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These are texts of relevance to Church history and apologetics.  They are not all "endorsed" by FAIR; they can sometimes be important for understanding where an issue or discussion has come from, however.
 
These are texts of relevance to Church history and apologetics.  They are not all "endorsed" by FAIR; they can sometimes be important for understanding where an issue or discussion has come from, however.
  
==Ancient==
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=== Conference Reports ===
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*[https://archive.org/details/conferencereport Conference Reports]
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=== Newspapers and Journals ===
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*[[Improvement Era index]]: Published from 1897 to 1970, the ''Improvement Era'' was the Church's primary magazine and was the precursor to the ''Ensign'' and ''Liahona'' magazines.
|summary=Quotes about human deification from non-LDS Christians
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*[https://archive.org/details/EveningAndMorningStar18321834/mode/2up The Evening and the Morning Star (1832–1834)]: This newspaper was the Church's first newspaper and was published in Missouri and then in Kirtland.
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*[https://archive.org/details/latterdaysaintsm01unse Latter Day Saints' Messenger and Advocate (1834–1837)]: This newspaper was published in Kirtland, Ohio between October 1834 and September 1837. It was the successor to ''The Evening and the Morning Star'' and the predecessor to the ''Elders' Journal''.
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*[https://archive.org/details/EldersJournal18371838 Elders' Journal of the Church of Latter Day Saints (1837–1838)]: This newspaper was published in Kirtland, Ohio, and then Far West, Missouri. It was the successor to the ''Latter Day Saints' Messenger and Advocate'' and was eventually replaced by the ''Times and Seasons''.
  
==19th Century==
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*[https://archive.org/details/TimesAndSeasons18391846 Times and Seasons (1839–1846)]: This newspaper was published in Nauvoo, Illinois between November 1839 and February 1846. It was the successor to the Elders' Journal.
===Newspapers and Journals===
 
=[[Online document index/Improvement Era|Improvement Era]]=
 
'''Summary:''' Published from 1897 to 1970, the ''Improvement Era'' was the Church's primary magazine and was the precursor to the ''Ensign'' and ''Liahona'' magazines.
 
  
=[http://contentdm.lib.byu.edu/cdm4/browse.php?CISOROOT=%2FMStar Latter-day Saints' Millennial Star]=
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*[http://contentdm.lib.byu.edu/cdm4/browse.php?CISOROOT=%2FMStar Latter-day Saints' Millennial Star]: This newspaper was the Church's primary newspaper in Great Britain.
'''Summary:''' This newspaper was the Church's primary newspaper in Great Britain.
 
  
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|summary=The ''Journal of Discourses'' consists of 26 volumes of discourses, lessons, and essays largely from early leaders of Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints.
 
|summary=The ''Journal of Discourses'' consists of 26 volumes of discourses, lessons, and essays largely from early leaders of Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints.
 
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|link=Saint's Herald
 
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|summary=Selected articles from the newspaper of the Reorganized Church of Jesus Christ of Latter Day Saints.
 
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===Other sources===
 
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|link=Primary sources/Brigham Young
 
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|link=Primary sources/Brigham Young/8 October 1861 discourse on plural marriage
 
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|link=Primary sources/David Whitmer
 
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|link=Primary sources/Joseph Knight
 
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|link=Primary sources/Thomas Kane
 
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|link=Primary sources/Thomas Kane on the decline of Nauvoo
 
|subject=Thomas Kane on the decline of Nauvoo
 
|summary= (after the Saints were driven out)
 
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==20th Century==
 
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|link=Boyd K. Packer
 
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|link=Primary sources/Unwritten Order of Things
 
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|summary="The Unwritten Order of Things,"  Elder Boyd K. Packer, Marriott Center, 15 October 1996
 
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|link=Primary sources/Bruce R. McConkie
 
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|link=Primary sources/Seven deadly heresies
 
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|summary="Seven Deadly Heresies" by Elder Bruce R. McConkie, Marriot Center, June 1, 1980 fireside
 
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|link=Primary sources/Mark E. Petersen
 
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|link=Primary sources/Mark E. Petersen/Race Problems - As They Affect the Church
 
|subject=Race Problems - As They Affect the Church
 
|summary="Race Problems - As They Affect the Church" by Elder Mark E. Petersen, BYU Convention of Teachers of Religion on the College Level, August 27, 1954
 
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==Miscellaneous==
 
 
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|link=Evolution#Official_statements_regarding_organic_evolution
 
|subject=Evolution primary sources
 
|summary=official
 
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|link=Primary sources/Evolution
 
|subject=Evolution primary sources
 
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|link=Primary sources/Nauvoo_Expositor_Full_Text
 
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*[[Image:PreExistenceBibleBarney.pdf|Pre-moral existence and the Bible]] - Kevin L. Barney
 

Latest revision as of 11:18, 20 May 2024

Primary sources

These are texts of relevance to Church history and apologetics. They are not all "endorsed" by FAIR; they can sometimes be important for understanding where an issue or discussion has come from, however.

Conference Reports

Newspapers and Journals

  • Improvement Era index: Published from 1897 to 1970, the Improvement Era was the Church's primary magazine and was the precursor to the Ensign and Liahona magazines.
  • Times and Seasons (1839–1846): This newspaper was published in Nauvoo, Illinois between November 1839 and February 1846. It was the successor to the Elders' Journal.

Journal of Discourses

Summary: The Journal of Discourses consists of 26 volumes of discourses, lessons, and essays largely from early leaders of Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints.