History and the Claims of Revelation: Joseph Smith and the ...

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To open up some new options, I want to turn to a letter written by Jesse Smith, Joseph Smith's staunchly Calvinist uncle, to Joseph's older brother Hyrum in June 1829, two years after Joseph claimed to have recovered the golden plates, but before the translation was published in 1830 (EMD 1:552; for context, see EMD 1:567).

Universalism and the Revelations of Joseph Smith

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The revelations of Joseph Smith cast a startling ray of light into the theological world. Foreordained in the eternities, raised in a spiritual environment, and schooled by divine messengers, the Prophet set the religious world on fire. ... Jesse Smith rejected it outright and instead became a devoted Calvinist, while Joseph Sr. seems to have ...

Jesse Smith's 1814 Protest - BYU Studies

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Jesse Smith, uncle of Joseph Smith Jr., protested actions taken by the Presbyterian congregation to which he belonged, in 1814 in Tunbridge, Vermont. His written statement quotes the Bible extensively and accurately, showing that he had given considerable thought to the practical implications of the Bible's teachings. The Smith family were God-fearing, religious people who sought for true ...

The Smiths and Religious Freedom: Jesse Smith's 1814 Church Tax Protest

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Book of Mormon Central / Archive / The Smiths and Religious Freedom: Jesse Smith's 1814 Church Tax Protest. The Smiths and Religious Freedom: Jesse Smith's 1814 Church Tax Protest ... Joseph Smith's Legal Encounters, edited by Gordon A. Madsen, Jeffrey N. Walker and John W. Welch, 39-50. Provo, UT: BYU Studies, 2014.

Joseph Smith History 1:1-26 - "I Saw a Pillar of Light" - BYU Studies

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Jesse Smith, uncle of Joseph Smith Jr., protested actions taken by the Presbyterian congregation to which he belonged, in 1814 in Tunbridge, Vermont. His written statement quotes the Bible extensively and accurately, showing that he had given considerable thought to the practical implications of the Bible's teachings. The Smith family were ...

Why was it Easy to Join a Church in Joseph Smith's Day?

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Further Reading. John W. Welch, "The Smiths and Religious Freedom: Jesse Smith's 1814 Church Tax Protest," in Sustaining the Law: Joseph Smith's Legal Encounters, ed. Gordon A. Madsen, Jeffrey N. Walker, and John W. Welch (Provo, UT: BYU Studies, 2014), 39-50. John W. Welch, "'All Their Creeds Were an Abomination': A Brief Look at Creeds as Part of the Apostasy," in Prelude ...

Joseph Smith - Leadership

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On June 1, 1834, the first news came of the arrival of Zion's Camp in Missouri. Joseph the Prophet and his brother William, with Dr. F. G. Williams and several others, stayed at our place. But the majority of the camp went to the farm of John Burk, where many were stricken with the cholera and died. George A. Smith and Jesse Smith were about ...

Asael Smith - Joseph Smith Foundation

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Asael Smith Born 7 Mar. 1743/4, Topsfield, Essex County, Massachusetts Died 31 Oct. 1830 Stockholm, St. Lawrence County, New York Spouse Mary Duty (1767) Father Samuel Smith, Jr. Mother Priscilla Gould Children Jesse Smith Priscilla Smith Joseph Smith Sr. Asahel Smith Mary Smith Samuel Smith Silas Smith John Smith Susanna Smith Stephen Smith Sarah Smith […]
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