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- Source:John S. Lewis:Interpreter 8:71:Considering that Doctrine and Covenants 77:6 refers to “…this earth during the seven thousand years of its continuance, or its temporal existence,” what led Phelps to speak of Earth as 2,555 million years old? → John S. Lewis: "Considering that Doctrine and Covenants 77:6 refers to “…this earth during the seven thousand years of its continuance, or its temporal existence,” what led Phelps to speak of Earth as 2,555 million years old?"
- Source:John Sorenson:Ensign:1984:the immediate land covered by the book’s events was probably only hundreds rather than thousands of miles long and wide → John Sorenson, Ensign (1984): "the immediate land covered by the book’s events was probably only hundreds rather than thousands of miles long and wide"
- Source:John Taylor:2 March 1879:JD 20:167 and 257:First Vision Father and Son or angel → John Taylor (2 March 1879): "the Father and the Son...came to Joseph Smith" and "the Prophet Joseph asked the angel"
- Source:John Whitmer:History:Joseph the Seer saw these Records and by the revelation of Jesus Christ could translate these records → John Whitmer: "Joseph the Seer saw these Record(s) and by the revelation of Jesus Christ could translate these records"
- Source:John Whitmer:I now say I handled those plates → Turley claimed that John Whitmer said: "I now say I handled those plates. there was fine engravings on both sides. I handled them...and they were shown to me by a supernatural power"
- Source:John Whitmer handled the plates - "Theodore Turley's Memorandums" → Turley claimed that John Whitmer said: "I now say I handled those plates. there was fine engravings on both sides. I handled them...and they were shown to me by a supernatural power"
- Source:John Whitmer reaffirmed his published testimony of the Book of Mormon → John Whitmer reaffirmed his published testimony of the Book of Mormon
- Source:John Whitmer reaffirmed his written testimony of the plates - Messenger and Advocate 2:286-287 → John Whitmer reaffirmed his testimony as printed in the Book of Mormon even after he left the Church
- Source:Johnson:Men and Elephants in America:1952:Probably it is safe to say that American Proboscidea have been extinct for a minimum of 3000 years → Johnson: "Probably it is safe to say that American Proboscidea have been extinct for a minimum of 3000 years"
- Source:Jones:My Great-Great-Grandmother, Emma Hale Smith:the prophet revealed to Emma that they would be required to live the ancient law of Abraham—plural marriage → ''Ensign'' (1992): Emma Smith's "great trial came when the prophet revealed to Emma that they would be required to live the ancient law of Abraham—plural marriage"
- Source:Joseph F. Smith:25 May 1903:the question of the situation of the city of Zarahemla was one of interest certainly, but if it could not be located the matter was not of vital importance → Joseph F. Smith (25 May 1903): "the question of the situation of the city (of Zarahemla) was one of interest certainly, but if it could not be located the matter was not of vital importance"
- Source:Joseph F. Smith:circa 1918:President Smith declined to officially approve of the map, saying that the Lord had not yet revealed it → Joseph F. Smith (circa 1918): "President Smith declined to officially approve of the map, saying that the Lord had not yet revealed it"
- Source:Joseph Fielding Smith:Conference Report:1941:that marriage while they are in the world, yet the fact remains that when they are dead the marriage comes to an end → Joseph Fielding Smith (1941): "While the Church, as well as the world, would recognize that marriage while they are in the world, yet the fact remains that when they are dead the marriage comes to an end"
- Source:Joseph Fielding Smith:Conference Report:1951:Jesus says unto those who are married for time only, and those who do not believe in marriage for eternity → Joseph Fielding Smith (1951): Jesus "says unto those who are married for time only, and those who do not believe in marriage for eternity"
- Source:Joseph Fielding Smith:Doctrines of Salvation 1:22:This was also in the similitude of the sacrifice of Jesus Christ → Joseph Fielding Smith: "This was also in the similitude of the sacrifice of Jesus Christ"
- Source:Joseph Fielding Smith:Doctrines of Salvation 1:86:people of all classes, and of all beliefs, still permitted to remain upon the face of the earth → Joseph Fielding Smith: "when the millennium comes...There will be millions of people...of all beliefs, still permitted to remain upon the face of the earth"
- Source:Joseph Fielding Smith:Improvement Era:April 1924:We know of no scripture, ancient or modern, that declares that at the time of the rebellion in heaven that one-third of the hosts of heaven remained neutral → Joseph Fielding Smith: "We know of no scripture, ancient or modern, that declares that at the time of the rebellion in heaven that one-third of the hosts of heaven remained neutral"
- Source:Joseph Smith, Sr. Eight Witnesses statements → The witness of Joseph Smith Sr.
