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- Doctrine and Covenants and Church History Study Guide: "These papyri contain authentic Egyptian writings, but they do not date to the time of Abraham, nor do they contain the actual personally handwritten account of Abraham" (view source)
- Question: Are there government records that prove that the apostles were involved in counterfeiting in Nauvoo? (view source)
- Question: Did Joseph Smith and Sidney Rigdon support the formation of a vigilante band called the Danites? (view source)
- Question: Did Joseph Smith become a member of the Methodist Church while he was translating the Book of Mormon? (view source)
- Question: Did Joseph Smith begin his prophetic career with a "trinitarian" idea of God? (view source)
- Question: Did Joseph Smith claim that the Kirtland Safety Society was established by a revelation from God? (view source)
- Question: Did Joseph Smith decide that all churches were wrong before he received the First Vision? (view source)
- Question: Did Joseph Smith ever publicly attempt to teach the doctrine of plural marriage? (view source)
- Question: Did Joseph Smith join the Methodist, Presbyterian, or Baptist churches between 1820 and 1830 despite the claim made in his 1838 history that he was forbidden by Deity from joining any denomination? (view source)
- Question: Did Joseph Smith marry Fanny Alger as his first plural wife in 1833? (view source)
- Question: Did Joseph Smith prophesy that Jesus Christ would return in 1890? (view source)
- Question: Did Joseph began his prophetic career with a "trinitarian" idea of God? (view source)
- Question: Did Joseph use his seer stone to receive the text of the Book of Abraham in the same manner as he did for the Book of Mormon? (view source)
- Question: Did Lucy Mack Smith state when she joined the Presbyterians? (view source)
- Question: Did some of Joseph Smith's associates believe that Joseph Smith had an affair with Fanny Alger? (view source)
- Question: Did some of Joseph Smith's associates believe that he had an affair with Fanny Alger? (view source)
- Question: Did the Danite band persist even after they were exposed? (view source)
- Question: Do the Joseph Smith papyri date back to the time of Abraham? (view source)
- Question: Do the papyri date back to the time of Abraham? (view source)
- Question: Do we have all of the papyri that Joseph Smith had? (view source)
- Question: Do we have all of the papyrus that Joseph Smith had? (view source)
- Question: Does the Joseph Smith papyri consist of Egyptian funerary documents? (view source)
- Question: Does the fact that Jesus said, "upon this rock I will build my church; and the gates of hell shall not prevail against it" mean that universal apostasy was impossible? (view source)
- Question: Does the papyri consist of Egyptian funerary documents? (view source)
- Question: Has the Church hidden the fact that Joseph fired a gun while in Carthage Jail? (view source)
- Question: Have edits to the revelations been discussed in the present day? (view source)
- Question: How could Joseph Smith come to the conclusion that all churches were wrong on his own? (view source)
- Question: How do Mormons understand prophetic revelation? (view source)
- Question: How many times was the name of the Church changed through revelation? (view source)
- Question: How was the text of the Book of Abraham produced by Joseph Smith? (view source)
- Question: How were the activities of the Danite band exposed? (view source)
- Question: Is it possible that Joseph Smith is not a martyr because, while in jail, he had a gun and he had the temerity to defend himself? (view source)
- Question: Is it true that Joseph killed two men by firing at the mob? (view source)
- Question: Is it true that the Danites were pledged to “plunder, lie, and even kill if deemed necessary?" (view source)
- Question: Is there any mention of the First Vision in non-Mormon literature before 1843? (view source)
- Question: Was Joseph Smith anointed to be "King over the earth" by the Council of Fifty? (view source)
- Question: Was Joseph Smith commanded by the Lord to go to Salem, Massachusetts to hunt for treasure in the cellar of a house? (view source)
- Question: Was Joseph Smith prone to boasting? (view source)
- Question: Was Joseph Smith's prophecy that the Independence, Missouri temple "shall be reared in this generation" a failed prophecy? (view source)
- Question: Was a "vagabond fortune-teller" named Walters Joseph Smith's "mentor"? (view source)
- Question: Were the changes to the revelations hidden from the Church members? (view source)
- Question: Were the characters on the papyri written by Abraham himself? (view source)
- Question: What are the reasons for the changes to the Doctrine and Covenants? (view source)
- Question: What are the two 1835 First Vision accounts that refer to angels? (view source)
- Question: What criticisms are associated with the temple ritual and its relationship to Freemasonry? (view source)
- Question: What is Joseph Smith's 1826 South Bainbridge "trial" for "glasslooking"? (view source)
- Question: What is the distinction between belief in "folk magic" and a religious belief in the supernatural? (view source)
- Question: What was the Council of Fifty? (view source)
- Question: When did Joseph Smith demonstrate knowledge of the elements of the endowment ritual? (view source)
- Question: When did the Methodists acquire property near Palmyra to hold their camp meetings? (view source)
- Question: When was the Danite band formed and why? (view source)
- Question: Why did the 1835 Doctrine and Covenants include a statement of marriage that denied the practice of polygamy at a time when some were actually practicing it? (view source)
- Question: Why do Mormons use the Aaronic Priesthood, since Hebrews 7 states that the Aaronic/Levitical Priesthood was "changed" to the unique priesthood "after the order of Melchizedek" held by Jesus Christ? (view source)
- Question: Why does Joseph Smith state in his 1832 First Vision account that he was in his "16th year" of age? (view source)
- Question: Why does Joseph Smith's 9 November 1835 account of the First Vision mention "many angels?" (view source)
- Question: Why would Joseph Smith incorporate Masonic elements into the temple ritual? (view source)
- Questions: Are there contemporary witnesses that confirm that Joseph Smith didn't join any church after the First Vision? (view source)
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