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- |subject=Marinda Nancy Johnson Hyde as a polyandrous wife of Joseph Smith |summary=Marinda is a known wife of Joseph.19 KB (2,909 words) - 20:02, 18 May 2024
- =Does the Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints (Mormons) have any association with polygamist groups?= ...tablished by Joseph Smith, however, they no longer recognize the authority of LDS Church leaders==529 KB (90,740 words) - 02:33, 19 May 2024
- ==The record is frustratingly incomplete regarding the question of which marriages were consummated, it is likewise spotty with regards to whe ...the case of Josephine Lyon, now considered the most likely potential child of Joseph.76 KB (12,137 words) - 22:08, 18 May 2024
- |subject=The age of Joseph Smith's wives. ...any reported miraculous divine manifestations convincing them of the truth of the doctrine. Helen's parents were two such members.56 KB (9,188 words) - 03:43, 19 May 2024
- ...''Ensign'' ([https://www.lds.org/ensign/2001/12/five-marks-of-the-divinity-of-jesus-christ?lang=eng December 2001]).</ref> ...w Him. There have been many in this dispensation who have seen Him. As one of those special witnesses…I testify to you that He lives. He lives with a r29 KB (5,125 words) - 22:32, 9 May 2024
- ...ave been properly convicted of adultery under the law of Illinois in 1844. Illinois law only criminalized adultery or fornication if it was "open". Had Joseph ...ral marriages in Illinois were ''not'' illegal under the adultery statutes of the day=33 KB (5,204 words) - 01:59, 19 May 2024
- =Was the young Joseph Smith a teller of "tall tales"?= ...ccount of her son telling "amusing recitals" about the ancient inhabitants of the American continent occurred during the years that Joseph was being prep42 KB (7,214 words) - 22:20, 19 May 2024
- =How did Emma Hale Smith react to Joseph's practice of plural marriage?= ==Emma was aware of Joseph's plural marriage and sometimes gave permission, but did much to try36 KB (6,146 words) - 21:44, 18 May 2024
- |L=Criticism of Mormonism/Books/Passing the Heavenly Gift/Joseph received sealing powers in ...text here may have been expanded, reworded, or corrected given the nature of a wiki project. References in brackets like this: (xx) refer to page number25 KB (3,959 words) - 14:17, 13 April 2024
- |L=Criticism of Mormonism/Books/Passing the Heavenly Gift/The Nauvoo temple was not built w ...text here may have been expanded, reworded, or corrected given the nature of a wiki project. References in brackets like this: (xx) refer to page number34 KB (5,586 words) - 14:17, 13 April 2024
- ...tion: What did B.H. Roberts say about ''View of the Hebrews'' and the Book of Mormon?== ===B.H. Roberts was playing "devil's advocate" when he examined ''View of the Hebrews'', and showing what a critic might do===3 KB (542 words) - 15:31, 13 April 2024
- ==Question: Did Joseph Smith have any children through any of his polyandrous marriages?== ===DNA research has, so far, ruled out most who were suspected of being Joseph's children through polyandrous marriages===7 KB (1,090 words) - 15:14, 13 April 2024
- |L7=LIST OF AGENTS. | CITY OF NAUVOO, ILLINOIS, JAN. 15, 1841.66 KB (11,267 words) - 15:51, 13 April 2024
- ...elief of both Mormons and Masons that Masonry had it origins in the Temple of Solomon=== ...centuries back, it is only a perverted Priesthood stolen from the Temples of the Most High." <ref>{{Instructor1 | author=H. Belnap | article=A Mysteriou8 KB (1,179 words) - 15:37, 13 April 2024
- ===Spencer Kimball prior to the lifting of the priesthood ban: "There is no condemnation," but rather concerns about " ...965, then-Elder Spencer W. Kimball explained that there is no condemnation of interracial marriage:6 KB (908 words) - 15:24, 13 April 2024
- ==Question: What are the different levels of knowledge that members may have about Church history?== ===There are different levels of knowledge regarding Church history===4 KB (619 words) - 15:31, 13 April 2024
- ...awson may have been extra-legal justice by males offended by his treatment of a female relative, and had nothing to do with the Church=== ...m of misplaced confidence, and fell into a snare laid for his feet by some of his own brother-officials....Governor Dawson had been betrayed into an offe3 KB (518 words) - 15:29, 13 April 2024
- ...Some observers claim, however, that members of the Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints are not "Christian," and that they have only recently cla ...e, as attested by LDS scripture, practice, doctrine, and public statements of its leadership and its early critics.30 KB (4,611 words) - 21:15, 1 May 2024
- ...think that Joseph Smith or the Church had anything to with the publication of ''The Peace Maker''=== ...think that Joseph Smith or the Church had anything to with the publication of ''The Peace Maker''.7 KB (1,248 words) - 21:15, 30 April 2024
- According to the accounts of both John Taylor and Willard Richards—the two eyewitnesses who survived t The account in the official ''History of the Church'' records:6 KB (981 words) - 15:30, 13 April 2024
- ...The Diary of Hosea Stout, 1844-1861'' (Salt Lake City: University of Utah Press, 1964).</ref> ...ugh to accommodate them, so meetings were held out of doors. The men "out of fellowship" who were flogged were refusing to leave a private meeting to wh4 KB (688 words) - 15:13, 13 April 2024
