Predefinição:FirstVisionPortal

FAIRwiki portal
First Vision & Related Issues
FAIRwiki articles
General criticisms: Leading up to the vision: Summary page Methodist camp meetings in 1820 Religious revivals in 1820 Place of residence in 1820 The vision: First Vision accounts (summary) 1832 account analysis 1835 account analysis 1838 account analysis After the vision: Joined other churches? Unsure of God in 1823? Early understanding of God All wrong? Details added over time? No ref in 1830s? Fabricated to bolster authority? Changed by 1838 apostasy? Without priesthood can't see God? 1838 Account: 1820 Revival? "It commenced with the Methodists" 1835 Account: Personages were angels? 1832 Account: No new dispensation? Different age? Different motivation? No persecution? No revival? Not forbidden to convert? Wicked destroyed? Only one Deity? In heaven or earth? Unconditional salvation? Struggle with Satan? Others' accounts: George Q. Cannon Cowdery version of 1834-5? Orson Hyde Andrew Jenson Heber C. Kimball| Orson Pratt George A. Smith Lucy Mack Smith Orson Spencer John Taylor Brigham never spoke of 1st vision? Brigham claimed an angel? Seldom published pre-1877 (short) (long) LDS Father/Son pre-1838? Non-LDS pre-1843? Other criticisms: D&C 121:28 Father: Spirit vs. Embodied Nephi or Moroni in 1823? A "spirit" visited Joseph in 1827? Personages seen by Joseph
FAIR Wiki Topical Guide
First Vision
FAIR web site
Topical guide Articles
FARMS web site
[Pending]
Additional reading
Online In print
Other portals
Joseph Smith, Jr.