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"A Subject That Can Bear Investigation": Anguish, Faith, and Joseph Smith's Youngest Plural Wife (15,869 views)
from No Weapon Shall Prosper: New Light on Sensitive Issues
Joseph Smith (13,544 views)
from Latter-day Prophets and the United States Constitution
Joseph Smith and the Kirtland Crisis, 1837 (12,632 views)
from Joseph Smith, the Prophet and Seer
Egyptian Papyri and the Book of Abraham: A Faithful, Egyptological Point of View (12,251 views)
from No Weapon Shall Prosper: New Light on Sensitive Issues
Joseph Smith and the Kirtland Temple, 1836 (11,622 views)
from Joseph Smith, the Prophet and Seer
Joseph Smith and the Historicity of the Book of Mormon (10,050 views)
from Historicity and the Latter-day Saint Scriptures
Joseph Smith's Translation of the Bible: The Joseph Smith Translation and the King James Translation in Parallel Columns (9,783 views)
Firsthand Witness Accounts of the Translation Process (9,625 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 (9,325 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 (8,809 views)
from Far Away in the West: Reflections on the Mormon Pioneer Trail
A Multiplicity of Witnesses: Women and the Translation Process (7,826 views)
from The Coming Forth of the Book of Mormon: A Marvelous Work and a Wonder
Joseph Smith and "The Vision," 1832 (7,292 views)
from Joseph Smith, the Prophet and Seer
Joseph Smith Goes to Washington, 1839-40 (7,182 views)
from Joseph Smith, the Prophet and Seer
Authorship and History of the Lectures on Faith (7,060 views)
from The Lectures on Faith in Historical Perspective
The Restoration of All Things: What the Doctrine and Covenants Says (6,991 views)
from Sperry Symposium Classics: The Doctrine and Covenants
The Prophet's Final Charge to the Twelve, 1844 (6,687 views)
from Joseph Smith, the Prophet and Seer
Joseph Smith, John C. Bennett, and the Extradition Attempt, 1842 (6,588 views)
from Joseph Smith, the Prophet and Seer
Joseph Smith in Northern Missouri, 1838 (6,490 views)
from Joseph Smith, the Prophet and Seer
The Saints' Forced Exodus from Missouri, 1839 (6,408 views)
from Joseph Smith, the Prophet and Seer
Martin Harris’s 1828 Visit to Luther Bradish, Charles Anthon, and Samuel Mitchill (6,204 views)
from The Coming Forth of the Book of Mormon: A Marvelous Work and a Wonder
Hefted and Handled: Tangible Interactions with Book of Mormon Objects (6,159 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 (6,144 views)
from Joseph Smith, the Prophet and Seer
Oliver Cowdery as Second Witness of Priesthood Restoration (5,797 views)
from Days Never to Be Forgotten: Oliver Cowdery
Elizabeth Ann Whitmer Cowdery: A Historical Reflection of Her Life (5,253 views)
from Days Never to Be Forgotten: Oliver Cowdery
Prophets and Apostles of the Last Dispensation (5,069 views)
The Conversion of Oliver Cowdery (4,763 views)
from Days Never to Be Forgotten: Oliver Cowdery
Photo Essay of Church History Sites in Liverpool and the Ribble Valley (4,608 views)
from Regional Studies in Latter-day Saint Church History: The British Isles
Oliver Cowdery as Book of Mormon Scribe (4,453 views)
from Days Never to Be Forgotten: Oliver Cowdery
The Brigham Young Journals: Volume 1: April 1832–February 1846 (4,428 views)
A Seeker’s Guide to the Historical Accounts of Joseph Smith’s First Vision (4,314 views)
from Religious Educator Vol. 12 No. 1 · 2011
Oliver Cowdery in the Doctrine and Covenants (4,281 views)
from Days Never to Be Forgotten: Oliver Cowdery
Joseph Smith and Abraham Lincoln (4,061 views)
from Joseph Smith and the Doctrinal Restoration
Suspicion or Trust: Reading the Accounts of Joseph Smith's First Vision (4,045 views)
from No Weapon Shall Prosper: New Light on Sensitive Issues
Zion's Camp (3,992 views)
from Mormon Thoroughfare: A History of the Church in Illinois, 1830–1839
The Saints Flee from Ohio to Missouri (3,837 views)
from Mormon Thoroughfare: A History of the Church in Illinois, 1830–1839
