasion of the Lord32 KB (4,968 words) - 15:47, 13 April 2024
- {{QandA|Question: How can you be sure the angel Moroni was sent by God? Please explain {{b||Galatians|1|8-9}}.}} The question can be turned around: how can the critic be sure that the angel Moroni was ''not'' sent by God? Such matters can only be settled by appealing to24 KB (4,127 words) - 15:40, 13 April 2024
- *[https://www.lds.org/scriptures/bofm/moro/10.3,4,5?lang=eng#2 Moroni 10: 3-5] ...revelation from a prophet, but understanding how God communicated to that prophet, understanding what the intention is behind certain scriptures, and finding8 KB (1,425 words) - 15:34, 13 April 2024
- Through this medium a holy Prophet or Apostle could communicate the holy and sacred words of truth; while thro ...ived upon the earth fourteen hundred years before. Who ordained Joseph the Prophet, and his fellow, servant, to the preparatory Priesthood, to baptize for rem15 KB (2,550 words) - 14:43, 13 April 2024
- ...p}} There will be no imperfection of memory, but we shall remember, as the Prophet tells us in the Book of Mormon, all things that have taken place during our ...those ancient men of God. It is true that the brother of Jared had been a Prophet for many years; faith had been center[e]d in his heart, and the could lay h35 KB (6,599 words) - 14:50, 13 April 2024
- #Lucy Smith's ''Biographical Sketches of Joseph Smith the Prophet'', first published in Liverpool in 1853. ''EMD'', 1: 227. *{{WikipediaCorrect}} Lucy's 1845 draft mentions Moroni's visit without discussing the First Vision.53 KB (7,977 words) - 13:34, 13 April 2024
- ...r'' Joseph Smith, Jr. published the story of the First Vision and visit by Moroni. ..._Smith&oldid=314358 "Interview with the Father of Joseph Smith, the Mormon Prophet, Forty Years Ago. His Account of the Finding of the Sacred Plates", Histori22 KB (2,884 words) - 13:35, 13 April 2024
- ...that a screen was hung up between him and the Prophet; at other times the Prophet would sit in a different room, or up stairs, while the Lord was communicati ...w. After the loss of the 116 pages, removal of the Nephite interpreters by Moroni, and Joseph's subsequent use of the seer stone, the translation appears to40 KB (5,633 words) - 13:34, 13 April 2024
- ...phet Joseph, and with the reception of the sacred records from the hand of Moroni at the hill Cumorah. ...true, that Brigham Young is a Prophet of God, and that Joseph Smith was a Prophet.19 KB (3,595 words) - 14:50, 13 April 2024
- ...women have received revelations and stood up to dictate the President, the Prophet, the Seer, and Revelator, in his Priesthood. When we came to find out who s ...ook of Mormon, where Alma tells his son not to be the aggressor; also what Moroni said to Zerahemnah, at the time Nephites and Lamanites fought by the river59 KB (11,521 words) - 14:50, 13 April 2024
- ...and told him that he had got the plates. Did God come himself? No: he sent Moroni and told him there was a record, and says he, "That record is matter that p ...ith his riches to buy health, but he could not buy it: he had to do as the Prophet told him. He went down and. dipped himself seven times and was healed. Do y39 KB (7,810 words) - 14:53, 13 April 2024
- ...ith our leader; and this oneness should extend from the least member up to Prophet and Seer—every man standing in his order and place, just as the branches ...neyard, that it might bring forth good fruit. Brother Joseph was that man. Moroni, Peter, James, and John, and the angels of God came and placed their power27 KB (5,231 words) - 14:52, 13 April 2024
- ...w, that are much plainer and much more simple as they were revealed to the Prophet Joseph in the new translation,—so much so that it would almost satisfy ev ...es, he will partake of the fruit of the vine with us; and with him will be Moroni, Mormon, and Lehi, and all the inhabitants of this vast American continent29 KB (5,464 words) - 14:55, 13 April 2024
- ...am a full believer in the mission and calling of Joseph Smith, Junr., as a Prophet of God to this world in this generation, and I wish the people everywhere t ...arly existence of this Church, the people frequently questioned Joseph the Prophet, relative to the law of Tithing, wishing to know the meaning of it as it wa24 KB (4,500 words) - 14:34, 13 April 2024
- ...NLY PARTIALLY UNDERSTOOD—MANIFESTATIONS OF THE FATHER AND THE SON TO THE PROPHET JOSEPH—THE PRIESTHOOD CONFERRED UPON HIM—KIRTLAND TEMPLE, AND THE MINIS ...NLY PARTIALLY UNDERSTOOD—MANIFESTATIONS OF THE FATHER AND THE SON TO THE PROPHET JOSEPH—THE PRIESTHOOD CONFERRED UPON HIM—KIRTLAND TEMPLE, AND THE MINIS29 KB (5,591 words) - 14:48, 13 April 2024
- ...cisterns, broken cisterns, that could hold no water. Afterwards the Angel Moroni came to him and revealed to him the Book of Mormon, with the history of whi ...sed with God and given the law of the Lord unto the people, with Elias the prophet, who was also a man of God—the Melchisedec priesthood, which held the key43 KB (8,135 words) - 14:45, 13 April 2024
- ...d be inspired with that spirit of revelation that flows from him. Says the Prophet Joel, in speaking of the glory of the latter-day, "And it shall come to pas ...hildren to the fathers, lest I come and smite the earth with a curse." The prophet conferred upon him those keys; and hence we try to do these things. And peo50 KB (9,549 words) - 14:45, 13 April 2024
- ...re against the kingdom of God. Joseph Smith was an obscure individual when Moroni, the Angel of God, revealed unto him the Gospel of Jesus Christ, and gave i ...der the influence of the devil, and succeeded in shedding the blood of the Prophet, and thought they would overthrow the Church and kingdom of God. This evil24 KB (4,558 words) - 14:34, 13 April 2024
- ...ead, this afternoon, a portion of two revelations, which were given to the Prophet, Joseph Smith, in February, 1831. The first is paragraph 4 of section XIII: ...scorn and ridicule. Such has continued to be the case from the days of the Prophet Joseph up to the present time.44 KB (8,139 words) - 14:37, 13 April 2024
- ...gained in any other way. We had the privilege of beholding the face of the prophet, and we had the privilege of travelling a thousand miles with him, and seei ...will for the deed. This was the feeling of Father Smith, the father of the Prophet. Joseph was not with us, he was in chains in Missouri, for his religion. Wh46 KB (8,902 words) - 14:37, 13 April 2024
- The great Prophet Jacob also pronounced these remarkable words uttered by inspiration: "Josep ...s also a prophet, had. The last account that we have is furnished to us by Moroni, who states that, after keeping himself hid for several years, and being co18 KB (3,151 words) - 14:37, 13 April 2024
- ...t, called the Urim and Thummim. Many predictions were uttered, not only by Moroni, but by many previous prophets, that these records in the last days, should ...as these witnesses whose testimonies are recorded that Joseph Smith was a prophet of God. They knew that no human being by human means could confer the bapti43 KB (7,922 words) - 14:38, 13 April 2024
- ...n that they might no longer be in suspense about the coming of their great Prophet. After the birth of Christ there were signs given to the people concerning ...phet Isaiah, the mountains shall flow down at his presence. Then, says the prophet David, the hills and the mountains shall melt like wax before the presence42 KB (7,734 words) - 14:38, 13 April 2024
