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Source(s) of the Criticism


These sources argue either: (a) no more revelation is necessary; (b) the Book of Mormon is blasphemous; {c) it is a mistake to expect miracles or gifts of the Spirit in the present era.

  • “Blasphemy–‘Book of Mormon,’ alias The Golden Bible,” Rochester Daily Advertiser (New York) (2 April 1830). off-site
  • “The Book of Mormon, or Golden Bible,” Village Chronicle (Dansville, New York) (27 April 1830). off-site
  • “An Extract.” The Reflector (Palmyra, New York) 1, no. 5 (30 September 1829): 18. off-site
  • “Imposition and Blasphemy!!—Moneydiggers, Etc.” The Gem (Rochester, New York) (15 May 1830): 15. off-site
  • “Mormonism,” New York Weekly Messenger and Young Men’s Advocate (29 April 1835). Reprinted from The Pioneer (Rock Springs, Illinois), March 1835. off-site
  • “Mr. Alexa[n]der Campbell . . .,” Painesville Telegraph (Painesville, Ohio) (21 June 1831). off-site
  • Origen Bachelor, Mormonism Exposed Internally and Externally (New York: Privately Published, 1838), 26. off-site
  • Olion [Oliver] Barr to Ebenezer Barr, 22 September 1835, Latter Day Saints' Messenger and Advocate 2 no. 5 (February 1836), 257–58. off-site {an|Author argues that one ought not to accept the Book of Mormon without seeing miracles such as raising the dead, stilling the elements, etc.}}
    • Sidney Rigdon to Oliver Barr, 15 November 1835, "Dear Sir," Latter Day Saints' Messenger and Advocate 2 no. 5 (February 1836), 258–63. off-site
      Rigdon replies to Barr's crtique.
    • Oliver Barr to Sidney Rigdon, 29 February 1836, "Sir," Latter Day Saints' Messenger and Advocate 2 no. 6 (March 1836), 273. off-site
    • Sidney Rigdon to Oliver Barr, March 1836, "Sir," Latter Day Saints' Messenger and Advocate 2 no. 6 (March 1836), 273–74. off-site
      Rigdon replies to Barr's crtique.
    • Oliver Barr to Sidney Rigdon, "Dear Sir," Latter Day Saints' Messenger and Advocate 2 no. 9 (June 1836), 321–25. off-site
    • Sidney Rigdon to Oliver Barr, June 1836, "Sir," Latter Day Saints' Messenger and Advocate 2 no. 9 (June 1836), 326–29. off-site
      Rigdon replies to Barr's crtique.
    • Oliver Barr, “‘What is Truth?’” [Mormonism—No. 1] Christian Palladium (Union Mills, New York) 5, no. 15 (1 December 1836): 227–28. off-site
    • Oliver Barr, “‘This wisdom descendeth not from above’” [Mormonism—No. 2] Christian Palladium (Union Mills, New York) 5, no. 16 (15 December 1836): 241–43. off-site
    • Oliver Barr, “Mormonism No. iii,” Christian Palladium (Union Mills, New York) 5, no. 18 (16 January 1837): 273–75. off-site
      Barr cites his exchange with Rigdon and addresses similar issues in three articles.
  • David S. Burnett, “Something New.—The Golden Bible,” Evangelical Inquirer (Dayton, Ohio) 1, no. 10 (7 March 1831): 217–19. off-site
  • Thomas Campbell, “The Mormon Challenge,” Painesville Telegraph (Painesville, Ohio) 2, no. 35 (15 February 1831): 2. off-site
  • D. Griffiths, Jun., Two Years’ Residence in the New Settlements of Ohio, North America: With Directions to Emigrants (London: Westley and Davis, 1835), 134–135. off-site
  • H., Letter to the Editor, Observer and Telegraph (Hudson, Ohio) (30 December 1830). off-site
  • La Roy Sunderland, “Mormonism,” Zion’s Watchman (New York) 3, no. 2 (13 January 1838): 6. off-site
  • James M’Chesney, An Antidote To Mormonism, revised by G. J. Bennet (New York, NY: Burnett & Pollard, 1838), 21. off-site Full title