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"A Subject That Can Bear Investigation": Anguish, Faith, and Joseph Smith's Youngest Plural Wife (16,967 views)
from No Weapon Shall Prosper: New Light on Sensitive Issues
Joseph Smith (14,907 views)
from Latter-day Prophets and the United States Constitution
Joseph Smith and the Kirtland Crisis, 1837 (13,725 views)
from Joseph Smith, the Prophet and Seer
Egyptian Papyri and the Book of Abraham: A Faithful, Egyptological Point of View (13,057 views)
from No Weapon Shall Prosper: New Light on Sensitive Issues
Joseph Smith and the Kirtland Temple, 1836 (12,852 views)
from Joseph Smith, the Prophet and Seer
Joseph Smith's Translation of the Bible: The Joseph Smith Translation and the King James Translation in Parallel Columns (11,520 views)
Joseph Smith and the Historicity of the Book of Mormon (11,149 views)
from Historicity and the Latter-day Saint Scriptures
Firsthand Witness Accounts of the Translation Process (10,770 views)
from The Coming Forth of the Book of Mormon: A Marvelous Work and a Wonder
The Probation of a Teenage Seer: Joseph Smith’s Early Experiences with Moroni (9,937 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 (9,490 views)
from Far Away in the West: Reflections on the Mormon Pioneer Trail
A Multiplicity of Witnesses: Women and the Translation Process (8,434 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 (7,932 views)
from Sperry Symposium Classics: The Doctrine and Covenants
Joseph Smith and "The Vision," 1832 (7,797 views)
from Joseph Smith, the Prophet and Seer
Authorship and History of the Lectures on Faith (7,749 views)
from The Lectures on Faith in Historical Perspective
Joseph Smith Goes to Washington, 1839-40 (7,657 views)
from Joseph Smith, the Prophet and Seer
The Prophet's Final Charge to the Twelve, 1844 (7,279 views)
from Joseph Smith, the Prophet and Seer
Hefted and Handled: Tangible Interactions with Book of Mormon Objects (7,240 views)
from The Coming Forth of the Book of Mormon: A Marvelous Work and a Wonder
Joseph Smith in Northern Missouri, 1838 (7,222 views)
from Joseph Smith, the Prophet and Seer
Oliver Cowdery as Second Witness of Priesthood Restoration (7,047 views)
from Days Never to Be Forgotten: Oliver Cowdery
Joseph Smith, John C. Bennett, and the Extradition Attempt, 1842 (6,983 views)
from Joseph Smith, the Prophet and Seer
The Saints' Forced Exodus from Missouri, 1839 (6,824 views)
from Joseph Smith, the Prophet and Seer
Martin Harris’s 1828 Visit to Luther Bradish, Charles Anthon, and Samuel Mitchill (6,776 views)
from The Coming Forth of the Book of Mormon: A Marvelous Work and a Wonder
Joseph Smith's New Translation of the Bible, 1830 (6,674 views)
from Joseph Smith, the Prophet and Seer
Elizabeth Ann Whitmer Cowdery: A Historical Reflection of Her Life (6,331 views)
from Days Never to Be Forgotten: Oliver Cowdery
"The Laws of the Church of Christ" (D&C 42): A Textual and Historical Analysis (5,623 views)
from The Doctrine and Covenants: Revelations in Context
Prophets and Apostles of the Last Dispensation (5,478 views)
Photo Essay of Church History Sites in Liverpool and the Ribble Valley (5,098 views)
from Regional Studies in Latter-day Saint Church History: The British Isles
The Conversion of Oliver Cowdery (5,043 views)
from Days Never to Be Forgotten: Oliver Cowdery
The Brigham Young Journals: Volume 1: April 1832–February 1846 (4,781 views)
Oliver Cowdery in the Doctrine and Covenants (4,758 views)
from Days Never to Be Forgotten: Oliver Cowdery
Oliver Cowdery as Book of Mormon Scribe (4,734 views)
from Days Never to Be Forgotten: Oliver Cowdery
A Seeker’s Guide to the Historical Accounts of Joseph Smith’s First Vision (4,466 views)
from Religious Educator Vol. 12 No. 1 · 2011
Joseph Smith and Abraham Lincoln (4,351 views)
from Joseph Smith and the Doctrinal Restoration
Zion's Camp (4,348 views)
from Mormon Thoroughfare: A History of the Church in Illinois, 1830–1839
The Saints Flee from Ohio to Missouri (4,248 views)
from Mormon Thoroughfare: A History of the Church in Illinois, 1830–1839
Suspicion or Trust: Reading the Accounts of Joseph Smith's First Vision (4,177 views)
