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"A Subject That Can Bear Investigation": Anguish, Faith, and Joseph Smith's Youngest Plural Wife (22,821 views)
from No Weapon Shall Prosper: New Light on Sensitive Issues
Joseph Smith (20,526 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 (19,729 views)
Joseph Smith and the Kirtland Crisis, 1837 (16,936 views)
from Joseph Smith, the Prophet and Seer
Egyptian Papyri and the Book of Abraham: A Faithful, Egyptological Point of View (16,830 views)
from No Weapon Shall Prosper: New Light on Sensitive Issues
Joseph Smith and the Kirtland Temple, 1836 (15,989 views)
from Joseph Smith, the Prophet and Seer
Joseph Smith and the Historicity of the Book of Mormon (15,044 views)
from Historicity and the Latter-day Saint Scriptures
Firsthand Witness Accounts of the Translation Process (13,500 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 (12,136 views)
from Far Away in the West: Reflections on the Mormon Pioneer Trail
Joseph Smith and "The Vision," 1832 (11,205 views)
from Joseph Smith, the Prophet and Seer
The Restoration of All Things: What the Doctrine and Covenants Says (11,190 views)
from Sperry Symposium Classics: The Doctrine and Covenants
The Probation of a Teenage Seer: Joseph Smith’s Early Experiences with Moroni (10,859 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 (10,530 views)
from Joseph Smith, the Prophet and Seer
Authorship and History of the Lectures on Faith (9,687 views)
from The Lectures on Faith in Historical Perspective
Joseph Smith Goes to Washington, 1839-40 (9,632 views)
from Joseph Smith, the Prophet and Seer
A Multiplicity of Witnesses: Women and the Translation Process (9,254 views)
from The Coming Forth of the Book of Mormon: A Marvelous Work and a Wonder
Joseph Smith in Northern Missouri, 1838 (9,014 views)
from Joseph Smith, the Prophet and Seer
The Saints' Forced Exodus from Missouri, 1839 (8,815 views)
from Joseph Smith, the Prophet and Seer
Hefted and Handled: Tangible Interactions with Book of Mormon Objects (8,549 views)
from The Coming Forth of the Book of Mormon: A Marvelous Work and a Wonder
The Prophet's Final Charge to the Twelve, 1844 (8,529 views)
from Joseph Smith, the Prophet and Seer
Oliver Cowdery as Second Witness of Priesthood Restoration (8,527 views)
from Days Never to Be Forgotten: Oliver Cowdery
Joseph Smith's New Translation of the Bible, 1830 (8,142 views)
from Joseph Smith, the Prophet and Seer
Zion's Camp (8,042 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 (7,743 views)
from The Coming Forth of the Book of Mormon: A Marvelous Work and a Wonder
Prophets and Apostles of the Last Dispensation (7,543 views)
Elizabeth Ann Whitmer Cowdery: A Historical Reflection of Her Life (7,220 views)
from Days Never to Be Forgotten: Oliver Cowdery
"The Laws of the Church of Christ" (D&C 42): A Textual and Historical Analysis (6,346 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 (6,286 views)
from An Eye of Faith: Essays in Honor Richard O. Cowan
Photo Essay of Church History Sites in Liverpool and the Ribble Valley (6,277 views)
from Regional Studies in Latter-day Saint Church History: The British Isles
The Brigham Young Journals: Volume 1: April 1832–February 1846 (6,007 views)
The Saints Flee from Ohio to Missouri (5,887 views)
from Mormon Thoroughfare: A History of the Church in Illinois, 1830–1839
Expulsion from Zion, 1833 (5,717 views)
from Joseph Smith, the Prophet and Seer
The Conversion of Oliver Cowdery (5,709 views)
from Days Never to Be Forgotten: Oliver Cowdery
Oliver Cowdery in the Doctrine and Covenants (5,343 views)
from Days Never to Be Forgotten: Oliver Cowdery
Joseph Smith and Abraham Lincoln (5,312 views)
from Joseph Smith and the Doctrinal Restoration
Oliver Cowdery as Book of Mormon Scribe (5,298 views)
from Days Never to Be Forgotten: Oliver Cowdery
