[…] admitted that after Joseph Smith’s death some changes were made in the official record “for prudential reasons.”[ 6] Censorship has severely tarnished Sidney Rigdon’s historical image. Contrary to the official Mormon view, for example, […]
[…] not pass from the scene without leaving some traces in the records and publications of the period.”[ 6] Walters points out that in the first published version of the vision in 1834,[7] Oliver Cowdery […]
[…] tame olive-tree, which a man took and nourished in his vineyard” (Jacob 5:3). The beginning of chapter 6 also specifically discusses some aspects of the allegory, particularly the last section in which the good […]
[…] Both of my grandparents were stumpy little Welsh people, Grandma barely five feet tall, and Grandpa not over five and-a-half. Grandma had a New Year’s Day tradition which might have been a Welsh one: […]
[…] the analysis charitable, especially of some of the city’s more notorious residents. It should be required reading for all inquisitive students of Latter-day Saint history. I was fascinated by Leonard’s discussion of Nauvoo’s growth […]
[…] now, but you never know.” “This gold—I mean those fossils—did you bring them here to sell? We buy unusual rocks—they don’t have to be valuable—an’ show ’em to the tourists. These fossils you got, […]
[…] the latter received his full temple Endowment (this tallies with Grandpa’s data re X in your book).”[ 6] Yet John Willard must also have shown early signs of a striking personality, for in later […]
[…] Wade has had the wonderful opportunity of speaking on this issue on national Italian television—how do you buy that kind of coverage? But we consistently downplay the whole connection between science, religion, and the […]
[…] next time take another book. Preach at every place, and invite the congregation after the sermon to buy the relevant tract and to read it.”[59] This approach was exceedingly effective in the frontier areas […]
[…] that science and religion are not incompatible. The contention is that science and religion can be made to co-exist by compartmentalization, that is, by carefully limiting the scope of each so that neither intrudeson […]