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Revisão das 20h08min de 6 de julho de 2014
Joseph Smith, Jr.
We should be careful not to claim for Joseph Smith perfections he did not claim for himself. He need not have been superhuman to be the instrument in God’s hands that we know him to be. In May, 1844, Joseph declared: “I never told you I was perfect, but there is no error in the revelations which I have taught.” He had commented earlier: “Although I do wrong, I do not the wrongs I am charged with doing: the wrong that I do is through the frailty of human nature, like other men. No man lives without fault. Do you think that even Jesus, if He were here, would be without fault in your eyes? His enemies said all manner of evil against Him—they all watched for iniquity in Him.” Joseph Smith was a mortal man striving to fulfill an overwhelming, divinely- appointed mission against all odds. The wonder is not that he ever displayed human failings, but that he succeeded in his mission. His fruits are undeniable and undeniably good.
—Elder D. Todd Christofferson, "The Prophet Joseph Smith," Brigham Young University-Idaho Devotional (September 24, 2013) off-site
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Joseph Smith/Early Smith family history
Joseph Smith/Character
Joseph Smith/Narcissism
Joseph Smith/Money digging
Joseph Smith's First Vision
Joseph Smith/Occultism and magic
Joseph Smith/Translator
Joseph Smith/Miracles
Joseph Smith/Priesthood
Joseph Smith/As a prophet
Joseph Smith/Legal issues
Mormonism and church finances/Kirtland Safety Society
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Joseph Smith/Polygamy
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