Item Detail
-
22393
-
0
-
0
-
English
-
A Prophet "As in Days of Yore"
-
Joseph Smith and the Doctrinal Restoration : The 34th Annual Sidney B. Sperry Symposium
-
Provo, Utah: Religious Studies Center, BYU and Deseret Book,
-
203-220
-
"One of the greatest parts of the doctrinal restoration in this dispensation under Joseph Smith was the 'bringing back' of an understanding of the role of a true prophet. In each dispensation on this earth, prophets have been called to do the Lord's will and impart His word to His children (see Amos 3:7). After the Great Apostasy, the role and function of prophets had been lost to mankind. Part of the restoration under Joseph Smith was to restore how God communicates and works through His anointed servants, the prophets. [....] As done anciently, the Lord would anoint a prophet like Moses to usher in this dispensation. The calling of Joseph Smith as a prophet was accompanied by the necessary signs and symbols to support, sustain, and define his role." [From author's introduction]