A Method for Evaluating Latter-day Saint History (3,540 views)
from Religious Educator Vol. 21 No. 3 · 2020
“For Their Salvation Is Necessary and Essential to Our Salvation”: Joseph Smith and the Practice of Baptism and Confirmation for the Dead (3,482 views)
from An Eye of Faith: Essays in Honor Richard O. Cowan
Medical Terms Used by Saints in Nauvoo and Winter Quarters, 1839–48 (3,375 views)
from Religious Educator Vol. 10 No. 3 · 2009
Expulsion from Zion, 1833 (3,192 views)
from Joseph Smith, the Prophet and Seer
"The Laws of the Church of Christ" (D&C 42): A Textual and Historical Analysis (2,951 views)
from The Doctrine and Covenants: Revelations in Context
Joseph Smith and the Redemption of Zion, 1834 (2,817 views)
from Joseph Smith, the Prophet and Seer
Conquest of the Heart: Implementing the Law of Consecration in Missouri and Ohio (2,632 views)
from Religious Educator Vol. 3 No. 2 · 2002
Doctrines, Covenants, and Sweet Consolation, 1843 (2,631 views)
from Joseph Smith, the Prophet and Seer
Understanding Joseph Smith's Translation of the Bible (2,608 views)
"Taught from on High": The Ministry of Angelic Messengers to the Prophet Joseph Smith (2,515 views)
from Joseph Smith and the Doctrinal Restoration
Joseph Smith, Robert Foster, and Chauncey and Francis Higbee (2,390 views)
from Religious Educator Vol. 18 No. 1 · 2017
Reconciling Joseph Smith—History 1:10 and 1:18–19 (2,362 views)
from Religious Educator Vol. 14 No. 2 · 2013
The Nauvoo Temple, 1841 (2,359 views)
from Joseph Smith, the Prophet and Seer
Scenes and Incidents in Nauvoo (2,340 views)
from A Woman's View: Helen Mar Whitney's Reminiscences of Early Church History
Restorations: Scholars in Dialogue from Community of Christ and The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints (2,185 views)
Joseph Smith’s Negotiations to Publish the Book of Mormon (2,140 views)
from The Coming Forth of the Book of Mormon: A Marvelous Work and a Wonder
"Something Better" for the Sisters: Joseph Smith and the Female Relief Society of Nauvoo (2,138 views)
from Joseph Smith and the Doctrinal Restoration
Israel Barlow and the Founding of Nauvoo (2,096 views)
from Religious Educator Vol. 10 No. 1 · 2009
Oliver's Joseph (2,081 views)
from Days Never to Be Forgotten: Oliver Cowdery
Discussing Difficult Topics: Plural Marriage (2,044 views)
from Religious Educator Vol. 17 No. 1 · 2016
Joseph Smith as a Visionary: Heavenly Manifestations in the Latter Days (1,836 views)
The Fall of Kirtland: The Doctrine and Covenants’ Role in Reaffirming Joseph (1,782 views)
from Religious Educator Vol. 8 No. 1 · 2007
Zion’s Camp: A Study in Obedience, Then and Now (1,696 views)
from Sperry Symposium Classics: The Doctrine and Covenants
Wilford Woodruff: Missionary in Herefordshire (1,695 views)
from Banner of the Gospel: Wilford Woodruff
Zion’s Camp: A Study in Obedience, Then and Now (1,657 views)
from Sperry Symposium Classics: The Doctrine and Covenants
Dan Jones and the Wales Mission (1,606 views)
from The Saints Abroad: Missionaries Who Answered Brigham Young’s 1852 Call to the Nations of the World
The Peter Whitmer Log Home: Cradle of Mormonism (1,600 views)
from Religious Educator Vol. 12 No. 3 · 2011
Thoughts on Reclaiming the History of Relief Society (1,586 views)
from Religious Educator Vol. 15 No. 3 · 2014
Fayette: The Place the Church was Organized (1,530 views)
from Sperry Symposium Classics: The Doctrine and Covenants
“The Poorest of the Poor and the Sickest of the Sick”: The Luman Andros Shurtliff Poor Camp Rescue (1,527 views)
from Far Away in the West: Reflections on the Mormon Pioneer Trail
Race, the Priesthood, and Temples (1,469 views)
from A Reason for Faith: Navigating LDS Doctrine & Church History
Wilford Woodruff’s Mission to the Three Counties (1,450 views)
from The Field Is White: Harvest in the Three Counties of England
Thomas Bullock: "The Lord's Clerk" (1,447 views)
from Salt Lake City: The Place Which God Prepared
The Council of Fifty and Joseph Smith's Presidential Ambitions (1,400 views)