- ...ty-two years ago this day this church was organized with six members, by a prophet of the living God, raised up in these last days by the administration of an ...om Jackson County, Missouri? Where are the men who undertook to kidnap the prophet while in Illinois? Where are they who drove the Latter-day Saints from Illi19 KB (3,518 words) - 14:38, 13 April 2024
- |H=REVIEW OF GOD'S DEALINGS WITH THE PROPHET JOSEPH—COMING FORTH OF THE BOOK OF MORMON—GATHERING, ETC. |T=Journal of Discourses 15: REVIEW OF GOD'S DEALINGS WITH THE PROPHET JOSEPH—COMING FORTH OF THE BOOK OF MORMON—GATHERING, ETC.44 KB (8,270 words) - 14:38, 13 April 2024
- ...e immediately after the execution of the Savior. Now let, us read what the Prophet says on page 450 of the Book of Mormon concerning these events, which trans "And the city Zarahemla did take fire; and the city Moroni did sink into the depths of the sea, and the inhabitants thereof were drown43 KB (7,989 words) - 14:38, 13 April 2024
- ...stor, Adam. A few of his words are translated, and brought to light by the Prophet Joseph Smith, and published in the various publications of this Church—in ...discern all things pertaining to the ark, and its pattern. He was a great Prophet, and predicted many things, and his records, no doubt, were hidden up, and41 KB (7,520 words) - 14:40, 13 April 2024
- ...latter-days. And when we say this of them, we say it of every Apostle and Prophet who ever lived upon the earth. Their revelations and prophecies all point t ...ons. Yes, he had a boy taking care of the sheep. "Let's see him," said the Prophet; and when he came he was anointed king.33 KB (6,286 words) - 14:39, 13 April 2024
- This revelation was given through our Prophet, and Seer, and Revelator, Joseph Smith, who was one of the greatest men who ...bject of the resurrection. That which I am about to read was spoken by the Prophet Amulek, in the city of Ammonihah, to a very wicked people, who were shortly41 KB (7,801 words) - 14:40, 13 April 2024
- ...on and calling of the Prophet Joseph Smith, in the visitation of the angel Moroni, in the establishment of the kingdom of God on the earth, and also in the g By the principles of the Gospel, as revealed through the Prophet Joseph Smith, we are privileged to secure unto ourselves the gift of eterna21 KB (3,920 words) - 14:42, 13 April 2024
- ...is greater than a Prophet. And Ammon said that a Seer is a Revelator and a Prophet also; and a gift which is greater can no man have, except he should possess ...from God—the gift {{page break|206|top}} of being a Seer, a Revelator, a Prophet, and inspired man. Not only to receive revelation from God, but to interpre52 KB (9,801 words) - 14:42, 13 April 2024
- ...the Angel Moroni brought it, and with faithfulness he delivered it to the Prophet Joseph. He watched the record for centuries with increasing care that he mi19 KB (3,589 words) - 14:44, 13 April 2024
- ...they were seen by all the Church that saw proper to visit the house of the Prophet Joseph and also by hundreds of strangers. The Prophet translated the part of these writings which, as I have said is contained in52 KB (9,673 words) - 14:44, 13 April 2024
- ...to this continent, Ether, and the brother of Jared, Lehi and Nephi, Alma, Moroni, and many other prominent individuals who held intercourse with the Almight ...eshing-floor {{page break|118|top}} before the wind, as represented by the Prophet Daniel. Why? Because eternal justice cries to the great God in relation to44 KB (8,225 words) - 14:44, 13 April 2024
- ...h in these early days, who like Adam, Moses, Abraham, Jesus, Jared, Nephi, Moroni and others, had the heavens unfolded to his view, and although the Church w ...ook of Mormon, and those things predicted by Joseph Smith, and every other prophet of God, will as surely be fulfilled as we are here to-day, without any falt21 KB (3,926 words) - 14:44, 13 April 2024
- ...econd advent .of the Savior. In the new translation of this chapter by the Prophet Joseph Smith, which may be found in the Pearl of Great Price, the differenc ...from month to month, and from year to year did the Lord reveal through the Prophet Joseph Smith, line upon line, precept upon precept, here a little and there23 KB (4,208 words) - 14:44, 13 April 2024
- ...rmerly he sent them to preach this Gospel. When the Father and the Son and Moroni and others came to Joseph Smith, he had a priesthood conferred upon him whi ...and upon God alone." Has he done it? I think he has pretty thoroughly. The Prophet himself was tried about as much as anybody I know of, and his Brother Hyrum38 KB (7,331 words) - 14:44, 13 April 2024
- ...est importance to all people, who live upon the earth to understand. Every prophet by whom God has spoken since the world began has had some foresight in rega ...or the same spirit that rested upon Isaiah and Jeremiah and upon Nephi and Moroni and others of the prophets that lived upon this continent, rests upon the p22 KB (4,168 words) - 14:44, 13 April 2024
- ...ospel to all nations. What then? Gather them together. What then? Says the prophet Jeremiah, "I will take you one of a city, and two of a family and bring you25 KB (4,620 words) - 14:44, 13 April 2024
- ...eded the Priesthood of Aaron—the Levitical Priesthood, which the ancient Prophet said should be restored in the latter days. The kingdom needed all the appe When these missionaries assembled in Jackson County, the Prophet Joseph, being with them, inquired still further, and a commandment was give42 KB (7,701 words) - 14:40, 13 April 2024
- ...eous Gathered Together from the Ends of the Earth to One Place—The Great Prophet Joseph Smith Raised up by God to Reveal Hidden Mysteries]] ...ven by the inspiration of the Holy Ghost through the mouth of Patriarch or Prophet that will fall unfulfilled. Though the heavens and the earth pass away, the23 KB (4,489 words) - 14:40, 13 April 2024
- ...plates, from which the Book of Mormon was translated, were obtained by the Prophet Joseph Smith, and as there may be persons in this assembly who are unacquai ...t used by the ancient seers who dwelt on this Continent. The Lord promised Moroni that, in the latter days, he would bring forth that book out of the ground,37 KB (6,922 words) - 14:40, 13 April 2024
- ...Prophets that have lived, such for instance as Nephi, Alma, Lehi, Mahoni, Moroni, Mormon and others, were taught and instructed in the principles of life an ...d to man. And when Joseph Smith was raised up as a Prophet of God, Mormon, Moroni, Nephi and others of the ancient Prophets who formerly lived on this Contin25 KB (4,603 words) - 14:41, 13 April 2024
- With these plates that Joseph {{page break|157|top}} Smith, the Prophet, obtained through the instructions of the angel, he also obtained the Urim ...mouth one hundred and sixteen pages of the first translation, given by the Prophet.47 KB (8,781 words) - 14:41, 13 April 2024
- ...ce of mind enough to stand up and say—"I believe that Joseph Smith was a Prophet of God, and I believe in the revelations that were given through him; I bel ...generation living on the earth when they come forth; and from the day that Moroni gave that record into the hands of Joseph Smith, the Lord held him responsi23 KB (4,498 words) - 14:41, 13 April 2024
- ...rmed the dispensation of the fullness of times was about to be ushered in, Moroni, who held the keys of the unfolding of the Book of Mormon, which is a recor Then comes another personage, whose name is John the Baptist. He ordained the Prophet Joseph to that portion of the Priesthood of which he held the keys, namely,38 KB (7,016 words) - 14:41, 13 April 2024
- ...s brought forth in this generation, through the instrumentality of a great Prophet, namely: Joseph Smith. This book has not been generally received in this li ...will be found on page 122 of the latest edition. It gives the words of the Prophet Nephi: "And now I would prophecy somewhat more concerning the Jews and the34 KB (6,211 words) - 14:46, 13 April 2024
