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Prophets and Apostles of the Last Dispensation (7,630 views)
Restorations: Scholars in Dialogue from Community of Christ and The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints (2,753 views)
Joseph Smith's Translation of the Bible: The Joseph Smith Translation and the King James Translation in Parallel Columns (20,241 views)
Understanding Joseph Smith's Translation of the Bible (3,300 views)
The Brigham Young Journals: Volume 1: April 1832–February 1846 (6,088 views)
Joseph Smith as a Visionary: Heavenly Manifestations in the Latter Days (3,708 views)
A Flood of Revelations, 1831 (1,774 views)
from Joseph Smith, the Prophet and Seer
A Method for Evaluating Latter-day Saint History (4,761 views)
from Religious Educator Vol. 21 No. 3 · 2020
A Multiplicity of Witnesses: Women and the Translation Process (9,336 views)
from The Coming Forth of the Book of Mormon: A Marvelous Work and a Wonder
A People Prepared (417 views)
from The Field Is White: Harvest in the Three Counties of England
A Prophet-Statesman: Joseph Smith in the Public Square (1,016 views)
from Joseph & Hyrum, Leading as One
“A Revelation I Give unto You”: The Revelation of Jesus Christ to Emma Hale Smith (2,258 views)
from How and What You Worship: Christology and Praxis in the Revelations of Joseph Smith
A Seeker’s Guide to the Historical Accounts of Joseph Smith’s First Vision (5,139 views)
from Religious Educator Vol. 12 No. 1 · 2011
"A Subject That Can Bear Investigation": Anguish, Faith, and Joseph Smith's Youngest Plural Wife (23,385 views)
from No Weapon Shall Prosper: New Light on Sensitive Issues
Absence of “Joseph Smith” in the Book of Mormon: Lack of the Name Letter Effect in Nephite, Lamanite, and Jaredite Names (1,925 views)
from Religious Educator Vol. 17 No. 2 · 2016
Angels in the Age of Railways (886 views)
from Religious Educator Vol. 11 No. 3 · 2010
Appendix: Timeline of the Church in Latin America (209 views)
from An Apostolic Journey
Authorship and History of the Lectures on Faith (9,957 views)
from The Lectures on Faith in Historical Perspective
Before 8 August 1839 (1) (2,159 views)
from The Words of Joseph Smith: The Contemporary Accounts of the Nauvoo Discourses of the Prophet Joseph
Before 8 August 1839 (2). (636 views)
from The Words of Joseph Smith: The Contemporary Accounts of the Nauvoo Discourses of the Prophet Joseph
“Bound Together in the Cords of Everlasting Love”: Forging Bonds between Leader and Follower (952 views)
from Joseph & Hyrum, Leading as One
Christology and Theosis in the Revelations and Teachings of Joseph Smith (1,164 views)
from How and What You Worship: Christology and Praxis in the Revelations of Joseph Smith
Conquest of the Heart: Implementing the Law of Consecration in Missouri and Ohio (4,732 views)
from Religious Educator Vol. 3 No. 2 · 2002
Dan Jones and the Wales Mission (3,026 views)
from The Saints Abroad: Missionaries Who Answered Brigham Young’s 1852 Call to the Nations of the World
Discoveries from the Joseph Smith Papers Project: The Early Manuscripts (1,200 views)
from The Doctrine and Covenants: Revelations in Context
Discussing Difficult Topics: Plural Marriage (2,686 views)
from Religious Educator Vol. 17 No. 1 · 2016
Doctrines, Covenants, and Sweet Consolation, 1843 (4,333 views)
from Joseph Smith, the Prophet and Seer
Early Life of and Religious Influences on Joseph Smith (297 views)
from Alexander Campbell and Joseph Smith: Nineteenth-Century Restorationists
Egyptian Papyri and the Book of Abraham: A Faithful, Egyptological Point of View (17,112 views)
from No Weapon Shall Prosper: New Light on Sensitive Issues
Elizabeth Ann Whitmer Cowdery: A Historical Reflection of Her Life (7,285 views)
from Days Never to Be Forgotten: Oliver Cowdery
"Every Man Walketh in His Own Way": Individualism, Revelation, and Authority in the Ohio Period (1,316 views)
from Regional Studies in Latter-day Saint Church History: Ohio and Upper Canada
“Exalt Not Yourselves”: The Revelations and Thomas B. Marsh, An Object Lesson For Our Day (872 views)
from Sperry Symposium Classics: The Doctrine and Covenants
Expulsion from Zion, 1833 (5,795 views)
