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How Did Freemasonry Influence Joseph Smith? - FromtheDesk.org

On June 29, 1840, William W. Phelps wrote a letter to Joseph Smith asking to be forgiven for past transgressions and to have his Church membership restored. Phelps had been one of the Church’s leading figures for several years, serving as a printer and as a member of the Church presidency in Missouri. In 1837 and 1838, however, he clashed with other Church leaders, and in March 1838 he was excommunicated. By summer 1840 Phelps’s views toward the Church had softened. Having relocated to Dayton, O

Joseph Smith Lecture 1: The First Vision and Its Aftermath

Depiction of Joseph Smith’s First Vision. | Come Unto Christ

Learning about differences in the accounts of Joseph Smith's First Vision can feel jarring and even contradictory, but the same could be said of well established biblical events such as Paul the apostle seeing God on the road to Damascus, or the resurrection of Jesus Christ..All of these have multiple accounts across Scripture, each one emphasizing different details and aspects of the experience depending on the intended audience and purpose of each account..Each of the several first-hand and se