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- Allen (1970): "the Prophet described his experience to friends and acquaintances at least as early as 1831-32...he continued to do so in varying detail until the year of his death" (view source)
- Allen:Improvement Era:April 1970:he continued to do so in varying detail until the year of his death (view source)
- Backman (1985): "On at least four different occasions, Joseph Smith either wrote or dictated to scribes accounts of his sacred experience of 1820" (view source)
- Church History Seminary Teacher Manual:2013:Joseph Smith emphasized different aspects of his vision in his multiple accounts (view source)
- Gordon B. Hinckley (1984): "I am not worried that the Prophet Joseph Smith gave a number of versions of the first vision" (view source)
- Gospel Topics: "The various accounts of the First Vision tell a consistent story, though naturally they differ in emphasis and detail" (view source)
- Hinckley:Ensign:October 1984:I am not worried that the Prophet Joseph Smith gave a number of versions of the first vision (view source)
- Neuenschwander (2009): "Joseph's vision was at first an intensely personal experience...it became the founding revelation of the Restoration" (view source)
- Neuenschwander:Ensign:January 2009:Joseph's vision was at first an intensely personal experience...it became the founding revelation of the Restoration (view source)
- Prothero (2003): "in the 1832 version, Jesus appears to Smith alone, and does all the talking himself. Such complaints, however, are much ado about relatively nothing" (view source)
- Prothero:American Jesus:2003:in the 1832 version, Jesus appears to Smith alone, and does all the talking himself. Such complaints, however, are much ado about relatively nothing (view source)
- Question: Did Joseph Smith begin his prophetic career with a "trinitarian" idea of God? (view source)
- Question: Did Joseph began his prophetic career with a "trinitarian" idea of God? (view source)
- Question: Did any of Joseph's scribe ever say anything about Joseph's story of the vision changing over time? (view source)
- Question: Did any of Joseph's scribes ever say anything about Joseph's story of the vision changing over time? (view source)
- Question: Is there any reference to God the Father being present in Joseph Smith's 1832 account? (view source)
- Question: What are the criticisms related to Joseph Smith's accounts of the First Vision? (view source)
- Question: Why did the Prophet construct the 1832 narrative in a manner such as to exclude explicit mention of the Father's appearance? (view source)
- Question: Why does Joseph Smith's 1832 account of the First Vision not mention two personages? (view source)
- Seminary Manual (2013): "Joseph Smith emphasized different aspects of his vision in his multiple accounts" (view source)
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