- ...and have had from the day that Joseph Smith received the ministrations of Moroni, the Nephite, John the Baptist, Peter, James and John, Moses, Elias, Elijah ...of the body. That was a vision. When Joseph Smith, however, was visited by Moroni and the Apostles, it was not particularly a vision which he had; he talked17 KB (3,265 words) - 14:46, 13 April 2024
- We have here on the ceiling of this building pictured to us, Moroni making known to Joseph Smith the plates, from which the Book of Mormon was ...to the notions, the theories and follies of men. There was no Apostle, no Prophet, no inspired men of God, holding His Holy Priesthood to say, Thus saith the34 KB (6,305 words) - 14:47, 13 April 2024
- ...ointing to the Son, said, "This is my beloved Son, hear ye him." Moroni, a prophet that had lived on this continent, revealed unto Joseph the plates containin71 KB (12,440 words) - 14:47, 13 April 2024
- ...mbody in itself the same gifts, the same powers that were exercised by the Prophet, Joseph. ...ch. His idea seemed to be that when the Prophet Joseph died, the office of Prophet, Seer and Revelator died with him, and, therefore, this claim by the leader37 KB (6,788 words) - 14:47, 13 April 2024
- ...K INAUGURATED AND ACCOMPLISHED BY THE PROPHET JOSEPH SMITH—SKETCH OF THE PROPHET'S EARLY LIFE REFUTATION OF THE FALSE CHARGES MADE AGAINST HIM AND THE LATTE ...K INAUGURATED AND ACCOMPLISHED BY THE PROPHET JOSEPH SMITH—SKETCH OF THE PROPHET'S EARLY LIFE REFUTATION OF THE FALSE CHARGES MADE AGAINST HIM AND THE LATTE26 KB (4,695 words) - 14:47, 13 April 2024
- ...that officiated on this continent are interested, as well as Lehi, Nephi, Moroni, and others, who operated here in the cause of God, and who sought to carry ...e raised up here? They were the seed of Abraham. Who was Joseph Smith, the Prophet of God, raised up in these last days? He was a descendant of Joseph, the so39 KB (7,518 words) - 14:47, 13 April 2024
- ...ITH ACCOMPLISHED HIS MISSION-PERSECUTION-THIS NATION MAKING JOSEPH SMITH A PROPHET-NO SURRENDERING THE KINGDOM OF GOD-GOD WILL DELIVER HIS PEOPLE-TEMPLES-SHAL ...ITH ACCOMPLISHED HIS MISSION-PERSECUTION-THIS NATION MAKING JOSEPH SMITH A PROPHET-NO SURRENDERING THE KINGDOM OF GOD-GOD WILL DELIVER HIS PEOPLE-TEMPLES-SHAL31 KB (5,617 words) - 14:47, 13 April 2024
- ...s testimony was false. I know that they have never been able to prove that Moroni did not give to him the plates of gold, or that the translation called the ...order that the world might be left without excuse, when He sent the angel Moroni to reveal the history of the house of Jacob on this continent, He did not l32 KB (5,896 words) - 14:48, 13 April 2024
- ...e live, and these chapters, with many more, are full of predictions by the Prophet Nephi, concerning the days when the Book of Mormon should come forth. ...t come forth in the last days. God revealed in part to him, and to his son Moroni, the purpose which He had in view, in making this abridgment, and in concea33 KB (6,107 words) - 14:48, 13 April 2024
- ...d's Kingdom upon the earth in the last days. I refer to Daniel, the Hebrew prophet, who was among the captive Jews, who were taken from Jerusalem to Babylon, ...gment, shall be restored to the earth by the ministry of an angel, but the Prophet Daniel has proclaimed to us, that in the last days,) for he says—2nd chap45 KB (8,288 words) - 14:48, 13 April 2024
- ...of which has been fulfilled. The evidences are before the world. When the Prophet Joseph first received his manifestations concerning the coming forth of thi ...om the {{page break|170|top}} presence of God to me, and that his name was Moroni. That God had a work for me to do, and that my name should be had for good33 KB (6,131 words) - 14:48, 13 April 2024
- ...already occurred. When our Heavenly Father appeared unto Joseph Smith, the Prophet, He pointed to the Savior who was with him, (and who, it is said, is the br ...had had the Aaronic and the Melchisedec Priesthoods presented to them, and Moroni, and other personages had appeared unto Joseph Smith. When this Temple was41 KB (7,695 words) - 14:48, 13 April 2024
- ...ate the position of the Church of Jesus Christ. Joseph Smith, the founding prophet, stated that "the fundamental principles of our religion are the testimony ...|9}}; {{s||Ether|13|10}}; and {{s||Moroni|4|1}}; {{sv||Moroni|5|2}}; {{sv||Moroni|10|33}}; and in modern scripture: {{s||D&C|20|40}}; {{sv||D&C|27|2}}; {{sv|29 KB (4,781 words) - 14:13, 13 April 2024
- ...not revealed all at once. They were revealed from 1820 through 1844 to the Prophet Joseph Smith, line upon line, precept upon precept. After Joseph was murder ..., and Kirtland. [Jerry L. Ainsworth, ''The Lives and Travels of Mormon and Moroni'' (City Unknown: PeaceMakers Publishing, 2000), 213.]</ref>15 KB (2,622 words) - 00:13, 30 April 2024
- ...by later writers much as the Book of Mormon prophet-historians Mormon and Moroni revised the writings of earlier peoples. Moreover, documents initially com ...ress redaction [abridgement or editing] process at the hands of Mormon and Moroni. Similarly, the papyrus source for the Book of Abraham sat untouched from t12 KB (2,040 words) - 14:02, 13 April 2024
- ...n, Ether 1:2. According to this account, [[Moroni (Book of Mormon prophet)|Moroni]] copied the plates of Limhi onto the sealed portion of the Golden Plates. ...ses described a physical sealing placed on part of the plates by Mormon or Moroni. [[David Whitmer]] said that when an angel showed him the plates in 1829, "18 KB (2,780 words) - 13:34, 13 April 2024
- Smith said the [[angel Moroni]] had commanded him not to show the plates to any unauthorized person. Harris went to Pennsylvania, and on his return to Palmyra, reported that the Prophet's wife, in the month of June following would be delivered of a male child t19 KB (2,893 words) - 13:34, 13 April 2024
- Because Joseph Smith said he returned the plates to [[angel Moroni|an angel]] after he finished translating them, their authenticity cannot be ...ormon]] and his son [[Moroni (Book of Mormon prophet)|Moroni]]. Mormon and Moroni, the book says, had abridged earlier historical records from other sets of16 KB (2,463 words) - 13:34, 13 April 2024
- ...e in [[Manchester (town), New York|Manchester, New York]] after an [[angel Moroni|angel]] directed him to a buried stone box. The angel at first prevented S ...want to say to you that as the Lord lives I do know that I stood with the Prophet Joseph Smith in the presence of the angel}}11 KB (1,805 words) - 13:34, 13 April 2024
- ...and not of man. And we declare with words of soberness, that an [[Moroni (prophet)|angel]] of God came down from heaven, and he brought and laid before our e6 KB (883 words) - 15:05, 13 April 2024
- ...the belief in supernatural power. For people in a magical frame of mind, Moroni sounded like one of the the spirits who stood guard over treasure in the ta ...to this stone as "a chocolate-colored, somewhat egg-shaped stone which the Prophet found while digging a well in company with his brother Hyrum, for a Mr. Cla15 KB (2,282 words) - 13:35, 13 April 2024
- ...cedures: "The plates could not have been used directly in the process. The Prophet, his face in a hat to exclude exterior light, would have been unable to vie ...n. Smith said that when he finished translating the gold plates, the angel Moroni took them away.18 KB (2,870 words) - 13:34, 13 April 2024