- Source:Joseph Smith:"I might have rendered a plainer translation to this, but it is sufficiently plain to suit my purpose as it stands" → Joseph Smith: "I might have rendered a plainer translation to this, but it is sufficiently plain to suit my purpose as it stands"
- Source:Joseph Smith:15 Jul 1842:"Stephens and Catherwood's researches in Central America abundantly testify of this thing" → Source:Joseph Smith:15 Jul 1842:Stephens and Catherwood's researches in Central America abundantly testify of this thing
- Source:Joseph Smith:1832 History:First Vision:Pillar of fire light → Joseph Smith (1832): "a piller of fire light above the brightness of the sun at noon day come down from above"
- Source:Joseph Smith:1835 Journal:First communication → Joseph Smith (9 Nov. 1835): "I saw many angels in this vision...I was about 14 years old when I received this first communication"
- Source:Joseph Smith:1835 Journal:The First Visitation of Angels → Joseph Smith (14 Nov. 1835): "I received the first visitation of angels, which was when I was about fourteen years old"
- Source:Joseph Smith:19 Jul 1840:speaking of the Land of Zion, It consists of all North & South America → Joseph Smith (19 Jul 1840): "speaking of the Land of Zion, It consists of all North & South America"
- Source:Joseph Smith:4 Jun 1834:wandering over the plains of the Nephites → Joseph Smith (4 Jun 1834): "wandering over the plains of the Nephites"
- Source:Joseph Smith:9 November 1835:First Vision:Pillar of fire → Joseph Smith (9 Nov. 1835): "a pillar of fire appeared above my head...a personage appeard in the midst of this pillar of flame"
- Source:Joseph Smith:Elders Journal:1:43:Was not Joseph Smith a money digger? → Criticism of Mormonism/Websites/MormonThink/Translation of the Book of Mormon
- Source:Joseph Smith:History of the Church:1843:I am just as ready to die in defending the rights of a Presbyterian, a Baptist, or a good man of any other denomination → Joseph Smith (1843): "I am just as ready to die in defending the rights of a Presbyterian, a Baptist, or a good man of any other denomination"
- Source:Joseph Smith:Joseph's journal entry of 14 November 1835:I received the first visitation of Angels which was when I was about 14 → Joseph Smith (14 Nov. 1835): "I received the first visitation of Angels which was when I was about 14"
- Source:Joseph Smith:Joseph's journal entry of 9 November 1835:Personages who appeared → Joseph Smith (9 Nov. 1835): "a personage appeard in the midst of this pillar of flame...another personage soon appeard like unto the first...and I saw many angels in this vision"
- Source:Joseph Smith:Nov 1835:he said the indians were the literal descendants of Abraham → Joseph Smith (Nov 1835): "he said the indians were the literal descendants of Abraham"
- Source:Joseph Smith:TPJS 191:After His resurrection He appeared as an angel to His disciples → Joseph Smith: "Jesus Christ became a ministering spirit (while his body was lying in the sepulcher)...After His resurrection He appeared as an angel to His disciples"
- Source:Joseph Smith:Wentworth Letter:1840:surrounded with a brilliant light which eclipsed the sun at noon-day → Joseph Smith (1842): "surrounded with a brilliant light which eclipsed the sun at noon-day"
- Source:Joseph Smith Papers:In the early 1830s, when this history was written, it appears that JS had not broadcast the details of his first vision of Deity → The Joseph Smith Papers: "The historical preamble to the 1830 'articles and covenants,'...appears to reference JS’s vision in speaking of a moment when 'it truly was manifested unto this first elder, that he had received a remission of his sins'"
- Source:Joseph Smith Papers:The historical preamble to the 1830 'articles and covenants,' for example, appears to reference JS’s vision → The Joseph Smith Papers: "The historical preamble to the 1830 'articles and covenants,'...appears to reference JS’s vision in speaking of a moment when 'it truly was manifested unto this first elder, that he had received a remission of his sins'"
- Source:Kenneth W. Godfrey:A New Prophet and a New Scripture:Ensign:January 1988:Once Martin found a rock closely resembling the seerstone → Godfrey: "Martin found a rock closely resembling the seerstone Joseph sometimes used in place of the interpreters and substituted it without the Prophet’s knowledge"
