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- John Whitmer reaffirmed his testimony as printed in the Book of Mormon even after he left the Church (← links)
- Turley claimed that John Whitmer said: "I now say I handled those plates. there was fine engravings on both sides. I handled them...and they were shown to me by a supernatural power" (← links)
- Myron H. Bond (1878): John Whitmer "knew as well as he knew he had an existence that Joseph translated the ancient writing which was upon the plates, which he saw and handled" (← links)
- P. Wilhelm Poulson (1878): John Whitmer said "He handed them uncovered into our hands, and we turned the leaves sufficient to satisfy us" (← links)
- Question: How do critics of the Church attempt to dismiss the literal experience of the Eight Witnesses of the Book of Mormon? (← links)
- Question: Do Latter-day Saints ("Mormons") actually believe that they are morally, ethically, spiritually superior to others? (← links)
- Question: Was the United Order simply a form of communism? (← links)
- Question: Does the Smithsonian Institution send out a letter regarding the use of the Book of Mormon as a guide for archaeological research? (← links)
- Source:Bradshaw:Defining Adultery:Joseph Smith could not have been properly convicted of adultery under the law of Illinois in 1844 (← links)
- Question: Why is priesthood authority transferred by the "laying on of hands"? (← links)
- Question: Did Joseph Smith’s account of the First Vision grow more detailed and more colorful after he first recorded it in 1832? (← links)
- John Taylor (2 March 1879): "the Father and the Son...came to Joseph Smith" and "the Prophet Joseph asked the angel" (← links)
- Gospel Topics: "Church authorities encountered faithful black and mixed-ancestry Mormons who had contributed financially and in other ways to the building of the São Paulo temple, a sanctuary they realized they would not be allowed to enter" (← links)
- Question: Do Mormons believe Jesus Christ was married? (← links)
- Source:Penrose:Peculiar Questions Briefly Answered:Improvement Era:Sept 1912:We do not know anything about Jesus Christ being married (← links)
- Source:Church spokesman:2006:The belief that Christ was married has never been official church doctrine (← links)
- Question: Journal of Discourses 2:210 says Jesus was being married to Mary and Martha in Cana. Why would Jesus be invited to his own wedding? (← links)
- Question: Does Doctrine and Covenants 84 say that one cannot see God without holding the priesthood? (← links)
- Question: Should Church members simply have "blind trust" in their leaders? (← links)
- Question: Were Biblical prophets infallible? (← links)
- Question: How do Biblical prophets compare to modern prophets? (← links)
- Question: How are Church members protected against error by leaders? (← links)
- Question: Do Mormons consider their prophets to be infallible? (← links)
- Neil L. Andersen (2012): "A few question their faith when they find a statement made by a Church leader decades ago that seems incongruent with our doctrine" (← links)
- Charles W. Penrose (1912): "Do you believe that the President of the Church, when speaking to the Church in his official capacity is infallible?" (← links)
- Question: Did Oliver Cowdery "neglect to mention" that Joseph Smith consulted a Bible during the Book of Mormon translation process? (← links)
- Question: Was Bishop M'Kendree, a Methodist revivalist preacher, the model for King Benjamin in the Book of Mormon? (← links)
- Gospel Topics: "Today, the Church disavows the theories advanced in the past that black skin is a sign of divine disfavor or curse, or that it reflects actions in a premortal life" (← links)
- Question: Was the idea that Blacks were neutral in the "war in heaven" ever official doctrine? (← links)
- Question: Did Church leaders ever teach that Blacks were neutral in the "war in heaven?" (← links)
- Question: Did the Church repudiate the idea of neutrality in the "war in heaven?" (← links)
- Question: Did the Church refute the "neutral in the pre-existence" teaching only to preserve their public image? (← links)
- 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? (← links)
- Question: Was Oliver Cowdery aware that some in the Church were practicing polygamy in 1835 at the time he authored the "Article on Marriage"? (← links)
- Question: Was the practice of polygamy general knowledge among Latter-day Saints in 1835 when the "Article on Marriage" was published? (← links)
- John A. Widtsoe (apostle, 1943): "That Joseph Smith actually was the person who introduced plural marriage into the Church and that he practiced it himself are amply proved by existing facts" (← links)
- Joseph Smith Papers: "Although he hated adultery and was deeply loyal to his wife Emma, he believed he was to take additional wives as had the ancient patriarchs" (← links)
- Ensign (1977): "plural marriage...Starting during Joseph Smith’s own lifetime but limited to a few dozen families until its official announcement in 1852" (← links)
- Ensign (1989): "The Prophet introduced several doctrines relating to the temple, including the temple ceremonies and plural marriage" (← links)
- Question: Did Joseph Smith revise his account of the First Vision in 1838 to respond to a leadership crisis? (← links)
- Question: Did Joseph Smith lose control of the Church during the 1838 Kirtland apostasy? (← links)
- Question: Did Joseph Smith become a baptized member of the Baptist Church in 1822? (← links)
- 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? (← links)
- Question: Did Joseph Smith become a member of the Methodist Church while he was translating the Book of Mormon? (← links)
- Question: Did Joseph Smith join the Presbyterian Church after the First Vision? (← links)
- Questions: Are there contemporary witnesses that confirm that Joseph Smith didn't join any church after the First Vision? (← links)
- ''Ensign'' (1992): Emma Smith's "great trial came when the prophet revealed to Emma that they would be required to live the ancient law of Abraham—plural marriage" (← links)
- Teachings of Presidents of the Church: Joseph Smith (2007): "The doctrines and principles relating to plural marriage were revealed to Joseph Smith as early as 1831" (← links)
- Church History in the Fulness of Times (2003): "The law of celestial marriage, as outlined in this revelation, also included the principle of the plurality of wives" (← links)