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English
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Patristic Writings in Early Mormon Periodicals
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Approaching Antiquity : Joseph Smith and the Ancient World
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Provo, UT
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Religious Studies Center, BYU
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407-424
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This chapter focuses on the encounters between the Latter-day Saints and the [early Church] Fathers documented in early Mormon periodicals, a new but limited contribution to the broader topic of the influence of patristic thought on early Mormonism. The difficulty in limiting the question to his body of Material, however, is that in almost every case, Joseph Smith is is one step removed from the sources. Thus, the documents offer, at best, a reflection of the views held by Joseph Smith and his immediate circle. More properly, these sources give a clear picture of what Latter-day Saints were writing and reading concerning early Christianity and the early Church Fathers in their own publications during Joseph Smith's lifetime. [From the text]