- *[http://www.mastermason.com/masonicmoroni/Images1.htm The Masonic Moroni- Images- Page One]; ..."they and their families would benefit spiritually from a close tie to the Prophet."43 KB (6,425 words) - 13:34, 13 April 2024
- ...laim: 24 - Some of Joseph's close relatives confused the first vision with Moroni's visit {{:Source:Highlights in the Prophet's Life:Ensign:June 1994:Tried and acquitted on fanciful charge of being a "14 KB (2,120 words) - 14:14, 13 April 2024
- |H=Response to claims made in "Chapter 24: The Wives of the Prophet" ...e to claims made in No Man Knows My History, "Chapter 24: The Wives of the Prophet"13 KB (2,052 words) - 14:14, 13 April 2024
- #{{s||Moroni|9|1}} {{:Source:John A. Widtsoe:Jul 1950:under the Prophet's editorship Central America was denominated the region of Book of Mormon a32 KB (5,007 words) - 14:13, 13 April 2024
- |H=Response to claims made in "Chapter 1: God's Latter-Day Prophet" |H=Response to claims made in Becoming Gods, "Chapter 1: God's Latter-Day Prophet"45 KB (6,710 words) - 13:33, 13 April 2024
- ...entified the angel who delivered the plates to Joseph as Nephi rather than Moroni ...entified the angel who delivered the plates to Joseph as Nephi rather than Moroni==44 KB (6,755 words) - 14:11, 13 April 2024
- ...st Vision than he did about other sacred experiences…. By the end of the Prophet’s lifetime, he may have told the story of the First Vision on many occasi ...account of the First Vision, from which I have quoted, was prepared by the Prophet for publication in 1838. At least three other accounts of the vision were a11 KB (1,658 words) - 14:31, 13 April 2024
- ...there is some discrepancy between the 1832 and 1838 accounts regarding the Prophet’s age at the time of the theophany (14 or 16 years); and the 1835 account '''1989''' Truman G. Madsen, Joseph Smith the Prophet (Bookcraft 1989). Chapter One: The First Vision and Its Aftermath: 7-18.15 KB (2,244 words) - 14:31, 13 April 2024
- ...we will principally use his early 1832 narrative, some of which is in the Prophet’s own handwriting, and also his secretary’s notes of a private summary ...After quoting extensively from the canonized version, Ludlow writes “The Prophet bore testimony many times of the sacred experience he had when he talked wi12 KB (1,858 words) - 14:31, 13 April 2024
- ...r 1966, Improvement Era (December 1966): 1139-40. Quotes first vision and Moroni material from Wentworth letter, but without telling his audience he is doin ...): 373-404. There are four official accounts of the First Vision from the Prophet…. their dates of composition are 1831-32, 1835, and 1838. This 1838 accou16 KB (2,380 words) - 14:31, 13 April 2024
- |L8=Response to claims in "Joseph Smith and the Biblical Test of a Prophet" by Watchman Fellowship |L10=Response to claims in "Testing the Book of Mormon by Moroni 10:4" by Watchman Fellowship2 KB (232 words) - 14:10, 13 April 2024
- ...rmation," when he stated, "None of them was right, just as it was when the Prophet Joseph asked the angel which of the sects was right that he might join it" ...claim: Joseph Fielding Smith, who the authors note "would become the tenth prophet," expresses his opinion on the "Curse of Cain" as it was applied to Blacks34 KB (5,224 words) - 14:10, 13 April 2024
- |H=Response to claims in "Joseph Smith and the Biblical Test of a Prophet" |H=Response to claims in "Joseph Smith and the Biblical Test of a Prophet" by Watchman Fellowship6 KB (891 words) - 14:10, 13 April 2024
- |<=[[../Section 8|Claims made in "Joseph Smith and the Biblical Test of a Prophet"]] |>=[[../Section 10|Claims in "Testing the Book of Mormon by Moroni 10:4"]]3 KB (489 words) - 14:10, 13 April 2024
- ...ho had reported visions of God and Jesus Christ was the visit of the angel Moroni and the production of the Book of Mormon. ...u> to this same obscure person, Joseph Smith jun., who afterwards became a Prophet, Seer, and Revelator, and informed him that he should not join any of the r33 KB (5,345 words) - 14:18, 13 April 2024
- |T=From Captain Kidd's Treasure Ghost to the Angel Moroni: Changing ''Dramatis Personae'' in Early Mormonism ...onald V. Huggins|article=From Captain Kidd’s Treasure Ghost to the Angel Moroni: Changing ''Dramatis Personae'' in Early Mormonism|vol=36|num=4|date=2003}}7 KB (1,170 words) - 14:10, 13 April 2024
- ...e by putting the stone in a hat or box, and then by applying his face, the prophet was enabled to read one word at a time, which he pronounced aloud to an ama Then Smith, that is Joseph, the prophet indeed,<br>18 KB (3,012 words) - 14:06, 13 April 2024
- *see Dan Vogel, ''Joseph Smith: The Making of a Prophet'' (Salt Lake City: Signature Books, 2004), 407–09. |claim=Joseph said that Moroni told him that "the Indians were the literal descendants of Abraham" and tha13 KB (1,841 words) - 14:10, 13 April 2024
- ===An American Prophet's Record (Faulring)=== ====Vol. 2, Pt 2: The Printer's Manuscript of Book of Alma 18 to Moroni 10====27 KB (3,431 words) - 23:30, 8 June 2017
- We hear very little from the prophet lately. Three times our false papers have told us he was dead, and once mor ...lood. When we look after them now, but few are remaining; and it is as the prophet said of Israel: Like the gleaning of grapes when the vintage is done—here72 KB (13,069 words) - 14:59, 13 April 2024
- ...other Joseph, (December 24th, 1830,) who I was willing to acknowledge as a prophet of the Lord, and to whom, and to whose godly account of himself and the wor ...that God, man and the Devil will oppose you? If you start a church with a prophet in it, every body will be against you, as they were against Ann Lee, Joanna86 KB (15,726 words) - 14:59, 13 April 2024
- Moses, who was a man of God, a prophet, a revelator, and a seer, blessed the tribes of Israel, and who can turn ov ...who should this supposed inhabitant of the upper world be, but the Mormon Prophet himself!— ''Rochester Rep."''70 KB (12,768 words) - 14:59, 13 April 2024
- ...t and power of God, unto the interpretation thereof; sealed by the hand of Moroni, and hid up unto the Lord, to come forth in due time by the way of Gentile; ...into the fiery furnace, his garments have not the ''smell of fire''. False prophet seems to stick to them that cried it so vehemently, and the saints gain as80 KB (14,517 words) - 14:59, 13 April 2024
- ...no wonder there is joy in heaven over repenting sinners, and no wonder the prophet exclaimed:—"How beautiful upon the mountains are the feet of him that bri ...e of Cumorah, when the ten thousand led by Mormon; the ten thousand led by Moroni; Gidgiddonah and his ten thousand; Lamah and his ten thousand; Gilgal and h70 KB (12,830 words) - 14:59, 13 April 2024
- ...cies, that Christ will come the second time in this generation, is a false prophet. And furthermore our complainant testified that the above named crimes were ====MORONI'S LAMENTATION.====66 KB (11,563 words) - 14:59, 13 April 2024
- ...cond: On looking at these scriptures, it is plainly discoverable, that the prophet mentions the whole house of Israel; and sometimes Ephraim and Judah are par | Moroni's Lamentation69 KB (12,223 words) - 14:59, 13 April 2024
- ...nd teach doctrines contrary to sectarianism, saying, that there is another prophet, one Joseph Smith like unto Moses, whom the Lord hath chosen to lead his pe IN this town, Oct. 1, Moroni, son of Otis & Sally Shumway, aged one year three months and eight days.69 KB (12,491 words) - 14:59, 13 April 2024
- ...y tried too, in the days of Adam, Enoch, Noah, Elijah, Daniel, Lehi, Alma, Moroni, Jesus, Paul and Joseph, and until "He reigned, whose right it is to reign. ...sayings have been handed down to us upon the pages of sacred history, as a prophet of the Most High: His name is enrolled with those inspired penmen who spake68 KB (11,949 words) - 14:59, 13 April 2024
