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=Accounts of Joseph Smith's First Vision= | =Accounts of Joseph Smith's First Vision= | ||
'''Summary''': During Joseph's lifetime, he and other contemporaries published multiple accounts of his First Vision. | '''Summary''': During Joseph's lifetime, he and other contemporaries published multiple accounts of his First Vision. | ||
+ | *[[Joseph Smith's First Vision/First Vision accounts#Firsthand accounts|Firsthand accounts]] | ||
+ | *[[Joseph Smith's First Vision/First Vision accounts#Secondhand accounts|Secondhand accounts]] | ||
+ | *[[Joseph Smith's First Vision/First Vision accounts#Later accounts|Later accounts]] | ||
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Summary: During Joseph's lifetime, he and other contemporaries published multiple accounts of his First Vision.
There were four firsthand and five secondhand accounts of Joseph's vision published in Joseph's lifetime. A description of each account is available in "Accounts of Joseph Smith’s First Vision", josephsmithpapers.org.
A brief summary of each is included below, along with a link to the original image and a transcription published by the Joseph Smith Papers Project.
Video published by Doctrine and Covenants Central.
Video published by the Church History Department.
Joseph Smith recorded four accounts of the First Vision (either by himself or using a scribe):
Contemporaries of Joseph Smith recorded five secondhand accounts of the First Vision.
In 1893, Charles Walker recorded a late reminiscent account of hearing Joseph describe his vision.
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