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[[es:Pregunta: ¿Fue la '' Historia de la Iglesia '' falsificado cuando se cambió "primera visita de los Ángeles" a "mi primera visión"?]] | [[es:Pregunta: ¿Fue la '' Historia de la Iglesia '' falsificado cuando se cambió "primera visita de los Ángeles" a "mi primera visión"?]] | ||
+ | [[pt:Pergunta: Foi o '' História da Igreja '' falsificado quando "primeira visitação dos anjos" foi alterado para "a minha primeira visão"?]] |
The 14 November 1835 First Vision diary reference is connected with an interview that the Prophet conducted with an investigator named Erastus Holmes. Notice that the diary entry morphs as it is copied into subsequent records.
If the editor of the seven History of the Church volumes (Brigham H. Roberts) was not drawing information directly from the original Joseph Smith diary then he may have felt that a previous editor had made an error in description - and took it upon himself to correct it. The Merriam-Webster Dictionary defines the word falsify as "to make false by mutilation or addition." Since the Prophet's 14 November 1835 diary entry does indeed refer to his "first visitation of Angels" (which took place during the First Vision) the anti-Mormon characterization cannot be applied to Elder Roberts' editorial clarification in any legitimate sense.
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