Category: Mormon History
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The Changing World of Mormonism: Chapter 17
Joseph Smith The importance of Joseph Smith in Mormon theology cannot be overemphasized. Brigham Young, the church’s second president, boasted: Well, now, examine the character of the Savior, and examine the characters of those who have written the Old and New Testament; and then compare them with the character of Joseph Smith, the founder of this work…
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Will Benson Be King?
Mormon Leader Strives for Political Power By Jerald and Sandra Tanner On February 24, 1980, the Salt Lake Tribune carried a full-page advertisement concerning our new book, The Changing World of Mormonism. In this ad we demonstrated that many important changes have been made in Mormon doctrine. Two days after this was published, Ezra Taft…
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Joseph Smith’s Diaries Deal Fatal Blow to History of Church
By Jerald and Sandra Tanner In Mormonism—Shadow or Reality? pages 126-135, we demonstrated that the History of the Church which Church leaders always attributed to Joseph Smith himself was mostly compiled after his death. The evidence clearly shows that less than 40% was compiled during his lifetime. The remainder was not compiled until after Smith’s…
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Falsification of Joseph Smith’s History
Suppressed records reveal that drastic changes were made in Joseph Smith’s History after his death. New research shows that less than 40% of the material attributed to Joseph Smith was actually compiled before his death. By Jerald and Sandra Tanner Joseph Fielding Smith, the tenth President of the Mormon Church, stated: “The most important history…
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The Mormon Kingdom
By Jerald and Sandra Tanner In working on our new book, The Case Against Mormonism, we have decided that we have so much material that it will be necessary for us to write still another book. This book will be entitled The Mormon Kingdom. Because of the limited amount of space we can only present…
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Reed Peck Manuscript
By Jerald and Sandra Tanner While browsing through the books at James Wardle’s extensive library on Mormonism, we came across a book with the title, “The Reed Peck Manuscript.” Upon examination, we found that it contained photocopies of a handwritten document written in 1839 by Reed Peck. We found this document to be extremely interesting…
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The Book Brigham Young Tried to Destroy
By Jerald and Sandra Tanner In the October, 1845 Conference of the Mormon Church, Lucy Smith announced that she had finished writing her book concerning the history of her son Joseph Smith. In 1853 Orson Pratt (the Mormon Apostle) published this book in England. In 1854 the Mormon newspaper, the Deseret News, recommended Lucy Smith’s…