Item Detail
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English
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Entrenching a Fundamental: Use of the First Vision in General Conference
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Religious Educator: Perspectives on the Restored Gospel
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2021
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22
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1
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Provo, UT
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BYU Religious Studies Center
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13-35
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"When President Gordon B. Hinckley declared in the October 2002 general conference that the strength of The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints 'rests on the validity' of Joseph Smith’s First Vision, most people in the congregation likely felt that he was only affirming a basic tenet of the Restoration—but this unique theophany was not always so prominent. Not until the mid-1960s did scholars and historians affiliated with the Church begin a more thorough exploration of the historical emergence of Joseph Smith’s 1820 theophany, now known as the First Vision, and its subsequent elevation in the spiritual consciousness and didactic usage of leaders and members of the Church. This has led some to consider how increasing exposure to and familiarity with this foundational theophany shaped, and continues to shape, the development of Latter-day Saint doctrine and beliefs from the 1840s onward." [Author]
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https://rsc.byu.edu/vol-22-no-1-2021/entrenching-fundamental
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Assistants to the Twelve
Emergence of a Fundamental : The Expanding Role of Joseph Smith's First Vision in Mormon Religious Thought
Exploring the First Vision
Outlines of Ecclesiastical History
Seventy
The First Vision as a Prehistory of The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints
The New Publications of the Standard Works-1979, 1981