from The Council of Fifty: What the Records Reveal about Mormon History
Joseph Smith's Practice of Plural Marriage (1,396 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 (1,388 views)
from Religious Educator Vol. 17 No. 2 · 2016
"The Lord Told Me to Go and I Went": Wilford Woodruff's Missions to the Fox Islands, 1837-38 (1,324 views)
from Banner of the Gospel: Wilford Woodruff
“They Pursue Me without Cause”: Joseph Smith in Hiding and D&C 127, 128 (1,271 views)
from Religious Educator Vol. 16 No. 1 · 2015
7 April 1844 (2) (Sunday Afternoon). Grove 1/4 mile east of Temple (1,255 views)
from The Words of Joseph Smith: The Contemporary Accounts of the Nauvoo Discourses of the Prophet Joseph
Before 8 August 1839 (1) (1,242 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 (1,225 views)
from The Coming Forth of the Book of Mormon: A Marvelous Work and a Wonder
Joseph Smith and the First Principles of the Gospel: 1820-29 (1,170 views)
from Joseph Smith, the Prophet and Seer
Latter-day Saints in Tubuai, French Polynesia, Yesterday and Today (1,165 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 (1,148 views)
from Regional Studies in Latter-day Saint Church History: The British Isles
Raising Money in Righteousness: Oliver Cowdery as Banker (1,126 views)
from Days Never to Be Forgotten: Oliver Cowdery
From Kirtland, Ohio, to Far West, Missouri: Following the Trail of the Mormon Mummies (1,117 views)
from Religious Educator Vol. 2 No. 1 · 2001
2 July 1839 (Tuesday) (1,100 views)
from The Words of Joseph Smith: The Contemporary Accounts of the Nauvoo Discourses of the Prophet Joseph
Scenes in Nauvoo after the Martyrdom of the Prophet and Patriarch (1,066 views)
from A Woman's View: Helen Mar Whitney's Reminiscences of Early Church History
Return to the Joseph Smith Family Farm (1,018 views)
from Religious Educator Vol. 11 No. 3 · 2010
The Economic Sacrifice of the Nauvoo Exodus (1,002 views)
from Far Away in the West: Reflections on the Mormon Pioneer Trail
The Joseph Smith Revelations and the Crisis of Early American Spirituality (1,001 views)
from The Doctrine and Covenants: Revelations in Context
The Restoration of the Priesthoods (992 views)
from A Reason for Faith: Navigating LDS Doctrine & Church History
“A Revelation I Give unto You”: The Revelation of Jesus Christ to Emma Hale Smith (987 views)
from How and What You Worship: Christology and Praxis in the Revelations of Joseph Smith
Remembering the Impact of British Missionary Isaac Russell (987 views)
from Regional Studies in Latter-day Saint Church History: The British Isles
The Harvest of Converts (986 views)
from The Field Is White: Harvest in the Three Counties of England
A Flood of Revelations, 1831 (967 views)
from Joseph Smith, the Prophet and Seer
"We the People of the Kingdom of God": Constitution Writing in the Council of Fifty (912 views)
from The Council of Fifty: What the Records Reveal about Mormon History
God and the People Reconsidered: Further Reflections on Theodemocracy in Early Mormonism (908 views)
from The Council of Fifty: What the Records Reveal about Mormon History
Quincy, Illinois: A Temporary Refuge (901 views)
from Mormon Thoroughfare: A History of the Church in Illinois, 1830–1839
Wilford Woodruff Chronology (852 views)
from Banner of the Gospel: Wilford Woodruff
Remembering the First Vision (812 views)
from A Reason for Faith: Navigating LDS Doctrine & Church History
The Explanation-Defying Book of Abraham (784 views)
from A Reason for Faith: Navigating LDS Doctrine & Church History
Oliver Cowdery's Legal Practice in Tiffin, Ohio (765 views)
from Days Never to Be Forgotten: Oliver Cowdery
Discoveries from the Joseph Smith Papers Project: The Early Manuscripts (734 views)
from The Doctrine and Covenants: Revelations in Context
The Kinderhook Plates (684 views)
from A Reason for Faith: Navigating LDS Doctrine & Church History

Gospel Topic: Church History 1820–1844

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