Suspicion or Trust: Reading the Accounts of Joseph Smith's First Vision (5,257 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 (5,070 views)
from Religious Educator Vol. 12 No. 1 · 2011
A Method for Evaluating Latter-day Saint History (4,711 views)
from Religious Educator Vol. 21 No. 3 · 2020
Conquest of the Heart: Implementing the Law of Consecration in Missouri and Ohio (4,706 views)
from Religious Educator Vol. 3 No. 2 · 2002
Joseph Smith's Practice of Plural Marriage (4,411 views)
from A Reason for Faith: Navigating LDS Doctrine & Church History
Joseph Smith and the Redemption of Zion, 1834 (4,371 views)
from Joseph Smith, the Prophet and Seer
Doctrines, Covenants, and Sweet Consolation, 1843 (4,295 views)
from Joseph Smith, the Prophet and Seer
Medical Terms Used by Saints in Nauvoo and Winter Quarters, 1839–48 (4,083 views)
from Religious Educator Vol. 10 No. 3 · 2009
Zion’s Camp: A Study in Obedience, Then and Now (3,935 views)
from Sperry Symposium Classics: The Doctrine and Covenants
The Nauvoo Temple, 1841 (3,699 views)
from Joseph Smith, the Prophet and Seer
Joseph Smith as a Visionary: Heavenly Manifestations in the Latter Days (3,584 views)
"Something Better" for the Sisters: Joseph Smith and the Female Relief Society of Nauvoo (3,579 views)
from Joseph Smith and the Doctrinal Restoration
Scenes and Incidents in Nauvoo (3,400 views)
from A Woman's View: Helen Mar Whitney's Reminiscences of Early Church History
Israel Barlow and the Founding of Nauvoo (3,274 views)
from Religious Educator Vol. 10 No. 1 · 2009
Understanding Joseph Smith's Translation of the Bible (3,258 views)
The Fall of Kirtland: The Doctrine and Covenants’ Role in Reaffirming Joseph (3,161 views)
from Religious Educator Vol. 8 No. 1 · 2007
Joseph Smith’s Negotiations to Publish the Book of Mormon (3,100 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 (3,078 views)
from Religious Educator Vol. 18 No. 1 · 2017
"Taught from on High": The Ministry of Angelic Messengers to the Prophet Joseph Smith (3,052 views)
from Joseph Smith and the Doctrinal Restoration
Oliver's Joseph (3,005 views)
from Days Never to Be Forgotten: Oliver Cowdery
Dan Jones and the Wales Mission (2,956 views)
from The Saints Abroad: Missionaries Who Answered Brigham Young’s 1852 Call to the Nations of the World
Reconciling Joseph Smith—History 1:10 and 1:18–19 (2,944 views)
from Religious Educator Vol. 14 No. 2 · 2013
Fayette: The Place the Church was Organized (2,827 views)
from Sperry Symposium Classics: The Doctrine and Covenants
Restorations: Scholars in Dialogue from Community of Christ and The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints (2,741 views)
Discussing Difficult Topics: Plural Marriage (2,671 views)
from Religious Educator Vol. 17 No. 1 · 2016
Thoughts on Reclaiming the History of Relief Society (2,641 views)
from Religious Educator Vol. 15 No. 3 · 2014
The Peter Whitmer Log Home: Cradle of Mormonism (2,629 views)
from Religious Educator Vol. 12 No. 3 · 2011
Zion’s Camp: A Study in Obedience, Then and Now (2,490 views)
from Sperry Symposium Classics: The Doctrine and Covenants
Poet Biographies (2,429 views)
from Psalms of Nauvoo: Early Mormon Poetry
Raising Money in Righteousness: Oliver Cowdery as Banker (2,259 views)
from Days Never to Be Forgotten: Oliver Cowdery
Wilford Woodruff: Missionary in Herefordshire (2,210 views)
from Banner of the Gospel: Wilford Woodruff
7 April 1844 (2) (Sunday Afternoon). Grove 1/4 mile east of Temple (2,205 views)
from The Words of Joseph Smith: The Contemporary Accounts of the Nauvoo Discourses of the Prophet Joseph
Wilford Woodruff’s Mission to the Three Counties (2,192 views)
from The Field Is White: Harvest in the Three Counties of England
“A Revelation I Give unto You”: The Revelation of Jesus Christ to Emma Hale Smith (2,180 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 (2,164 views)
from Far Away in the West: Reflections on the Mormon Pioneer Trail
