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Joseph Smith's First Vision
Joseph Smith's First Vision
Summary: Joseph Smith's claim that he saw the Father and the Son in 1820 has produced a wide variety of criticism. This set of articles addresses the various critical claims related to the First Vision. The linked articles below are designed to help readers to see some of the weaknesses that are found in arguments that are made against Joseph Smith's First Vision accounts. Some of these arguments are currently being advocated in anti-Mormon literature that is handed out near the Sacred Grove in Palmyra, New York.
Video published by The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints.
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- Multiple accounts of the First Vision
- Events leading to the First Vision
- Events occurring after the First Vision
- The First Vision and doctrine
- Accounts of Joseph Smith's First Vision
Multiple accounts of the First Vision
Summary: Historians have published and discussed the various accounts of Joseph Smith's first vision for decades.
First video published by the Church History Department.
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- Joseph Smith's various accounts of the First Vision
- Joseph Smith's 1832 account of the First Vision
- Joseph Smith's 1835 accounts of the First Vision
- Joseph Smith's 1838 account of the First Vision
- Joseph Smith's first and second visitation of angels
- Joseph Smith's 1832 First Vision account states he was 15 years old
- Discrepancies in Paul's account of his vision
19th century attitudes about plural marriage
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