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==Question: What differences are there between Joseph Smith's 1832 First Vision account and later accounts?== | ==Question: What differences are there between Joseph Smith's 1832 First Vision account and later accounts?== | ||
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− | ==="this was a grief to my Soul thus from the age of twelve years to fifteen"=== | + | ===="this was a grief to my Soul thus from the age of twelve years to fifteen"==== |
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− | ==="for I become convicted of my sins....I felt to mourn for my own sins and for the sins of the world"=== | + | ===Joseph's motivations=== |
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+ | ===="At about the age of twelve years my mind become seriously imprest"==== | ||
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+ | {{Epigraph|At about the age of twelve years my mind become seriously imprest with regard to the all importent concerns <del>of</del> for the wellfare of my immortal Soul which led me to searching the scriptures believeing as I was taught, that they contained the word of God...}} | ||
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+ | ===="my intimate acquaintance with those of different denominations"==== | ||
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+ | {{Epigraph|...thus applying myself to them and my intimate acquaintance with those of different denominations led me to marvel excedingly for I discovered that <ins>they did not <del>adorn</del></ins> <del>instead</del> of adorn<del>ing</del> their profession by a holy wal | ||
+ | and Godly conversation agreeable to what I found contained in that sacred depository...}} | ||
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+ | ===="for I become convicted of my sins....I felt to mourn for my own sins and for the sins of the world"==== | ||
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− | ==="by searching the scriptures I found that mankind did not come unto the Lord"=== | + | ===Religious confusion=== |
+ | ===="by searching the scriptures I found that mankind did not come unto the Lord"==== | ||
{{Epigraph|...and by searching the scriptures I found that <del>mand</del> <ins>mankind</ins> did not come unto the Lord but that they had apostatised from the true and liveing faith and there was no society or denomination that built upon the gospel of Jesus Christ as recorded in the new testament...}} | {{Epigraph|...and by searching the scriptures I found that <del>mand</del> <ins>mankind</ins> did not come unto the Lord but that they had apostatised from the true and liveing faith and there was no society or denomination that built upon the gospel of Jesus Christ as recorded in the new testament...}} | ||
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− | ==="I cried unto the Lord for mercy"=== | + | ===="I cried unto the Lord for mercy"==== |
{{Epigraph|...therefore I cried unto the Lord for mercy for there was none else to whom I could go and to obtain mercy and the Lord heard my cry in the wilderness...}} | {{Epigraph|...therefore I cried unto the Lord for mercy for there was none else to whom I could go and to obtain mercy and the Lord heard my cry in the wilderness...}} | ||
− | ==="in the 16th year of my age"=== | + | ===Joseph's age=== |
+ | ===="in the 16th year of my age"==== | ||
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− | === | + | ===Struggle with Satan=== |
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|link=Joseph Smith's First Vision/Accounts/1832/Struggle with Satan not mentioned | |link=Joseph Smith's First Vision/Accounts/1832/Struggle with Satan not mentioned | ||
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|summary=Joseph Smith says in the official Church history account of the First Vision that directly before the theophany occurred he had a struggle with Satan. But this struggle is not mentioned in his 1832 recital of the experience. | |summary=Joseph Smith says in the official Church history account of the First Vision that directly before the theophany occurred he had a struggle with Satan. But this struggle is not mentioned in his 1832 recital of the experience. | ||
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+ | ===Personage(s) seen=== | ||
+ | ===="I saw the Lord"==== | ||
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|link=Joseph Smith's First Vision/Accounts/1832/Only one Personage appears | |link=Joseph Smith's First Vision/Accounts/1832/Only one Personage appears | ||
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|summary=In the 1832 account of the First Vision—which is in the handwriting of Joseph Smith—it only says that Jesus Christ made an appearance to the Prophet; the Father is missing. | |summary=In the 1832 account of the First Vision—which is in the handwriting of Joseph Smith—it only says that Jesus Christ made an appearance to the Prophet; the Father is missing. | ||
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+ | ===Location of the vision=== | ||
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|link=Joseph Smith's First Vision/Accounts/1832/Vision set in heaven or on earth | |link=Joseph Smith's First Vision/Accounts/1832/Vision set in heaven or on earth | ||
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− | ==="thy sins are forgiven thee"=== | + | ===Joining other churches=== |
+ | ===="thy sins are forgiven thee"==== | ||
