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|L1=Question: By what name did Joseph Smith refer to the First Vision?
|L2=Question: What is the difference between Joseph Smith's first vision and other reported visions of God at the time?
|L3=Juncker (1994): "Unknown to many, the early church fathers often referred to Jesus as an Angel....in antiquity the word 'angel' meant 'messenger.'"
|L4=Joseph Smith: "Jesus Christ became a ministering spirit (while his body was lying in the sepulcher)...After His resurrection He appeared as an angel to His disciples"
|L5=Joseph Smith (9 Nov. 1835): "I saw many angels in this vision...I was about 14 years old when I received this first communication"
|L6=Joseph Smith (14 Nov. 1835): "I received the first visitation of angels, which was when I was about fourteen years old"
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{{epigraph|a personage appeard in the midst of this pillar of flame which was spread all around, and yet nothing consumed, another personage soon appeard like unto the first, he said unto me thy sins are forgiven thee, he testified unto me that Jesus Christ is the Son of God; <ins>and I saw many angels in this vision</ins> I was about 14 years old when I received this first communication; When I was about 17 years old I saw another vision of angels in the night season after I had retired to bed...<br><br>Joseph Smith's journal, 9 November 1835. The phrase "and I saw many angels in this vision" was written in above the line later after the original entry was made. {{link|url=http://en.fairmormon.org/Primary_sources/Joseph_Smith,_Jr./First_Vision_accounts/1835}}
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{{:Question: By what name did Joseph Smith refer to the First Vision?}}
{{:Question: What is the difference between Joseph Smith's first vision and other reported visions of God at the time?}}
{{:Source:Günther Juncker (1994):Christ As Angel:Unknown to many, the early church fathers often referred to Jesus as an Angel}}
{{:Source:Joseph Smith:TPJS 191:After His resurrection He appeared as an angel to His disciples}}
{{:Source:Joseph Smith:1835 Journal:First communication}}
{{:Source:Joseph Smith:1835 Journal:The First Visitation of Angels}}

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[[es:La Primera Visión de José Smith/Las críticas a la Primera Visión/La primera y la segunda visita de los ángeles]]
[[pt:A Primeira Visão/As críticas da Primeira Visão/A primeira ea segunda visita de anjos]]