La Primera Visión de José Smith/Unirse a otras iglesias

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¿Se unió José Smith a otras iglesias en contra de los mandamientos de la Primera Visión?

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• Pregunta: ¿Se unió José Smith a las iglesias metodistas, presbiterianas o bautistas entre 1820 y 1830 a pesar del reclamo hecho en su historia de 1838 de que la Deidad le prohibió unirse a cualquier denominación?
• Pregunta: ¿José Smith se convirtió en miembro bautizado de la Iglesia Bautista en 1822?
• Question: Did Joseph Smith become a member of the Methodist Church while he was translating the Book of Mormon?
• Question: Did Joseph Smith join the Presbyterian Church after the First Vision?
• Questions: Are there contemporary witnesses that confirm that Joseph Smith didn't join any church after the First Vision?

Pregunta: ¿Se unió José Smith a las iglesias metodistas, presbiterianas o bautistas entre 1820 y 1830 a pesar del reclamo hecho en su historia de 1838 de que la Deidad le prohibió unirse a cualquier denominación?

  NEEDS TRANSLATION  

Nobody who has charged Joseph Smith with joining a church between 1820 and 1830 has ever produced any authentic denominational membership record that would substantiate such a claim

Three of the primary sources that charge Joseph Smith with joining sectarian churches between 1820 and 1830 were produced in the latter part of the nineteenth century, over a half-century after the First Vision. None of the three are contemporary records; the earliest one was written 50 years after the First Vision took place.

• Fayette Lapham claimed that Joseph had joined the Baptist Church.
• Joseph and Hiel Lewis claimed that Joseph Smith joined the Methodist Church.
• S.F. Anderick claimed that Joseph Smith joined the Presbyterian Church.

We must note too that none of these sources confirms the others—they all discuss different denominations and different time frames. Thus, the stories are not mutually reinforcing.

Eyewitness reminiscences and contemporary records provide strong evidence that these claims are not valid and, therefore, do not reflect historical reality. The three sources are all late, and all from hostile voices.

Pregunta: ¿José Smith se convirtió en miembro bautizado de la Iglesia Bautista en 1822?

  NEEDS TRANSLATION  

Fayette Lapham claimed to have learned this from Joseph Smith, Sr. 50 years after the First Vision had occurred

Fayette Lapham claimed to have interviewed Joseph Smith Sr. in 1829-30, and published a report forty years later. In it, he reported:

About this time [1822, perhaps as late as 1824] he [Joseph, Jr.] became concerned as to his future state of existence, and was baptized, becoming thus a member of the Baptist Church.

There are no records to support the claim that Joseph joined the Baptist Church

The Lapham source is secondhand at best—putting forward information that reportedly came from the Prophet's father. There are no records beyond this late, second-hand recollection to support this claim.