from No Weapon Shall Prosper: New Light on Sensitive Issues
Conquest of the Heart: Implementing the Law of Consecration in Missouri and Ohio (4,093 views)
from Religious Educator Vol. 3 No. 2 · 2002
“For Their Salvation Is Necessary and Essential to Our Salvation”: Joseph Smith and the Practice of Baptism and Confirmation for the Dead (4,046 views)
from An Eye of Faith: Essays in Honor Richard O. Cowan
A Method for Evaluating Latter-day Saint History (3,822 views)
from Religious Educator Vol. 21 No. 3 · 2020
Expulsion from Zion, 1833 (3,801 views)
from Joseph Smith, the Prophet and Seer
Medical Terms Used by Saints in Nauvoo and Winter Quarters, 1839–48 (3,561 views)
from Religious Educator Vol. 10 No. 3 · 2009
Joseph Smith and the Redemption of Zion, 1834 (3,219 views)
from Joseph Smith, the Prophet and Seer
Doctrines, Covenants, and Sweet Consolation, 1843 (3,063 views)
from Joseph Smith, the Prophet and Seer
"Something Better" for the Sisters: Joseph Smith and the Female Relief Society of Nauvoo (2,780 views)
from Joseph Smith and the Doctrinal Restoration
Understanding Joseph Smith's Translation of the Bible (2,708 views)
The Nauvoo Temple, 1841 (2,682 views)
from Joseph Smith, the Prophet and Seer
Joseph Smith’s Negotiations to Publish the Book of Mormon (2,650 views)
from The Coming Forth of the Book of Mormon: A Marvelous Work and a Wonder
"Taught from on High": The Ministry of Angelic Messengers to the Prophet Joseph Smith (2,629 views)
from Joseph Smith and the Doctrinal Restoration
Reconciling Joseph Smith—History 1:10 and 1:18–19 (2,522 views)
from Religious Educator Vol. 14 No. 2 · 2013
Joseph Smith, Robert Foster, and Chauncey and Francis Higbee (2,514 views)
from Religious Educator Vol. 18 No. 1 · 2017
Scenes and Incidents in Nauvoo (2,509 views)
from A Woman's View: Helen Mar Whitney's Reminiscences of Early Church History
Oliver's Joseph (2,476 views)
from Days Never to Be Forgotten: Oliver Cowdery
Restorations: Scholars in Dialogue from Community of Christ and The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints (2,352 views)
Joseph Smith as a Visionary: Heavenly Manifestations in the Latter Days (2,343 views)
Israel Barlow and the Founding of Nauvoo (2,325 views)
from Religious Educator Vol. 10 No. 1 · 2009
Fayette: The Place the Church was Organized (2,229 views)
from Sperry Symposium Classics: The Doctrine and Covenants
Discussing Difficult Topics: Plural Marriage (2,196 views)
from Religious Educator Vol. 17 No. 1 · 2016
The Peter Whitmer Log Home: Cradle of Mormonism (2,179 views)
from Religious Educator Vol. 12 No. 3 · 2011
The Fall of Kirtland: The Doctrine and Covenants’ Role in Reaffirming Joseph (2,056 views)
from Religious Educator Vol. 8 No. 1 · 2007
Dan Jones and the Wales Mission (1,864 views)
from The Saints Abroad: Missionaries Who Answered Brigham Young’s 1852 Call to the Nations of the World
Thoughts on Reclaiming the History of Relief Society (1,833 views)
from Religious Educator Vol. 15 No. 3 · 2014
Zion’s Camp: A Study in Obedience, Then and Now (1,821 views)
from Sperry Symposium Classics: The Doctrine and Covenants
Wilford Woodruff: Missionary in Herefordshire (1,777 views)
from Banner of the Gospel: Wilford Woodruff
Zion’s Camp: A Study in Obedience, Then and Now (1,767 views)
from Sperry Symposium Classics: The Doctrine and Covenants
“A Revelation I Give unto You”: The Revelation of Jesus Christ to Emma Hale Smith (1,650 views)
from How and What You Worship: Christology and Praxis in the Revelations of Joseph Smith
“The Poorest of the Poor and the Sickest of the Sick”: The Luman Andros Shurtliff Poor Camp Rescue (1,603 views)
from Far Away in the West: Reflections on the Mormon Pioneer Trail
Wilford Woodruff’s Mission to the Three Counties (1,603 views)
from The Field Is White: Harvest in the Three Counties of England
Thomas Bullock: "The Lord's Clerk" (1,557 views)
from Salt Lake City: The Place Which God Prepared
The Council of Fifty and Joseph Smith's Presidential Ambitions (1,546 views)
from The Council of Fifty: What the Records Reveal about Mormon History
Race, the Priesthood, and Temples (1,523 views)