- |L19=1977: "One of the first efforts of the Prophet Joseph Smith was to take the gospel to the Lamanites" ===1977: "One of the first efforts of the Prophet Joseph Smith was to take the gospel to the Lamanites"===34 KB (5,736 words) - 13:15, 30 April 2024
- Joseph Smith Journal on Moroni's first visits: ...<ref>Joseph Smith Journal, 23 May, 1844; cited in {{Book:Faulring:American Prophet's Record|pages=482}}</ref>10 KB (1,598 words) - 14:05, 13 April 2024
- ...ery grotto speaks of the life to come; every peak re-echoes the voice of a prophet. God himself has spoken on these shores: these dried-up torrents, these cle ...ketch of the Book of Ether is handed down to us, in the Book of Mormon, by Moroni. We give an extract.95 KB (17,406 words) - 15:49, 13 April 2024
- ...iny of the ten tribes was made known, for Jeroboams' wife went to the same prophet to inquire concerning the life of her sick child, and received for answer t ...tends on earth, than the knowledge of men. The time must soon come, as the prophet Jeremiah hath said, when they shall no more say, The Lord liveth which brou97 KB (17,765 words) - 15:49, 13 April 2024
- ...the Lord will have compassion upon him, notwithstanding it is said by the prophet Hosea, that they, (the seed of Ephraim) shall be wanderers among the nation ...eed of Joseph shall perish, even as the remnant of his garment: And again: Moroni the son of Mormon, who sealed and hid up this record, says in the book of E100 KB (18,643 words) - 15:49, 13 April 2024
- ...are standing there in amazement, someone will turn to you and ask, "Which prophet time did you live in?" And when you say "Gordon B. Hinckley," a hush will ...als in the war in heaven . . . and [someone will] ask you, ‘Which of the prophet’s time did you live in?’ and when you say ‘Gordon B. Hinckley’ a hu3 KB (412 words) - 15:24, 13 April 2024
- ...t and power of God, unto the interpretation thereof; sealed by the hand of Moroni, and hid up unto the Lord, to come forth in due time by the way of Gentile; He that cannot see that the prophet, in this chapter, spoke of a book that should come out of the ground, would90 KB (16,997 words) - 15:49, 13 April 2024
- ...rd, that the Lord ever acknowledged a church to be his, unless there was a prophet in it. There is one Lord, one faith, one baptism, one church, one gospel, a And the city of Zarahemla did take fire; and the city of Moroni did sink into the depths of the sea, and the inhabitants thereof were drown88 KB (16,327 words) - 15:49, 13 April 2024
- ...to the voice of the Lord, shall be fulfilled that which was written by the prophet Moses, That they should be cut off from among the people. And also that which was written by the prophet Malachi: For behold the day cometh that shall burn as an oven, and all the89 KB (16,495 words) - 15:49, 13 April 2024
- ...e proper channels of priesthood authority. It would come from the current Prophet of the Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints, not from obscure indivi ...f Mormon and tell what is not present in the Book of Mormon. For example, Moroni is described as joining the Nemenhah after the great battles that destroyed4 KB (721 words) - 15:50, 13 April 2024
- ...write very ingeniously about it, but there it ends; with perhaps, a false prophet, or false christ, to finish it; and there the sound dies away. And the worl ====Moroni's Lamentation.====81 KB (14,720 words) - 15:49, 13 April 2024
- ...descend upon them. And again, what do we hear? Glad tidings from Cumorah! Moroni, ...ith the foul effluvia of wanton and unmerited persecution; the life of our prophet has been sought after, and many unpleasant circumstances have transpired wh75 KB (13,395 words) - 15:51, 13 April 2024
- ...worketh by power, according to the faith of the children of men” ({{s||Moroni|10|7}}). ...ssential|baptism]]), providing authoritative scripture or revelation via a prophet to the entire Church,<ref>See discussion in Dallin H. Oaks, "[https://www.l4 KB (618 words) - 15:22, 13 April 2024
- ...thren were under arms, when one hundred and fifty of them came forth, like Moroni, to battle. On Tuesday morning the mob had collected to the number of three ...his posterity, who were his family and over whom he presided as patriarch, prophet, priest, and king. Both Abraham and Jacob stood in the same relationship79 KB (13,962 words) - 15:53, 13 April 2024
- ...eat Lakes and also in the land of many rivers and fountains. Moreover, the Prophet Joseph Smith himself is on record, definitely declaring the present hill ca ...hat were not the fact. That they did speak of this hill in the days of the Prophet in this definite manner is an established record of history./18 KB (3,157 words) - 11:49, 29 May 2012
- ...d have been here, if we had not done as we did in secret. The cry of false prophet and imposter [impostor] rolled upon us. I do not know that anything has tak The branch of Moroni, in Jackson county, was represented by elder H. J. Brown; consisting of 1379 KB (14,089 words) - 15:53, 13 April 2024
- ...generally, there were about 225 words per page that were translated by the prophet and written down by his scribe… <ref>The Sealed Portion Website, "Questio ...the only large book without such an introduction. The books of Mormon and Moroni have no colophons, but they are the editors and authors throughout the abri11 KB (1,756 words) - 22:20, 9 May 2024
- ...to the First Vision; at best it's a conflation of the First Vision and the Moroni Vision. Again, you could always say that 'apologists argue.' John Foxe (20 "When the Father and the Son and Moroni and others came to Joseph Smith..."<br>{{JDfairwiki|author=John Taylor|disc54 KB (8,212 words) - 16:49, 15 October 2017
- |L9=Response to claim: "37. If God speaks through a prophet, why do Mormons vote on whether or not to receive and authorize it?"51 KB (8,385 words) - 19:04, 8 May 2024
- "And now, I, Moroni, would speak somewhat concerning these things; I would show unto the world ...s to try to disprove the Book of Mormon, for if it can be discredited, the Prophet Joseph Smith goes with it. So does our claim to priesthood keys, and revela6 KB (991 words) - 23:29, 30 April 2024
- ...salvation is logically unavailable for man they are giving it a spin that Moroni himself would have been horrified at=== Critics interpret Moroni 10:32 to suggest that the conditions we must meet in order to receive salva9 KB (1,518 words) - 15:24, 13 April 2024
- *Keystone in Doctrine: If the Book of Mormon is true, then Joseph Smith was a prophet and the doctrines taught in the revelations he received are also true. ...) God exists, (2) Jesus Christ's atonement is real, (3) Joseph Smith was a prophet, and (4) the Church is true. [http://www.lds.org/scriptures/bofm/introducti13 KB (1,953 words) - 14:23, 13 April 2024
- ...i) before him, and many prophets after him (all the way down to Mormon and Moroni) also drew on the teachings of Zenos. Reviewing how these other prophets us ...ee Symbolism in Ancient Israel''': This allegory from an ancient Israelite prophet effectively captures the symbolism of the olive tree in ancient Israelite r10 KB (1,580 words) - 14:23, 13 April 2024
- ...ical sources box:Book of Mormon/Plagiarism accusations/Comoros Islands and Moroni/CriticalSources|edit]] ...ticalSources ||[[Template:Critical sources box:Joseph Smith's First Vision/Prophet's mother said First Vision was of an "angel"/CriticalSources|edit]]167 KB (22,691 words) - 13:53, 11 May 2024
- ===Moroni 7:20–25=== Prophet Gordon B. Hinckley said:17 KB (3,086 words) - 21:11, 1 May 2024
