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"A Subject That Can Bear Investigation": Anguish, Faith, and Joseph Smith's Youngest Plural Wife (20,868 views)
from No Weapon Shall Prosper: New Light on Sensitive Issues
Joseph Smith (18,347 views)
from Latter-day Prophets and the United States Constitution
Joseph Smith's Translation of the Bible: The Joseph Smith Translation and the King James Translation in Parallel Columns (17,691 views)
Joseph Smith and the Kirtland Crisis, 1837 (16,653 views)
from Joseph Smith, the Prophet and Seer
Egyptian Papyri and the Book of Abraham: A Faithful, Egyptological Point of View (15,979 views)
from No Weapon Shall Prosper: New Light on Sensitive Issues
Joseph Smith and the Kirtland Temple, 1836 (15,478 views)
from Joseph Smith, the Prophet and Seer
Joseph Smith and the Historicity of the Book of Mormon (13,877 views)
from Historicity and the Latter-day Saint Scriptures
Firsthand Witness Accounts of the Translation Process (12,893 views)
from The Coming Forth of the Book of Mormon: A Marvelous Work and a Wonder
John C. Frémont’s 1843–44 Western Expedition and Its Influence on Mormon Settlement in Utah (11,503 views)
from Far Away in the West: Reflections on the Mormon Pioneer Trail
Joseph Smith and "The Vision," 1832 (10,900 views)
from Joseph Smith, the Prophet and Seer
The Probation of a Teenage Seer: Joseph Smith’s Early Experiences with Moroni (10,646 views)
from The Coming Forth of the Book of Mormon: A Marvelous Work and a Wonder
The Restoration of All Things: What the Doctrine and Covenants Says (10,405 views)
from Sperry Symposium Classics: The Doctrine and Covenants
Joseph Smith Goes to Washington, 1839-40 (9,260 views)
from Joseph Smith, the Prophet and Seer
Authorship and History of the Lectures on Faith (9,196 views)
from The Lectures on Faith in Historical Perspective
A Multiplicity of Witnesses: Women and the Translation Process (9,083 views)
from The Coming Forth of the Book of Mormon: A Marvelous Work and a Wonder
Joseph Smith, John C. Bennett, and the Extradition Attempt, 1842 (9,058 views)
from Joseph Smith, the Prophet and Seer
Joseph Smith in Northern Missouri, 1838 (8,646 views)
from Joseph Smith, the Prophet and Seer
The Saints' Forced Exodus from Missouri, 1839 (8,520 views)
from Joseph Smith, the Prophet and Seer
The Prophet's Final Charge to the Twelve, 1844 (8,338 views)
from Joseph Smith, the Prophet and Seer
Hefted and Handled: Tangible Interactions with Book of Mormon Objects (8,243 views)
from The Coming Forth of the Book of Mormon: A Marvelous Work and a Wonder
Oliver Cowdery as Second Witness of Priesthood Restoration (7,971 views)
from Days Never to Be Forgotten: Oliver Cowdery
Joseph Smith's New Translation of the Bible, 1830 (7,925 views)
from Joseph Smith, the Prophet and Seer
Zion's Camp (7,819 views)
from Mormon Thoroughfare: A History of the Church in Illinois, 1830–1839
Martin Harris’s 1828 Visit to Luther Bradish, Charles Anthon, and Samuel Mitchill (7,485 views)
from The Coming Forth of the Book of Mormon: A Marvelous Work and a Wonder
Prophets and Apostles of the Last Dispensation (7,161 views)
Elizabeth Ann Whitmer Cowdery: A Historical Reflection of Her Life (7,050 views)
from Days Never to Be Forgotten: Oliver Cowdery
"The Laws of the Church of Christ" (D&C 42): A Textual and Historical Analysis (6,191 views)
from The Doctrine and Covenants: Revelations in Context
“For Their Salvation Is Necessary and Essential to Our Salvation”: Joseph Smith and the Practice of Baptism and Confirmation for the Dead (5,994 views)
from An Eye of Faith: Essays in Honor Richard O. Cowan
Photo Essay of Church History Sites in Liverpool and the Ribble Valley (5,852 views)
from Regional Studies in Latter-day Saint Church History: The British Isles
The Brigham Young Journals: Volume 1: April 1832–February 1846 (5,741 views)
The Saints Flee from Ohio to Missouri (5,703 views)
from Mormon Thoroughfare: A History of the Church in Illinois, 1830–1839
The Conversion of Oliver Cowdery (5,513 views)
from Days Never to Be Forgotten: Oliver Cowdery
Expulsion from Zion, 1833 (5,500 views)
from Joseph Smith, the Prophet and Seer
Oliver Cowdery in the Doctrine and Covenants (5,185 views)
from Days Never to Be Forgotten: Oliver Cowdery
