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==FAIR Wiki articles== | ==FAIR Wiki articles== | ||
<small> These wiki articles address claims made by this author.</small> | <small> These wiki articles address claims made by this author.</small> | ||
*[[First Vision accounts]] (Summary and index page) | |||
*[[Religious revivals in 1820]] | |||
*[[Early Smith family history]] | |||
*[[Joseph Smith did not know if God existed in 1823]] | |||
*[[Joseph Smith joined other churches]] | |||
:'''Claims about the 1832 First Vision account''' | |||
*[[Only one Deity appears in the 1832 account]] | |||
*[[1832 account doesn't mention new dispensation]] | |||
*[[1832 account doesn't mention a revival]] | |||
*[[1832 account doesn't forbid joining a church]] | |||
*[[1832 account doesn't mention persecution]] | |||
*[[Motivation in 1832 account is different]] | |||
*[[Different age provided in the 1832 text]] | |||
:'''Claims about other members and the First Vision''' | |||
*[[George Q. Cannon referred to "angels"]] | |||
*[[Oliver Cowdery not aware of First Vision in 1834-35]] | |||
*[[Orson Hyde referred to "angels"]] | |||
*[[Andrew Jenson called personage an "angel"]] | |||
*[[Heber C. Kimball denied the Father appeared]] | |||
*[[Orson Pratt confused about "angel" or Father-Son]] | |||
*[[George A. Smith said First Vision was an "angel"]] | |||
*[[Prophet's mother said First Vision was of an "angel"|Lucy Mack Smith claimed "angel"?]] | |||
*[[John Taylor's understanding of the First Vision]] | |||
*[[Wilford Woodruff spoke of an "angel"]] | |||
*[[Brigham Young said the Lord didn't appear]] | |||
*[[Brigham Young never mentioned the First Vision]] | |||
*[[Seldom mentioned in LDS publications before 1877]] | |||
**[[Seldom_mentioned_in_LDS_publications_before_1877_(long)|Longer version]] | |||
==Further reading== | ==Further reading== | ||
{{SpecificAuthorsList}} | {{SpecificAuthorsList}} | ||
Revision as of 00:53, 21 January 2007
Reviews of author's work(s)
- Michael G. Reed, "Abanes's Revised History (Review of: One Nation Under Gods: A History of the Mormon Church)," FARMS Review 16/1 (2004): 99–110. off-site
FAIR Wiki articles
These wiki articles address claims made by this author.
- First Vision accounts (Summary and index page)
- Religious revivals in 1820
- Early Smith family history
- Joseph Smith did not know if God existed in 1823
- Joseph Smith joined other churches
- Claims about the 1832 First Vision account
- Only one Deity appears in the 1832 account
- 1832 account doesn't mention new dispensation
- 1832 account doesn't mention a revival
- 1832 account doesn't forbid joining a church
- 1832 account doesn't mention persecution
- Motivation in 1832 account is different
- Different age provided in the 1832 text
- Claims about other members and the First Vision
- George Q. Cannon referred to "angels"
- Oliver Cowdery not aware of First Vision in 1834-35
- Orson Hyde referred to "angels"
- Andrew Jenson called personage an "angel"
- Heber C. Kimball denied the Father appeared
- Orson Pratt confused about "angel" or Father-Son
- George A. Smith said First Vision was an "angel"
- Lucy Mack Smith claimed "angel"?
- John Taylor's understanding of the First Vision
- Wilford Woodruff spoke of an "angel"
- Brigham Young said the Lord didn't appear
- Brigham Young never mentioned the First Vision
- Seldom mentioned in LDS publications before 1877