- ...his room on September 21, 1823 would have been awakened by the presence of Moroni. They would have testified of his visit as well.}} ...official and authorized position of the church’s leaders describing the Moroni visit? Was it a dream, a vision in the mind of J Smith, or an actual, phys45 KB (7,307 words) - 14:20, 13 April 2024
- ...statement is sometimes quoted in church. This comes from Teachings of the Prophet Joseph Smith, p.120: "Q: 'Was Joseph Smith not a money digger?' 'Yes, but i ...a year before he dug up the golden plates, after he had met with the angel Moroni for each of the prior three years?22 KB (3,748 words) - 13:33, 13 April 2024
- ...to claim: "If this was the only translation issue that was damaging to the prophet then we would dismiss it" ...said what is not true. If he spoke as a prophet, therefore, he is a false prophet. If he spoke as a mere man, he cannot be trusted, for he spoke positively a20 KB (3,251 words) - 14:20, 13 April 2024
- |<=[[../Moroni's Visitation|Moroni's Visitation]] ...d Seasons" were calling the angel that visited Joseph 'Nephi,' rather than Moroni"53 KB (8,534 words) - 14:20, 13 April 2024
- |>=[[../Moroni's Visitation|Moroni's Visitation]] ...ed them, then this entire story is simply made up by Joseph Smith. But the prophet Joseph evidently was afraid she had not, but had secretly hidden them, for22 KB (3,712 words) - 14:20, 13 April 2024
- ...s who suggests that Joseph could not have learned any of these things from Moroni: ...ent inhabitants of this continent based upon his interviews with the angel Moroni prior to retrieving the gold plates from which the Book of Mormon was trans56 KB (9,377 words) - 13:33, 13 April 2024
- *{{SourceQuotePhrase|chocolate-colored, somewhat egg-shaped stone which the Prophet found while digging a well}} **History of Joseph Smith, the Prophet, 2:34-3520 KB (2,816 words) - 14:20, 13 April 2024
- ...ows: By aid of the seer stone, sentences would appear and were read by the Prophet and written by Martin and when finished he would say "Written," and if corr ...so. Martin said, "to stop the mouths of fools," who had told him that the Prophet had learned those sentences and was merely repeating them, etc.101 KB (17,238 words) - 14:20, 13 April 2024
- ...claim: "McConkie can only apologize for his own statements and the current prophet would have to explain the Church's practices for the first 150 years of its ...rnity, the voice of God, conveyed by the power of the Spirit, spoke to his prophet . . . And we all heard the same voice, received the same message, and becam42 KB (7,082 words) - 14:20, 13 April 2024
- |L2=Response to claim: "Moroni is pictured floating above Joseph or next to his bed, alone in his bedroom" {{:Source:Hinckley:Ensign:October 1984:I am not worried that the Prophet Joseph Smith gave a number of versions of the first vision}}27 KB (4,214 words) - 14:20, 13 April 2024
- #Lucy Mack Smith, ''Biographical Sketches of Joseph Smith The Prophet'' ...th, quoted by Lucy Mack Smith, ''Biographical Sketches of Joseph Smith The Prophet'', p. 9042 KB (7,433 words) - 14:20, 13 April 2024
- I am not worried that the Prophet Joseph Smith gave a number of versions of the first vision anymore than I a ...ated of the '''seer stone''': 'Sentences would appear and were read by the Prophet and written by Martin'" <br>—Neal A. Maxwell, “‘By the Gift and P61 KB (9,677 words) - 15:01, 13 April 2024
- **Sidney B. Sperry, "Moroni the Lonely: The Story of the Writing of the Title Page to the Book of Mormo *Stephen Kent Ehat, "'Securing' the Prophet's Copyright in the Book of Mormon: Historical and Legal Context for the So-47 KB (6,269 words) - 15:39, 26 December 2012
- **Sidney B. Sperry, "Moroni the Lonely: The Story of the Writing of the Title Page to the Book of Mormo *Stephen Kent Ehat, "'Securing' the Prophet's Copyright in the Book of Mormon: Historical and Legal Context for the So-57 KB (7,530 words) - 09:36, 27 August 2013
- ...fore mentioned man of God,) — sins not against him only, but against Moroni, who holds the keys of the stick of Ephraim. And also, with Elias, who hold Answer. Moroni, the person who deposited the plates, from whence the book of Mormon74 KB (13,606 words) - 15:01, 8 December 2012
- ...oseph Smith. It contains an account of the early experiences of the Mormon prophet and includes the story of the first vision. While the story varies in some ...el to this same obscure person, Joseph Smith Jun., who afterwards became a Prophet, Seer, and Revelator, and informed him that he should not join any of the r63 KB (10,994 words) - 14:20, 13 April 2024
- ...of Jesus Christ of Latter Day Saints, believe that Joseph Smith was a true prophet up to his death, and accept his revelations in their Book of Doctrine and C ...Saints (the church at Salt Lake City) believe that Joseph Smith was a true prophet up to the time of his death, and accept his revelations which they have pub234 KB (43,989 words) - 15:09, 13 April 2024
- ...lator of the Book of Mormon, was worthy of the appellation of a Seer and a Prophet of the Lord,</span> and in which he held over me a mysterious power which e ...translator of the book of Mormon is worthy the appellation of a seer and a prophet of the Lord.</span> In this I do not pretend that he is not a man subject t32 KB (5,508 words) - 14:24, 13 April 2024
- ...ogic evidence, we Latter-day Saints believe that Noah was an actual man, a prophet of God, who preached repentance and raised a voice of warning, built an ark ...6; D&C 88:112–115; D&C 78:16; D&C 107:53–56; D&C 116; Teachings of the Prophet Joseph Smith, p. 157.)70 KB (11,848 words) - 14:20, 13 April 2024
- Even after a revelation is received and expressed by a prophet, it has to be understood, taught, translated into other languages, and expr ..., partaking the sacrament, and receiving our endowments can be merely what Moroni called “dead works,” an offense to God and valueless, unless they are g36 KB (6,144 words) - 15:17, 13 June 2022
- ...se to claim: "The largest city and capital of Comoros (formerly 'Camora')? Moroni"]] (Letter to a CES Director: Why I Lost My Testimony, April 2013) *[[#Response to claim: "'Camora' and settlement 'Moroni' were common names in pirate and treasure hunting stories involving Captain87 KB (13,652 words) - 14:21, 13 April 2024
- ...few years, we can all see the fulfilment [fulfillment] of a prediction of Moroni, recorded in the Book of Mormon, page 563. Speaking of the time of the Gent ...t his hand again the second time to recover his people, as declared by the prophet Isaiah: and he has said, "I will proceed to do a marvelous work among this67 KB (11,806 words) - 15:51, 13 April 2024
- *[[Gordon B. Hinckley (1984): "I am not worried that the Prophet Joseph Smith gave a number of versions of the first vision"]] *[[Allen (1970): "the Prophet described his experience to friends and acquaintances at least as early as53 KB (8,277 words) - 14:21, 13 April 2024
- ...e to claim: "Yesterday's doctrine is today's false doctrine. Yesterday’s prophet is today’s heretic." |L15=Response to claim: "Why would I want them following the prophet when a prophet is just a man of his time?"27 KB (4,239 words) - 14:21, 13 April 2024
- ...me thing: God or God’s spirit bore witness to them that their religion, prophet/pope/leaders, book(s), and teachings are true. ...e truth of something simply through "feelings". Moroni tells us to ponder (Moroni 10:3-5). Oliver Cowdery gave us studying it out in our mind and then asking31 KB (5,073 words) - 14:21, 13 April 2024
- ...sometimes used in place of the interpreters and substituted it without the Prophet’s knowledge"]]63 KB (10,061 words) - 14:21, 13 April 2024