Oliver Cowdery as Book of Mormon Scribe (5,130 views)
from Days Never to Be Forgotten: Oliver Cowdery
Joseph Smith and Abraham Lincoln (5,039 views)
from Joseph Smith and the Doctrinal Restoration
Suspicion or Trust: Reading the Accounts of Joseph Smith's First Vision (4,998 views)
from No Weapon Shall Prosper: New Light on Sensitive Issues
A Seeker’s Guide to the Historical Accounts of Joseph Smith’s First Vision (4,907 views)
from Religious Educator Vol. 12 No. 1 · 2011
A Method for Evaluating Latter-day Saint History (4,594 views)
from Religious Educator Vol. 21 No. 3 · 2020
Conquest of the Heart: Implementing the Law of Consecration in Missouri and Ohio (4,560 views)
from Religious Educator Vol. 3 No. 2 · 2002
Joseph Smith and the Redemption of Zion, 1834 (4,228 views)
from Joseph Smith, the Prophet and Seer
Doctrines, Covenants, and Sweet Consolation, 1843 (4,129 views)
from Joseph Smith, the Prophet and Seer
Medical Terms Used by Saints in Nauvoo and Winter Quarters, 1839–48 (3,939 views)
from Religious Educator Vol. 10 No. 3 · 2009
Zion’s Camp: A Study in Obedience, Then and Now (3,807 views)
from Sperry Symposium Classics: The Doctrine and Covenants
The Nauvoo Temple, 1841 (3,571 views)
from Joseph Smith, the Prophet and Seer
"Something Better" for the Sisters: Joseph Smith and the Female Relief Society of Nauvoo (3,425 views)
from Joseph Smith and the Doctrinal Restoration
Scenes and Incidents in Nauvoo (3,237 views)
from A Woman's View: Helen Mar Whitney's Reminiscences of Early Church History
Joseph Smith as a Visionary: Heavenly Manifestations in the Latter Days (3,171 views)
Israel Barlow and the Founding of Nauvoo (3,083 views)
from Religious Educator Vol. 10 No. 1 · 2009
Joseph Smith's Practice of Plural Marriage (3,077 views)
from A Reason for Faith: Navigating LDS Doctrine & Church History
The Fall of Kirtland: The Doctrine and Covenants’ Role in Reaffirming Joseph (3,076 views)
from Religious Educator Vol. 8 No. 1 · 2007
Understanding Joseph Smith's Translation of the Bible (3,066 views)
Joseph Smith’s Negotiations to Publish the Book of Mormon (2,989 views)
from The Coming Forth of the Book of Mormon: A Marvelous Work and a Wonder
Joseph Smith, Robert Foster, and Chauncey and Francis Higbee (2,950 views)
from Religious Educator Vol. 18 No. 1 · 2017
"Taught from on High": The Ministry of Angelic Messengers to the Prophet Joseph Smith (2,929 views)
from Joseph Smith and the Doctrinal Restoration
Oliver's Joseph (2,892 views)
from Days Never to Be Forgotten: Oliver Cowdery
Reconciling Joseph Smith—History 1:10 and 1:18–19 (2,868 views)
from Religious Educator Vol. 14 No. 2 · 2013
Fayette: The Place the Church was Organized (2,688 views)
from Sperry Symposium Classics: The Doctrine and Covenants
Dan Jones and the Wales Mission (2,637 views)
from The Saints Abroad: Missionaries Who Answered Brigham Young’s 1852 Call to the Nations of the World
Discussing Difficult Topics: Plural Marriage (2,617 views)
from Religious Educator Vol. 17 No. 1 · 2016
Restorations: Scholars in Dialogue from Community of Christ and The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints (2,615 views)
The Peter Whitmer Log Home: Cradle of Mormonism (2,469 views)
from Religious Educator Vol. 12 No. 3 · 2011
Zion’s Camp: A Study in Obedience, Then and Now (2,420 views)
from Sperry Symposium Classics: The Doctrine and Covenants
Thoughts on Reclaiming the History of Relief Society (2,380 views)
from Religious Educator Vol. 15 No. 3 · 2014
Poet Biographies (2,351 views)
from Psalms of Nauvoo: Early Mormon Poetry
“A Revelation I Give unto You”: The Revelation of Jesus Christ to Emma Hale Smith (2,046 views)
from How and What You Worship: Christology and Praxis in the Revelations of Joseph Smith
Wilford Woodruff: Missionary in Herefordshire (2,043 views)
from Banner of the Gospel: Wilford Woodruff
Wilford Woodruff’s Mission to the Three Counties (2,017 views)
from The Field Is White: Harvest in the Three Counties of England
The Council of Fifty and Joseph Smith's Presidential Ambitions (1,988 views)
from The Council of Fifty: What the Records Reveal about Mormon History
7 April 1844 (2) (Sunday Afternoon). Grove 1/4 mile east of Temple (1,963 views)
