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| − | + | *1841 – August. Orson Pratt's pamphlet called ''An Interesting Account of Several Remarkable Visions'' is advertised for sale and it is said in the advertisement: “This . . . work will be found to contain information of great importance, as it will save the traveling elders the labor of constantly relating, over and over again, those things in which every new enquirer is so deeply interested, and upon which he is so very anxious to obtain correct information” (''Times and Seasons'', vol. 2, no. 19, 2 August 1841, 502). | |
| − | + | *1841 – August. The same advertisement and note are repeated for An Interesting Account of Several Remarkable Visions (''Times ad Seasons'', vol. 2, no. 20, 16 August 1841, 518). Nauvoo, Illinois | |
| − | + | *1841 – September. The same advertisement and note are repeated for An Interesting Account of Several Remarkable Visions (''Times and Seasons'', vol. 2, no. 21, 1 September 1841, 534). Nauvoo, Illinois | |
| − | + | *Wentworth Letter (''Times and Seasons'', vol. 3, no. 9, 1 March 1842, 706–707). | |
| − | + | *1838 recital PART 1 (''Times and Seasons'', vol. 3, no. 10, 15 March 1842, 727–28). | |
| − | + | *1838 recital PART 2 (''Times and Seasons'', vol. 3, no. 11, 1 April 1842, 748–49). | |
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Contents
Criticism
Orson Spencer wrote a letter in Nauvoo, Illinois in 1842 that said Joseph Smith's "first" spiritual manifestation was of an angel - not the Father and the Son.
Source(s) of the criticism
Jerald Tanner and Sandra Tanner, The Case Against Mormonism, (Salt Lake City: Modern Microfilm Co., 1967), 98.
Response
Orson Spencer's letter - which was written on 17 November 1842 - was first published in the Nauvoo Times and Seasons newspaper on 2 Janaury 1843 (Times and Seasons, vol. 4, no. 4, 2 January 1843, 56-57) and reprinted in the British Millennial Star newspaper in July 1843 (Millennial Star, vol. 4, no. 3, July 1843, ----).
- 1841 – August. Orson Pratt's pamphlet called An Interesting Account of Several Remarkable Visions is advertised for sale and it is said in the advertisement: “This . . . work will be found to contain information of great importance, as it will save the traveling elders the labor of constantly relating, over and over again, those things in which every new enquirer is so deeply interested, and upon which he is so very anxious to obtain correct information” (Times and Seasons, vol. 2, no. 19, 2 August 1841, 502).
- 1841 – August. The same advertisement and note are repeated for An Interesting Account of Several Remarkable Visions (Times ad Seasons, vol. 2, no. 20, 16 August 1841, 518). Nauvoo, Illinois
- 1841 – September. The same advertisement and note are repeated for An Interesting Account of Several Remarkable Visions (Times and Seasons, vol. 2, no. 21, 1 September 1841, 534). Nauvoo, Illinois
- Wentworth Letter (Times and Seasons, vol. 3, no. 9, 1 March 1842, 706–707).
- 1838 recital PART 1 (Times and Seasons, vol. 3, no. 10, 15 March 1842, 727–28).
- 1838 recital PART 2 (Times and Seasons, vol. 3, no. 11, 1 April 1842, 748–49).
Conclusion
Endnotes
None
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