- ...article in the ''Ensign''. What the Church teaches is that Noah was a real prophet, and that he was commanded to save his family along with a number of animal ...n has never claimed "the impossibility of Noah's ark." We believe that the prophet Noah existed, that he was commanded to build an ark, that he was commended24 KB (3,917 words) - 14:57, 5 February 2024
- ...verlasting Covenant," said Prescindia, "[I] was sealed to Joseph Smith the Prophet and Seer, and to the best of my ability I have honored plural marriage, nev ...Evidence: Oliver Buell, Mosiah Hancock, John Reed Hancock, Zebulon Jacobs, Moroni Llewllyn Pratt, and Orrison Smith3 KB (375 words) - 15:08, 13 April 2024
- ...rodie, ‘’No Man Knows My History: The Life of Joseph Smith, the Mormon Prophet’’ (New York: Alfred A. Knopf, 1971), 6-33. See also Jerald and Sandra T |title=The Prophet Joseph Smith44 KB (6,668 words) - 14:14, 13 April 2024
- * “a prophet is only a prophet when he is acting as such.” <ref>History of the Church 5:265.</ref> ...ing around and saying, “do you not think that you may be mistaken? Can a Prophet or an Apostle be mistaken?” Do not ask me any such question, for I will a25 KB (4,260 words) - 14:23, 13 April 2024
- Later copies of "Nephi" in place of "Moroni" ...the Baptist; and, by referring to the history and revelations of the great Prophet of the last days, we may learn that, at sundry times, from the year 1820 ti3 KB (467 words) - 23:28, 29 January 2014
- ...today perhaps a highlight or two will suffice: He was visited by the angel Moroni. He translated, from the precious plates to which he was directed, the Book .... '''Their words, written on gold plates''', were quoted and abridged by a prophet-historian named Mormon. '''The record gives an account of two great civiliz21 KB (3,494 words) - 14:20, 13 April 2024
- ...Ensign'' (November 2005) {{link|url=https://www.lds.org/ensign/2005/11/the-prophet-joseph-smith-teacher-by-example}} ...today perhaps a highlight or two will suffice: He was visited by the angel Moroni. He translated, from the precious plates to which he was directed, the Book5 KB (843 words) - 15:50, 13 April 2024
- ...are standing there in amazement, someone will turn to you and ask, "Which prophet time did you live in?" And when you say "Gordon B. Hinckley," a hush will f5 KB (776 words) - 14:09, 13 April 2024
- * '''Moroni 7:20–39''' – Moroni asks the crucial question of how we can truly know what is good and what is ...t Joseph Smith and Oliver Cowdery started with Mosiah, went all the way to Moroni, went all the way back to 1 Nephi, and then finished with Words of Mormon.18 KB (2,934 words) - 01:51, 12 May 2023
- ...ch and also in the world. But when the news of his proceedings reached the prophet Joseph, he called Bishop home forthwith. He was introduced into the school ...valid priesthood authority for baptism and other ordinances (Mosiah 21:33, Moroni 2–5), including a concerted effort by the resurrected Christ to make this43 KB (7,106 words) - 14:17, 13 April 2024
- ..., 1 Nephi 14:26; 2 Nephi 26:17, 27:8, 22; 30:3; Ether 3:22–28, 4:5, 5:1; Moroni 10:2). One sees the same usage in Snuffer’s often-cited D&C 124, where Hy ...ctance to accept anything new.<ref>Joseph Fielding Smith, Teachings of the Prophet Joseph Smith (Salt Lake City, Utah: Deseret Book Co., 1938), 91 (TPJS herea25 KB (3,959 words) - 14:17, 13 April 2024
- ...Eli. God’s judgments established Samuel as the new, presiding priest and prophet. When this happened, once again there was a man among the Israelites who co ...estoration, you have mischaracterized doctrine, denigrated virtually every prophet since Joseph Smith, and placed the church in a negative light. The book is29 KB (4,801 words) - 14:17, 13 April 2024
- ...rate that Martin Harris did not actually see the gold plates and the angel Moroni=== ...rate that Martin Harris did not actually see the gold plates and the angel Moroni:4 KB (632 words) - 18:14, 8 June 2017
- ...hen the missionaries teach investigators about the Book of Mormon they use Moroni chapter 10, verse 4, and admonish they pray and ask God if these things are Snuffer contradicts the prophet he claims to sustain.5 KB (773 words) - 14:18, 13 April 2024
- ...r Cannon's statement refers to the appearance of the Father and Son to the Prophet! This is a prime example of anti-Mormon desperation. A fuller examination o ...rious angels, the heads of dispensations, having also ministered unto him. Moroni, in the beginning, as you know, to prepare him for his mission, came and mi6 KB (951 words) - 15:22, 13 April 2024
- ...eity. "George Q. Cannon seemed to start Joseph’s call with the vision of Moroni. He did mention that Joseph saw Jesus and God but did not put those experie ...rious angels, the heads of dispensations, having also ministered unto him. Moroni, in the beginning, as you know, to prepare him for his mission, came and mi2 KB (388 words) - 15:37, 13 April 2024
- ...this same obscure person, '''Joseph Smith Jun.''', who afterwards became a Prophet, Seer, and Revelator, '''and informed him that he should not join any of th ..." at the beginning of the sentence. Hence, "He" (the Lord) send His angel (Moroni) to Joseph Smith but "He" also—ON A DIFFERENT OCCASION—told Jos7 KB (1,083 words) - 15:31, 13 April 2024
- ...word-for-word quotation/reproduction of what God the Father uttered to the prophet Micah in Micah 4:12–13 and 5:8–14 (3 Nephi 16:14–15; 20:1 ...troducing a Hebraism that would have been impossible for Joseph Smith, the Prophet, to have produced on his own."<ref>Paul Y. Hoskisson, "[https://journal.int198 KB (31,143 words) - 20:57, 12 April 2024
- ===It does not appear that the Angel Moroni identified the locations of places mentioned in the Book of Mormon=== ...).26 It is also unclear how much, if any, geography Moroni revealed to the Prophet—whose calling was that of translator, not geographer. In the absence of r4 KB (718 words) - 15:15, 13 April 2024
- ...ly about the First Vision he was even more specific about the level of the Prophet's math skills, saying that he had "'''a very limited understanding of the e ...propriate adjustment. Perhaps the problem with the date was brought to the Prophet's attention by a member of his own family after the information had been pr8 KB (1,272 words) - 15:10, 13 April 2024
- ...is a very significant phrase located in the introductory paragraph of the Prophet's historical narrative. There he indicates that the 1832 document is . . . :::SECOND: The "ministering of angels" - Moroni visitations11 KB (1,764 words) - 15:26, 13 April 2024
- ...ace Warren Parish thrice used the capitalized word “Angel” to refer to Moroni. Therefore, the capitalized “Angels” of the 14 November 1835 statement ...surper!!!! Abuser of men!!!!! <font color="red">Ange[l]</font>!!!!!! False prophet!!!!! Prophecying Lies in the name of the Lord and taking consecrated monies6 KB (1,090 words) - 15:20, 13 April 2024
- ...gend among the descendants of Levi W. Hancock points to another son of the prophet. If the legend is true, the child was probably John Reed Hancock, born Apri ||The son of Mary Rollins Lightner “may as easily have been the prophet’s son as that of Adam Lightner.”7 KB (1,090 words) - 15:14, 13 April 2024
- 1. theophanies (seeing God face-to-face), as in the first vision of the Prophet Joseph Smith, which came at the beginning of the present dispensation (JS-H 3. visitations of angelic persons, such as the appearance of the angel Moroni to Joseph Smith (JS-H 1:30-32)23 KB (3,850 words) - 15:58, 13 April 2024
- The Prophet Joseph Smith was an unschooled farm boy. To read some of his early letters After compiling some of the revelations, the ancient prophet Moroni said, “… if there be faults they be the faults of a man. But behold, we5 KB (809 words) - 15:21, 13 April 2024
- ...n with our beloved Brother Joseph whom I was willing to acknowledge as the prophet of the Lord, and to whom, and to whose godly account of himself and the wor ...— "Praise to the man who communed with Jehovah! Jesus anointed that Prophet and Seer. Blessed to open the last dispensation, Kings shall extol him, and6 KB (1,004 words) - 15:28, 13 April 2024
- ...e of the event—it did have a happy outcome.<ref>Hugh Nibley, ''Enoch the Prophet'', pp. 4–5.</ref> ...Christ (including little children) ({{s||Moses|7|44–45}}, see also {{s||Moroni|8|19}} on [[Plan of salvation/When are children capable of sin|salvation of3 KB (451 words) - 15:40, 13 April 2024
- ...that time. The change to Ether 4:1 was made in the 1849 edition, after the Prophet's death.<ref>George A. Horton, Jr., "The Book of Mormon-Transmission from T ...s now Ether 4:1, which was an abridgment of the record of the Jaredites by Moroni, was changed in a similar manner===5 KB (815 words) - 15:36, 13 April 2024
- ==Question: Did the prophet Nephi visit Joseph at some point in time?== ===Several of Joseph's associates believed that Joseph had visits from both Moroni ''and'' Nephi during the process of the Restoration===2 KB (370 words) - 15:17, 13 April 2024
- ...Church says it was Nephi who appeared to Joseph Smith in 1823 rather than Moroni"== ...du/Presentations/Transcripts/Devotionals/2013_9_24_Christofferson.htm "The Prophet Joseph Smith"] (Footnote 14), Brigham Young University-Idaho Devotional (242 KB (281 words) - 15:44, 13 April 2024
- ...estion: Are there sources which identify the angel that visited Joseph as "Moroni" that date prior to the "Nephi" error?== ===There are multiple independent sources which mention Moroni that pre-date the 1838/1839 error===5 KB (836 words) - 15:10, 13 April 2024
- ...graphy of the Prophet's mother (Lucy Mack Smith) by an editor in 1853. The Prophet's mother, therefore, did not make this statement (as some claim). The sourc ...phi'' <ref> Lucy [Mack] Smith, ''Biographical Sketches of Joseph Smith the Prophet, and his Progenitors for Many Generations,'' (London: Latter-Day Saints' Bo13 KB (2,175 words) - 15:37, 13 April 2024
- ...mith originally identify the angel that visited him as "Nephi" instead of "Moroni"?== ...historian or transcriber. It is true, that the history reads as though the Prophet himself recorded [it, that he] was [doing the] writing: but … many events7 KB (1,080 words) - 15:15, 13 April 2024
- ....org/stream/improvementera7309unse#page/n7/mode/2up "Confirming Records of Moroni's Coming,"] ''The Improvement Era'' 73:9 (September 1970): 4-8.</ref> [[es:Fuente:Anderson:Confirming Records of Moroni's Coming:Improvement Era:73 9:Esta redacción de la presente Perla de Gran3 KB (393 words) - 15:43, 13 April 2024
- ==Question: Why didn't Joseph's siblings wake up during Moroni's visit?== ===God had the power to prevent Joseph's siblings from waking up during Moroni's visit===4 KB (666 words) - 15:38, 13 April 2024
- ...hethood: Joseph Smith Junior as Rodsman, Village Seer, and Judeo-Christian Prophet," (Master's Thesis, University of Utah, Logan, Utah, 2000), 293.1 KB (178 words) - 15:43, 13 April 2024
- ...f> Roberts, however, believed that Joseph had conversations with the Angel Moroni. ...Prophet Joseph Smith'', recounts how in the evening of that day, the young prophet sat up late detailing to the family the wonderful conversations he had with2 KB (421 words) - 18:45, 6 May 2024
- ===Brigham Young related a story about how the plates were returned to Moroni in a cave in the Hill Cumorah=== ...to be entirely hidden from the human family. Oliver Cowdery went with the Prophet Joseph when he deposited these plates. Joseph did not translate all of the5 KB (800 words) - 15:26, 13 April 2024
- ...t and power of God, unto the interpretation thereof; sealed by the hand of Moroni, and hid up unto the Lord, to come forth in due time by the way of Gentile; ...have rejected the copyright if it had been assigned to "God" or "the angel Moroni" as the "author and proprietor"==6 KB (1,065 words) - 20:57, 12 April 2024
- ...f the kingdom of heaven, bestowed upon them by the Christ, appeared to the Prophet Joseph and Oliver Cowdery, and the divine and supreme authority from God wa It goes further than we have come, this knowledge by faith. After the Prophet had translated the Book of Mormon he began to receive the revelations which27 KB (4,505 words) - 15:11, 13 April 2024
- ...seph may have used his seer stone to view the location of the plates after Moroni told him where they were=== ...to him ({{s||JS-H|1|34-35,42}}). This is an example of a false dichotomy: Moroni could easily have told Joseph about the plates and interpreters. The visio7 KB (1,099 words) - 15:23, 13 April 2024
- ===The Nephite interpreters were reclaimed by Moroni=== As noted above, the Nephite interpreters were apparently reclaimed by Moroni following the loss of the 116 pages, and were only seen again by the Three3 KB (453 words) - 15:33, 13 April 2024
- ...rtin Harris attempted to give the method of the translation. Evidently the Prophet did not tell them the method.”<ref>Kirkham, ''A New Witness'', 196.</ref> ...mim were returned with the plates to the angel''. We have no record of the Prophet having the Urim and Thummim after the organization of the Church. Statement16 KB (2,511 words) - 15:21, 13 April 2024
- ===Joseph Fielding Smith said "It hardly seems reasonable to suppose that the Prophet would ''substitute something evidently inferior under these circumstances'' ...so easy for a story of this kind to be circulated due to the fact that the Prophet did possess a seer stone, which he may have used for some other purposes.<r7 KB (1,137 words) - 15:13, 13 April 2024
- ...ook of Mormon....Later, when actually incarcerated in the jail, Joseph the Prophet turned to the guards who held him captive and bore a powerful testimony of5 KB (848 words) - 20:57, 12 April 2024
- ...r (2 March 1879): "the Father and the Son...came to Joseph Smith" and "the Prophet Joseph asked the angel"== ==="When the Prophet Joseph asked the angel which of the sects was right"===2 KB (348 words) - 14:27, 13 April 2024
- ...story up on the spot, because Joseph was telling various people about his Moroni visits well before recovering the plates (see for example various Knight fa ...s Christ." This claim is not related by any other individuals who knew the Prophet, suggesting that these three individuals planned and coordinated their stor9 KB (1,525 words) - 15:15, 13 April 2024
- ==Question: Did Joseph Smith develop the story of Moroni's visit based upon information contained in the story ''The Golden Pot''?== ...her Grant Palmer argues that Joseph Smith developed his story of visits by Moroni and the translation of a sacred book from ''The Golden Pot'', a book by Ger9 KB (1,588 words) - 15:14, 13 April 2024
- ...rtin Harris, who had acted as scribe during this period of time, asked the Prophet if he could show the manuscript to his wife Lucy. After repeated inquiries ...e importance of not opposing the Lord’s will. This incident affected the Prophet very deeply, and he was more determined than ever to regain the ability to7 KB (1,165 words) - 15:28, 13 April 2024
- |L2=The Prophet's mother's account of her son telling "amusing recitals" about the ancient ===The Prophet's mother's account of her son telling "amusing recitals" about the ancient6 KB (993 words) - 18:44, 6 May 2024