from The Words of Joseph Smith: The Contemporary Accounts of the Nauvoo Discourses of the Prophet Joseph
Before 8 August 1839 (1) (1,962 views)
from The Words of Joseph Smith: The Contemporary Accounts of the Nauvoo Discourses of the Prophet Joseph
Thomas Bullock: "The Lord's Clerk" (1,950 views)
from Salt Lake City: The Place Which God Prepared
Raising Money in Righteousness: Oliver Cowdery as Banker (1,949 views)
from Days Never to Be Forgotten: Oliver Cowdery
Race, the Priesthood, and Temples (1,939 views)
from A Reason for Faith: Navigating LDS Doctrine & Church History
“The Poorest of the Poor and the Sickest of the Sick”: The Luman Andros Shurtliff Poor Camp Rescue (1,921 views)
from Far Away in the West: Reflections on the Mormon Pioneer Trail
“They Pursue Me without Cause”: Joseph Smith in Hiding and D&C 127, 128 (1,916 views)
from Religious Educator Vol. 16 No. 1 · 2015
Absence of “Joseph Smith” in the Book of Mormon: Lack of the Name Letter Effect in Nephite, Lamanite, and Jaredite Names (1,812 views)
from Religious Educator Vol. 17 No. 2 · 2016
George A. Smith's Mission with the Twelve in England, 1839–41 (1,781 views)
from Regional Studies in Latter-day Saint Church History: The British Isles
The Early Reception of the Book of Mormon in Nineteenth-Century America (1,723 views)
from The Coming Forth of the Book of Mormon: A Marvelous Work and a Wonder
Latter-day Saints in Tubuai, French Polynesia, Yesterday and Today (1,722 views)
from Regional Studies in Latter-day Saint Church History: The Pacific Isles
"The Lord Told Me to Go and I Went": Wilford Woodruff's Missions to the Fox Islands, 1837-38 (1,652 views)
from Banner of the Gospel: Wilford Woodruff
A Flood of Revelations, 1831 (1,643 views)
from Joseph Smith, the Prophet and Seer
The Joseph Smith Revelations and the Crisis of Early American Spirituality (1,592 views)
from The Doctrine and Covenants: Revelations in Context
From Kirtland, Ohio, to Far West, Missouri: Following the Trail of the Mormon Mummies (1,579 views)
from Religious Educator Vol. 2 No. 1 · 2001
Quincy, Illinois: A Temporary Refuge (1,502 views)
from Mormon Thoroughfare: A History of the Church in Illinois, 1830–1839
Remembering the Impact of British Missionary Isaac Russell (1,477 views)
from Regional Studies in Latter-day Saint Church History: The British Isles
The Economic Sacrifice of the Nauvoo Exodus (1,472 views)
from Far Away in the West: Reflections on the Mormon Pioneer Trail
Scenes in Nauvoo after the Martyrdom of the Prophet and Patriarch (1,445 views)
from A Woman's View: Helen Mar Whitney's Reminiscences of Early Church History
2 July 1839 (Tuesday) (1,412 views)
from The Words of Joseph Smith: The Contemporary Accounts of the Nauvoo Discourses of the Prophet Joseph
The Harvest of Converts (1,409 views)
from The Field Is White: Harvest in the Three Counties of England
Joseph Smith and the First Principles of the Gospel: 1820-29 (1,405 views)
from Joseph Smith, the Prophet and Seer
God and the People Reconsidered: Further Reflections on Theodemocracy in Early Mormonism (1,313 views)
from The Council of Fifty: What the Records Reveal about Mormon History
The Restoration of the Priesthoods (1,307 views)
from A Reason for Faith: Navigating LDS Doctrine & Church History
"We the People of the Kingdom of God": Constitution Writing in the Council of Fifty (1,300 views)
from The Council of Fifty: What the Records Reveal about Mormon History
Wilford Woodruff Chronology (1,249 views)
from Banner of the Gospel: Wilford Woodruff
Return to the Joseph Smith Family Farm (1,205 views)
from Religious Educator Vol. 11 No. 3 · 2010
The Explanation-Defying Book of Abraham (1,197 views)
from A Reason for Faith: Navigating LDS Doctrine & Church History
"Every Man Walketh in His Own Way": Individualism, Revelation, and Authority in the Ohio Period (1,191 views)
from Regional Studies in Latter-day Saint Church History: Ohio and Upper Canada
Discoveries from the Joseph Smith Papers Project: The Early Manuscripts (1,082 views)
from The Doctrine and Covenants: Revelations in Context
The Church in Britain before 1840 (1,068 views)
from The Field Is White: Harvest in the Three Counties of England

Gospel Topic: Church History 1820–1844

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