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How Did Orson Pratt Influence Joseph Smith’s 1842 First Vision Narrative?
How Did Orson Pratt Influence Joseph Smith’s 1842 First Vision Narrative?
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Length:
45 minutes
Released:
Mar 21, 2023
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Podcast episode
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Did you know that the first time the story of Joseph Smith’s First Vision was ever printed was in a pamphlet written by apostle Orson Pratt and published in Scotland while Pratt was on a mission there in 1840? Intriguingly, Pratt's language from this pamphlet was used by Joseph Smith himself two years later, in 1842, when writing the story of his First Vision for a non-Latter-day Saint newspaper editor named John Wentworth. Pratt’s pamphlet also heavily influenced another insightful telling of Joseph’s vision written by his fellow apostle Orson Hyde which was published in Germany in 1842. In today's episode we dive into all three of these accounts.
Released:
Mar 21, 2023
Format:
Podcast episode
Titles in the series (62)
Q&R! What About Others Who Claimed Similar Visions in Joseph Smith’s Day? Etc.: The more carefully one studies Joseph Smith’s First Vision and the context of his world at that time, the more interesting the questions become. For example, if Joseph Smith saw God the Father and Jesus Christ in a vision, does that mean he didn’t ac... by Church History Matters