from A Reason for Faith: Navigating LDS Doctrine & Church History
Absence of “Joseph Smith” in the Book of Mormon: Lack of the Name Letter Effect in Nephite, Lamanite, and Jaredite Names (1,502 views)
from Religious Educator Vol. 17 No. 2 · 2016
Joseph Smith's Practice of Plural Marriage (1,475 views)
from A Reason for Faith: Navigating LDS Doctrine & Church History
Before 8 August 1839 (1) (1,457 views)
from The Words of Joseph Smith: The Contemporary Accounts of the Nauvoo Discourses of the Prophet Joseph
7 April 1844 (2) (Sunday Afternoon). Grove 1/4 mile east of Temple (1,422 views)
from The Words of Joseph Smith: The Contemporary Accounts of the Nauvoo Discourses of the Prophet Joseph
The Early Reception of the Book of Mormon in Nineteenth-Century America (1,375 views)
from The Coming Forth of the Book of Mormon: A Marvelous Work and a Wonder
"The Lord Told Me to Go and I Went": Wilford Woodruff's Missions to the Fox Islands, 1837-38 (1,371 views)
from Banner of the Gospel: Wilford Woodruff
“They Pursue Me without Cause”: Joseph Smith in Hiding and D&C 127, 128 (1,371 views)
from Religious Educator Vol. 16 No. 1 · 2015
Raising Money in Righteousness: Oliver Cowdery as Banker (1,319 views)
from Days Never to Be Forgotten: Oliver Cowdery
Latter-day Saints in Tubuai, French Polynesia, Yesterday and Today (1,316 views)
from Regional Studies in Latter-day Saint Church History: The Pacific Isles
George A. Smith's Mission with the Twelve in England, 1839–41 (1,269 views)
from Regional Studies in Latter-day Saint Church History: The British Isles
Joseph Smith and the First Principles of the Gospel: 1820-29 (1,227 views)
from Joseph Smith, the Prophet and Seer
From Kirtland, Ohio, to Far West, Missouri: Following the Trail of the Mormon Mummies (1,216 views)
from Religious Educator Vol. 2 No. 1 · 2001
The Joseph Smith Revelations and the Crisis of Early American Spirituality (1,186 views)
from The Doctrine and Covenants: Revelations in Context
A Flood of Revelations, 1831 (1,181 views)
from Joseph Smith, the Prophet and Seer
2 July 1839 (Tuesday) (1,172 views)
from The Words of Joseph Smith: The Contemporary Accounts of the Nauvoo Discourses of the Prophet Joseph
The Harvest of Converts (1,137 views)
from The Field Is White: Harvest in the Three Counties of England
Scenes in Nauvoo after the Martyrdom of the Prophet and Patriarch (1,119 views)
from A Woman's View: Helen Mar Whitney's Reminiscences of Early Church History
The Economic Sacrifice of the Nauvoo Exodus (1,090 views)
from Far Away in the West: Reflections on the Mormon Pioneer Trail
Remembering the Impact of British Missionary Isaac Russell (1,079 views)
from Regional Studies in Latter-day Saint Church History: The British Isles
Return to the Joseph Smith Family Farm (1,069 views)
from Religious Educator Vol. 11 No. 3 · 2010
The Restoration of the Priesthoods (1,048 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 (1,026 views)
from Regional Studies in Latter-day Saint Church History: Ohio and Upper Canada
Quincy, Illinois: A Temporary Refuge (1,007 views)
from Mormon Thoroughfare: A History of the Church in Illinois, 1830–1839
God and the People Reconsidered: Further Reflections on Theodemocracy in Early Mormonism (979 views)
from The Council of Fifty: What the Records Reveal about Mormon History
"We the People of the Kingdom of God": Constitution Writing in the Council of Fifty (974 views)
from The Council of Fifty: What the Records Reveal about Mormon History
Wilford Woodruff Chronology (942 views)
from Banner of the Gospel: Wilford Woodruff
Discoveries from the Joseph Smith Papers Project: The Early Manuscripts (855 views)
from The Doctrine and Covenants: Revelations in Context
Oliver Cowdery's Legal Practice in Tiffin, Ohio (852 views)
from Days Never to Be Forgotten: Oliver Cowdery
Remembering the First Vision (826 views)
from A Reason for Faith: Navigating LDS Doctrine & Church History
The Explanation-Defying Book of Abraham (824 views)
from A Reason for Faith: Navigating LDS Doctrine & Church History

Gospel Topic: Church History 1820–1844

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