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| + | #REDIRECT [[Question: Did Joseph Smith's mother say that the First Vision was of an "angel"?]] |
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| − | ==Criticism==
| + | [[pt:A Primeira Visão/A mãe de Profeta disse Primeira Visão foi de um "anjo"]] |
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| − | The Prophet's mother - Lucy Mack Smith - wrote a letter in 1831 which indicates that her son's First Vision consisted of seeing an "angel" instead of Deity. This documentary evidence demonstrates that the Prophet's story evolved over time.
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| − | ===Source(s) of the criticism===
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| − | Richard Abanes, ''Becoming Gods: A Closer Look at 21st Century Mormonism'' (Eugene, OR: Harvest House Publishers, 2004), 32, 34.
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| − | ==Response==
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| − | The full text of the letter in question (written on 6 January 1831 in Waterloo, New York to Lucy's siblings) can be found in Benjamin E. Rich, ed., ''Scrapbook of Mormon Literature'' (Chicago: Henry C. Etten and Co., 1913), 1:543–46.
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| − | ==Conclusion==
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| − | ==Endnotes==
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| − | ''None''
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