from Joseph Smith, the Prophet and Seer
Fayette: The Place the Church was Organized (240 views)
from Sperry Symposium Classics: The Doctrine and Covenants
Fayette: The Place the Church was Organized (2,859 views)
from Sperry Symposium Classics: The Doctrine and Covenants
First Vision–Based Christology and Praxis for Anxious Teens (486 views)
from How and What You Worship: Christology and Praxis in the Revelations of Joseph Smith
Firsthand Witness Accounts of the Translation Process (13,663 views)
from The Coming Forth of the Book of Mormon: A Marvelous Work and a Wonder
“For Their Salvation Is Necessary and Essential to Our Salvation”: Joseph Smith and the Practice of Baptism and Confirmation for the Dead (6,353 views)
from An Eye of Faith: Essays in Honor Richard O. Cowan
From Kirtland, Ohio, to Far West, Missouri: Following the Trail of the Mormon Mummies (1,708 views)
from Religious Educator Vol. 2 No. 1 · 2001
George A. Smith's Mission with the Twelve in England, 1839–41 (1,936 views)
from Regional Studies in Latter-day Saint Church History: The British Isles
Getting to Know Saints: The Story of the Church of Jesus Christ in the Latter Days (506 views)
from Religious Educator Vol. 19 No. 2 · 2018
God and the People Reconsidered: Further Reflections on Theodemocracy in Early Mormonism (1,482 views)
from The Council of Fifty: What the Records Reveal about Mormon History
Hefted and Handled: Tangible Interactions with Book of Mormon Objects (8,618 views)
from The Coming Forth of the Book of Mormon: A Marvelous Work and a Wonder
Individual Affidavits from the National Archives (A-L) (1,005 views)
from Mormon Redress Petitions: Documents of the 1833–1838 Missouri Conflict
Injustices Leading to the Creation of the Council of Fifty (761 views)
from The Council of Fifty: What the Records Reveal about Mormon History
Introduction (514 views)
from The Council of Fifty: What the Records Reveal about Mormon History
Israel Barlow and the Founding of Nauvoo (3,326 views)
from Religious Educator Vol. 10 No. 1 · 2009
John C. Frémont’s 1843–44 Western Expedition and Its Influence on Mormon Settlement in Utah (12,286 views)
from Far Away in the West: Reflections on the Mormon Pioneer Trail
Joseph Smith (20,730 views)
from Latter-day Prophets and the United States Constitution
Joseph Smith and "The Vision," 1832 (11,319 views)
from Joseph Smith, the Prophet and Seer
Joseph Smith and Abraham Lincoln (5,369 views)
from Joseph Smith and the Doctrinal Restoration
Joseph Smith and Money Digging (1,155 views)
from A Reason for Faith: Navigating LDS Doctrine & Church History
Joseph Smith and the First Principles of the Gospel: 1820-29 (1,479 views)
from Joseph Smith, the Prophet and Seer
Joseph Smith and the Historicity of the Book of Mormon (15,285 views)
from Historicity and the Latter-day Saint Scriptures
Joseph Smith and the Kirtland Crisis, 1837 (17,000 views)
from Joseph Smith, the Prophet and Seer
Joseph Smith and the Kirtland Temple, 1836 (16,153 views)
from Joseph Smith, the Prophet and Seer
Joseph Smith and the Redemption of Zion, 1834 (4,404 views)
from Joseph Smith, the Prophet and Seer
Joseph Smith Goes to Washington, 1839-40 (9,706 views)
from Joseph Smith, the Prophet and Seer
Joseph Smith in Northern Missouri, 1838 (9,072 views)
from Joseph Smith, the Prophet and Seer
Joseph Smith's New Translation of the Bible, 1830 (8,329 views)
from Joseph Smith, the Prophet and Seer
Joseph Smith's Practice of Plural Marriage (4,786 views)
from A Reason for Faith: Navigating LDS Doctrine & Church History
Joseph Smith, John C. Bennett, and the Extradition Attempt, 1842 (10,560 views)
from Joseph Smith, the Prophet and Seer
Joseph Smith, Robert Foster, and Chauncey and Francis Higbee (3,109 views)
from Religious Educator Vol. 18 No. 1 · 2017
Joseph Smith’s Negotiations to Publish the Book of Mormon (3,123 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 (1,914 views)
from Regional Studies in Latter-day Saint Church History: The Pacific Isles
Making a Case for Church History (325 views)
from Religious Educator Vol. 11 No. 3 · 2010
Martin Harris’s 1828 Visit to Luther Bradish, Charles Anthon, and Samuel Mitchill (7,929 views)
from The Coming Forth of the Book of Mormon: A Marvelous Work and a Wonder
Medical Terms Used by Saints in Nauvoo and Winter Quarters, 1839–48 (4,112 views)
from Religious Educator Vol. 10 No. 3 · 2009
Missionaries and Converts in Illinois 1831–34 (992 views)
from Mormon Thoroughfare: A History of the Church in Illinois, 1830–1839
Missionaries and Converts in Illinois 1835–38 (889 views)
from Mormon Thoroughfare: A History of the Church in Illinois, 1830–1839
Oliver Cowdery as Book of Mormon Scribe (5,348 views)
from Days Never to Be Forgotten: Oliver Cowdery
Oliver Cowdery as Editor, Defender, and Justice of the Peace in Kirtland (702 views)
from Days Never to Be Forgotten: Oliver Cowdery
Oliver Cowdery as Second Witness of Priesthood Restoration (8,628 views)
from Days Never to Be Forgotten: Oliver Cowdery
Oliver Cowdery in the Doctrine and Covenants (5,384 views)
from Days Never to Be Forgotten: Oliver Cowdery
Oliver Cowdery's Legal Practice in Tiffin, Ohio (1,105 views)
from Days Never to Be Forgotten: Oliver Cowdery
Oliver's Joseph (3,035 views)
from Days Never to Be Forgotten: Oliver Cowdery
Photo Essay of Church History Sites in Liverpool and the Ribble Valley (6,362 views)
from Regional Studies in Latter-day Saint Church History: The British Isles
Poet Biographies (2,445 views)
from Psalms of Nauvoo: Early Mormon Poetry
Quincy, Illinois: A Temporary Refuge (1,662 views)
from Mormon Thoroughfare: A History of the Church in Illinois, 1830–1839
Race, the Priesthood, and Temples (2,225 views)
from A Reason for Faith: Navigating LDS Doctrine & Church History
Raising Money in Righteousness: Oliver Cowdery as Banker (2,314 views)
from Days Never to Be Forgotten: Oliver Cowdery
Reconciling Joseph Smith—History 1:10 and 1:18–19 (2,976 views)
from Religious Educator Vol. 14 No. 2 · 2013
Remembering the First Vision (1,047 views)
from A Reason for Faith: Navigating LDS Doctrine & Church History
Remembering the Impact of British Missionary Isaac Russell (1,603 views)
from Regional Studies in Latter-day Saint Church History: The British Isles
Return to the Joseph Smith Family Farm (1,272 views)
from Religious Educator Vol. 11 No. 3 · 2010
Review of Documents, Volume 4: April 1834–September 1835 (260 views)
from Religious Educator Vol. 18 No. 1 · 2017
Saints: Internalizing the Restoration (241 views)
from Review Magazine Winter 2019
Scenes and Incidents in Nauvoo (3,438 views)
from A Woman's View: Helen Mar Whitney's Reminiscences of Early Church History
Scenes in Nauvoo (696 views)
from A Woman's View: Helen Mar Whitney's Reminiscences of Early Church History
Scenes in Nauvoo after the Martyrdom of the Prophet and Patriarch (1,545 views)
from A Woman's View: Helen Mar Whitney's Reminiscences of Early Church History
Scenes in Nauvoo, and Incidents from H. C. Kimball’s Journal (1,084 views)
from A Woman's View: Helen Mar Whitney's Reminiscences of Early Church History
Seeking “Power to Protect the Innocent” (524 views)
from Storming the Nation: The Unknown Contributions of Joseph Smith’s Political Missionaries
"Something Better" for the Sisters: Joseph Smith and the Female Relief Society of Nauvoo (3,612 views)
from Joseph Smith and the Doctrinal Restoration
Suspicion or Trust: Reading the Accounts of Joseph Smith's First Vision (5,383 views)
from No Weapon Shall Prosper: New Light on Sensitive Issues
"Taught from on High": The Ministry of Angelic Messengers to the Prophet Joseph Smith (3,104 views)
from Joseph Smith and the Doctrinal Restoration
"That Thy Days May Be Prolonged": Attempts on the Life of Joseph Smith (547 views)
from Joseph Smith and the Doctrinal Restoration
The Church in Britain before 1840 (1,156 views)
from The Field Is White: Harvest in the Three Counties of England
The Conversion of Oliver Cowdery (5,750 views)
from Days Never to Be Forgotten: Oliver Cowdery
The Council of Fifty and Joseph Smith's Presidential Ambitions (2,133 views)
from The Council of Fifty: What the Records Reveal about Mormon History
The Council of Fifty and the Perils of Democratic Governance (798 views)
from The Council of Fifty: What the Records Reveal about Mormon History

Gospel Topic: Church History 1820–1844

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