Thomas Bullock: "The Lord's Clerk" (2,150 views)
from Salt Lake City: The Place Which God Prepared
Race, the Priesthood, and Temples (2,142 views)
from A Reason for Faith: Navigating LDS Doctrine & Church History
Before 8 August 1839 (1) (2,120 views)
from The Words of Joseph Smith: The Contemporary Accounts of the Nauvoo Discourses of the Prophet Joseph
The Council of Fifty and Joseph Smith's Presidential Ambitions (2,107 views)
from The Council of Fifty: What the Records Reveal about Mormon History
“They Pursue Me without Cause”: Joseph Smith in Hiding and D&C 127, 128 (2,004 views)
from Religious Educator Vol. 16 No. 1 · 2015
George A. Smith's Mission with the Twelve in England, 1839–41 (1,903 views)
from Regional Studies in Latter-day Saint Church History: The British Isles
Absence of “Joseph Smith” in the Book of Mormon: Lack of the Name Letter Effect in Nephite, Lamanite, and Jaredite Names (1,888 views)
from Religious Educator Vol. 17 No. 2 · 2016
Latter-day Saints in Tubuai, French Polynesia, Yesterday and Today (1,882 views)
from Regional Studies in Latter-day Saint Church History: The Pacific Isles
The Early Reception of the Book of Mormon in Nineteenth-Century America (1,843 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 (1,779 views)
from Banner of the Gospel: Wilford Woodruff
A Flood of Revelations, 1831 (1,748 views)
from Joseph Smith, the Prophet and Seer
The Joseph Smith Revelations and the Crisis of Early American Spirituality (1,742 views)
from The Doctrine and Covenants: Revelations in Context
From Kirtland, Ohio, to Far West, Missouri: Following the Trail of the Mormon Mummies (1,679 views)
from Religious Educator Vol. 2 No. 1 · 2001
Quincy, Illinois: A Temporary Refuge (1,627 views)
from Mormon Thoroughfare: A History of the Church in Illinois, 1830–1839
The Economic Sacrifice of the Nauvoo Exodus (1,584 views)
from Far Away in the West: Reflections on the Mormon Pioneer Trail
Remembering the Impact of British Missionary Isaac Russell (1,576 views)
from Regional Studies in Latter-day Saint Church History: The British Isles
"We the People of the Kingdom of God": Constitution Writing in the Council of Fifty (1,551 views)
from The Council of Fifty: What the Records Reveal about Mormon History
The Harvest of Converts (1,526 views)
from The Field Is White: Harvest in the Three Counties of England
Scenes in Nauvoo after the Martyrdom of the Prophet and Patriarch (1,519 views)
from A Woman's View: Helen Mar Whitney's Reminiscences of Early Church History
2 July 1839 (Tuesday) (1,481 views)
from The Words of Joseph Smith: The Contemporary Accounts of the Nauvoo Discourses of the Prophet Joseph
The Restoration of the Priesthoods (1,473 views)
from A Reason for Faith: Navigating LDS Doctrine & Church History
The Kinderhook Plates (1,460 views)
from A Reason for Faith: Navigating LDS Doctrine & Church History
Joseph Smith and the First Principles of the Gospel: 1820-29 (1,457 views)
from Joseph Smith, the Prophet and Seer
God and the People Reconsidered: Further Reflections on Theodemocracy in Early Mormonism (1,444 views)
from The Council of Fifty: What the Records Reveal about Mormon History
The Explanation-Defying Book of Abraham (1,402 views)
from A Reason for Faith: Navigating LDS Doctrine & Church History
Wilford Woodruff Chronology (1,347 views)
from Banner of the Gospel: Wilford Woodruff
"Every Man Walketh in His Own Way": Individualism, Revelation, and Authority in the Ohio Period (1,305 views)
from Regional Studies in Latter-day Saint Church History: Ohio and Upper Canada
Return to the Joseph Smith Family Farm (1,255 views)
from Religious Educator Vol. 11 No. 3 · 2010
Discoveries from the Joseph Smith Papers Project: The Early Manuscripts (1,174 views)
from The Doctrine and Covenants: Revelations in Context

Gospel Topic: Church History 1820–1844

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