- Source:Kimball quoting Richards:1974:The Lord has given me dreams which to me are just as real and as much from God as was the dream of King Nebuchadnezzar → George F. Richards: "The Lord has given me dreams which to me are just as real and as much from God as was the dream of King Nebuchadnezzar"
- Source:LDS Department of Education Study Manual:1938:the Book of Mormon deals only with the history and expansion of three small colonies which came to America and it does not deny or disprove the possibility of other immigrations → LDS Department of Education Study Manual (1938): "the Book of Mormon deals only with the history and expansion of three small colonies which came to America and it does not deny or disprove the possibility of other immigrations"
- Source:LDS Department of Education Study Manual:1940:There is a tendency to use the Book of Mormon as a complete history of all pre-Columbian peoples...The book does not give an history of all peoples who came to America before Columbus → LDS Department of Education Study Manual (1940): "There is a tendency to use the Book of Mormon as a complete history of all pre-Columbian peoples...The book does not give an history of all peoples who came to America before Columbus"
- Source:LDS Newsroom:Approaching Mormon Doctrine:May 2007:Not every statement made by a Church leader, past or present, necessarily constitutes doctrine → "Approaching Mormon Doctrine," LDS Newsroom (May 2007): "Not every statement made by a Church leader, past or present, necessarily constitutes doctrine"
- Source:Lanny Bell:the Mormon Book of Abraham:the questionable traces above the head of the Osiris figure are actually the remains of his right hand → Bell: "the questionable traces above the head of the Osiris figure are actually the remains of his right hand"
- Source:Lanny Bell:there would not be enough available space to restore the hand of Anubis, the erect phallus of the Osiris, and the body and wings of Isis → Bell: "there would not be enough available space to restore the hand of Anubis, the erect phallus of the Osiris, and the body and wings of Isis"
- Source:Lowell T. Bennion:1955:The Book of Mormon itself does not purport to be a history of all pre-Columbian peoples in the Western Hemisphere → Lowell T. Bennion (Sunday School - 1955): "The Book of Mormon itself does not purport to be a history of all pre-Columbian peoples in the Western Hemisphere"
- Source:Lucy Mack Smith:Biographical Sketches:They stood in the yard near the door, and were devising plans to find "Joe Smith's gold bible," as they expressed themselves → Lucy Mack Smith: "They stood in the yard near the door, and were devising plans to find "Joe Smith's gold bible," as they expressed themselves"
- Source:Lucy Mack Smith:Here it was that those 8 witnesses recorded in the Book of Mormon looked upon the plates and handled them of which they bear witness → Lucy Mack Smith: "Here it was that those 8 witnesses recorded in the Book of Mormon looked upon the plates and handled them of which they bear witness"
- Source:Madden et al:How the Iron Age Began:Scientific American 237:4:by the beginning of the tenth century B.C. blacksmiths were intentionally steeling iron → Madden et al.: "by the beginning of the tenth century B.C. blacksmiths were intentionally steeling iron"
- Source:Madsen:B.H. Roberts and the Book of Mormon:Among readers who came to the Book of Mormon with hard, skeptical assumptions, B.H. Roberts is notable → Truman Madsen: "Among readers who came to the Book of Mormon with hard, skeptical assumptions, B.H. Roberts is notable"
- Source:Madsen:Defining Adultery:Joseph Smith could not have been properly convicted of adultery under the law of Illinois in 1844 → Source:Bradshaw:Defining Adultery:Joseph Smith could not have been properly convicted of adultery under the law of Illinois in 1844
- Source:Marion G. Romney:1975:As the conflict intensified, all the people who had not been slain—men...gathered about that hill Cumorah → Marion G. Romney (1975): "As the conflict intensified, all the people who had not been slain—men...gathered about that hill Cumorah"
- Source:Marion G. Romney:6 Apr 1963:I have for the past two years been supervising the Latin American missions...the Lamanites, many of whom live in these missions → Marion G. Romney (6 Apr 1963): "I have for the past two years been supervising the Latin American missions...the Lamanites, many of whom live in these missions"