Category: Mormon History
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Mormon Claims Answered: Chapter 1
By Marvin W. Cowan Origin and History of Mormonism THE STORY AS TOLD BY MORMONS Joseph Smith, the founder of Mormonism recorded his own story this way: I was born in the year of our Lord one thousand eight hundred and five, on the twenty-third day of December, in the town of Sharon, Windsor County,…
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Proclamation of the Twelve Apostles of the Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints (1845)
A proclamation by the LDS leadership to the rest of the world’s leaders following Joseph Smith’s assassination, which announced that God had spoken by way of the restored gospel, providing both an invitation and a voice of warning. This was the second proclamation of the LDS church up to that date (which has since reached…
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Brigham Young and Wild Bill Hickman
Discover how Bill Hickman alleged that he had committed murders by the orders of Brigham Young, and other disturbing details.
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Falsifying History
By Jerald and Sandra Tanner We are very happy to report to our readers that all of Joseph Smith’s diaries are now available. A number of years ago we set out to publish Smith’s diaries. With the help of H. Michael Marquardt, who made the transcriptions from microfilms and photocopies, we were successful in printing…
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Probing Black Holes in Mormon History
By Jerald and Sandra Tanner Astronomers tell us that sometimes a star will “collapse into itself and become a black hole and, in a sense, exit the universe” (National Geographic, June 1983, page 717). William Unruh, a physicist at the University of British Columbia, says that, “You can’t see a black hole. Just its effects”…
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Mormonism and Truth
Joseph Smith’s Secretary’s Diaries Embarrass Church By Jerald and Sandra Tanner In the last issue of the Messenger we reported that For 140 years the Mormon Church has been suppressing the Nauvoo diaries of Joseph Smith’s secretary William Clayton. These diaries have been hidden in the vault of the First Presidency. Recently, however, quotations from…
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Danite Entry Crossed Out in Smith’s Diary
Part of Joseph Smith’s diaries gives evidence for the existence of the murderous Danite band.
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The Changing World of Mormonism (online book)
Hyperlinked Table of Contents for The Changing World of Mormonism
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The Changing World of Mormonism: Chapter 13
Changes in Joseph Smith’s History In 1838 Joseph Smith started writing the account of his life which is now published by the church. Smith began publishing this history in the Times and Seasons in 1842. It was published in installments, and therefore only part of the history appeared in print before Joseph Smith’s death. The church continued…
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The Changing World of Mormonism: Chapter 9
Plural Marriage Mormon apologist John J. Stewart admits that “there are at least two points of doctrine and history of the Church about which many LDS themselves—to say nothing of non-members—feel apologetic or critical. One of these is its doctrine and history regarding plural marriage. There is probably no other Church subject on which there…