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|summary=The 1832 First Vision account does not portray the Lord giving Joseph Smith an injunction against joining any church; it does not portray the Lord as announcing that all the churches were corrupt. These details do not show up until the 1838 account. | |summary=The 1832 First Vision account does not portray the Lord giving Joseph Smith an injunction against joining any church; it does not portray the Lord as announcing that all the churches were corrupt. These details do not show up until the 1838 account. | ||
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+ | |link=Question: Did Joseph Smith decide that all churches were wrong before he received the First Vision? | ||
+ | |subject=Question: Did Joseph Smith decide that all churches were wrong before he received the First Vision? | ||
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|link=Joseph Smith's First Vision/Joseph Smith joined other churches | |link=Joseph Smith's First Vision/Joseph Smith joined other churches | ||
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|summary=Did Joseph Smith join the Methodist, Presbyterian, or Baptist churches between 1820 and 1830—despite the claim made in his 1838 history that he was forbidden by Deity (during the 1820 First Vision experience) from joining any denomination? | |summary=Did Joseph Smith join the Methodist, Presbyterian, or Baptist churches between 1820 and 1830—despite the claim made in his 1838 history that he was forbidden by Deity (during the 1820 First Vision experience) from joining any denomination? | ||
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+ | ===New Dispensation?=== | ||
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|link=Question: Why doesn't Joseph Smith's 1832 First Vision account mention a "new dispensation"? | |link=Question: Why doesn't Joseph Smith's 1832 First Vision account mention a "new dispensation"? | ||
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|summary=One critical author states, "Joseph [Smith] added new elements to his later narratives that are not hinted at in his earlier ones. His first vision evolved from a forgiveness epiphany [1832 account] to a call from God the Father and Jesus Christ to restore the true order of things [1842 account]." | |summary=One critical author states, "Joseph [Smith] added new elements to his later narratives that are not hinted at in his earlier ones. His first vision evolved from a forgiveness epiphany [1832 account] to a call from God the Father and Jesus Christ to restore the true order of things [1842 account]." | ||
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|link=Question: How could Joseph Smith come to the conclusion that all churches were wrong on his own? | |link=Question: How could Joseph Smith come to the conclusion that all churches were wrong on his own? | ||
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− | ==="all those who believe on my name may have Eternal life"=== | + | ===="all those who believe on my name may have Eternal life"==== |
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− | ==="mine anger is kindling against the inhabitants of the earth"=== | + | ===The wrath to come=== |
+ | ===="mine anger is kindling against the inhabitants of the earth"==== | ||
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− | ==="I could find none that would believe"=== | + | ===Persecution afterwards=== |
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+ | ===="I pondered these things"==== | ||
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+ | {{Epigraph|nevertheless I pondered these things in my heart <del>about that time my mother and</del> but after many days I fell into transgression and sinned in many things which brought a wound upon my soul and there were many things which transpired that cannot be writen and my Fathers family have suffered many persicutions and afflictions and it—came to pass when I was seventeen years of age I called again upon the Lord and he shewed unto me a heavenly vision}} | ||
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+ | ===="I could find none that would believe"==== | ||
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|link=Primary sources/First Vision accounts/1832 | |link=Primary sources/First Vision accounts/1832 |
At about the age of twelve years my mind become seriously imprest with regard to the all importent concernsoffor the wellfare of my immortal Soul which led me to searching the scriptures believeing as I was taught, that they contained the word of God...
...thus applying myself to them and my intimate acquaintance with those of different denominations led me to marvel excedingly for I discovered that they did notadorninsteadof adorningtheir profession by a holy wal and Godly conversation agreeable to what I found contained in that sacred depository...
...and by searching the scriptures I found thatmandmankind did not come unto the Lord but that they had apostatised from the true and liveing faith and there was no society or denomination that built upon the gospel of Jesus Christ as recorded in the new testament...
...therefore I cried unto the Lord for mercy for there was none else to whom I could go and to obtain mercy and the Lord heard my cry in the wilderness...
nevertheless I pondered these things in my heartabout that time my mother andbut after many days I fell into transgression and sinned in many things which brought a wound upon my soul and there were many things which transpired that cannot be writen and my Fathers family have suffered many persicutions and afflictions and it—came to pass when I was seventeen years of age I called again upon the Lord and he shewed unto me a heavenly vision
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