- ...s no evidence that the first federal appointees were threatened or at risk of their lives=== ...ms to have been a disposition to submit to their decisions, as in the case of the secretary and the funds in his hands {{io}}.<Ref>{{CHC1|vol=3|start=53513 KB (2,141 words) - 15:13, 13 April 2024
- ==Question: Did Joseph Fielding Smith remove the 1832 account of Joseph Smith's First Vision from its original letterbook and hide it in his Historians with the Joseph Smith Papers noted the provenance of [http://josephsmithpapers.org/paperSummary/history-circa-summer-1832#!/pape14 KB (2,211 words) - 15:13, 13 April 2024
- ==Question: What do wordprint studies say about the Book of Mormon?== ...istics, math formulas and artificial intelligence to determine the "style" of an author's writing.12 KB (1,893 words) - 15:33, 13 April 2024
- ...''practice'' of plural marriage will never be abandoned, but that the law of the new and everlasting covenant (which includes monogamous and polygamous ...ke of argument, that the document ''is'' from John Taylor, third president of the Church.<ref>For a detailed look at this document, see Brian C. Hales, "24 KB (4,019 words) - 01:47, 19 May 2024
- ===John Taylor erroneously believed that Joseph Smith had shot and killed two of their attackers at Carthage Jail=== ..., I am informed, died."<ref>Smith, ''History of the Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints'', Vol. 7, 102-103.</ref> Who were these rumored dead men4 KB (581 words) - 15:13, 13 April 2024
- ==Question: What was unique about the city of Nauvoo's charter and why did it anger some non-Mormons?== ...to the city, but it was not unique in this respect: The other charters in Illinois were similar===14 KB (2,180 words) - 15:36, 13 April 2024
- ...eptember 1857 a group of Mormons in southern Utah killed all adult members of an Arkansas wagon train that was headed for California=== ...that Church leaders—possibly as high as Brigham Young—approved of, or even ordered the killing.26 KB (4,391 words) - 14:25, 13 April 2024
- ...ion therapy is a standard technique that is still used today for a variety of treatments=== ...itting technique little known,"] February 17, 2010</ref> The Encyclopedia of Mental Disorders has this entry for aversion therapy:27 KB (3,400 words) - 15:22, 13 April 2024
- ==The use of the terms "magic" and "occult" are prejudicial, loaded terminology== ...is issue in: {{FR-12-2-15}}; {{FR-12-2-16}}; {{FR-12-2-16}}</ref> Scholars of magic and religion have, in fact, come to realize that defining "magic" is104 KB (16,809 words) - 00:45, 20 May 2024
- ...he church-Military parade-Prest. Rigdon's address-Laying the corner stones of the Temple. |L2=RISE OF THE CHURCH.64 KB (10,915 words) - 15:50, 13 April 2024
- |L1=Progress of the Church. |L15=LIST OF AGENTS FOR THE TIMES & SEASONS.69 KB (12,220 words) - 15:51, 13 April 2024
- |L1=A LETTER TO THE QUEEN OF ENGLAND, |L2=THE TIME OF ITS FULFILMENT75 KB (13,537 words) - 15:51, 13 April 2024
- |L5=UNIVERSITY OF THE CITY OF NAUVOO |L12=OFFICERS OF THE CITY OF NAUVOO70 KB (12,552 words) - 15:51, 13 April 2024
- |L1=BOOK OF DOCTRINE AND COVENANTS |L2=EVIDENCES IN PROOF OF THE BOOK OF MORMON.73 KB (12,675 words) - 15:51, 13 April 2024
- |L12=UNIVERSITY OF NAUVOO. |L15=TITHINGS AND CONSECRATIONS FOR THE TEMPLE OF THE LORD.72 KB (12,766 words) - 15:51, 13 April 2024
- |L7=RULES OF ORDER OF THE CITY COUNCIL. | CITY OF NAUVOO, ILL. FEB. 1, 1842.73 KB (12,990 words) - 15:51, 13 April 2024
- |L8=THE HIGH COUNCIL OF THE CHURCH OF JESUS CHRIST, TO THE SAINTS OF NAUVOO, GREETING:- |L10=UNIVERSITY.70 KB (12,482 words) - 15:51, 13 April 2024
- |L1=A FAC-SIMILE FROM THE BOOK OF ABRAHAM. NO. 1. |L9=THE COMING OF CHRIST.69 KB (12,301 words) - 15:52, 13 April 2024
- |L1=Prospectus of a Weekly Newspaper, called The Nauvoo Neighbor. |L2=HISTORY OF JOSEPH SMITH.76 KB (13,271 words) - 15:52, 13 April 2024
- |L3=HISTORY OF JOSEPH SMITH. |L6=EXTRACT OF A LETTER FROM F. M. HIGBEE.82 KB (14,444 words) - 15:52, 13 April 2024
- ==Question: Has The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints deceived its members regarding controversial issues about ...hat are supposedly damning to the Church’s credibility. A mantra of many of those that have left the Church is that "Yesterday's anti-Mormon literature46 KB (7,292 words) - 16:24, 26 April 2024
- == "this was a grief to my Soul thus from the age of twelve years to fifteen" == ...become excedingly distressed...<br><br>—Joseph Smith's 1832 account of the First Vision}}187 KB (31,076 words) - 17:40, 17 May 2024
- ...ith the past existence of a program designed by The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints for Indian placement. It is known as the Indian Student P ...s some common concerns/criticisms that have arisen in recent years because of it.8 KB (1,095 words) - 22:14, 3 December 2023
- {{Navigation:Book of Mormon}} ...ation readable and comprehensible as well as sometimes clarify the meaning of the underlying text.65 KB (10,333 words) - 20:58, 12 April 2024
- ...onship between Joseph Smith and other Church leaders, and (3) the evidence of the actual assassins. ...s, and Mobbers: A New Look at Solving a Carthage Jail Mystery]," ''Journal of Mormon History'' 45, no. 4 (October 2019): 1–37.</ref>9 KB (1,285 words) - 17:07, 4 December 2023