American religious history

Standard of Truth Tour: The People Cry Out

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Standard of Truth Tour: Exploring Early Latter-day Saint History Across New York, Pennsylvania, Ohio, and America’s Past

A Journey Into the Early World of the Restoration The tour carried its participants across the foundational landscape of the Restoration, beginning in the quiet woodlands of upstate New York and extending through the early gathering places of the Saints. The first stop, the Sacred Grove in Palmyra, remains inseparably linked to Joseph Smith’s 1820 … Read more

Unpublished Revelations of Joseph Smith – Parts 1–2 + Fourth of July

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Unpublished Revelations of Joseph Smith: History & Context

Early Uncanonized Revelations of Joseph Smith (1830–1843): Historical Overview Early Latter-day Saints understood that more revelations existed than those published in the 1835 Doctrine and Covenants. Church members knew Joseph Smith received numerous revelations recorded in journals, letters, manuscript books, and loose documents kept by scribes. These uncanonized revelations were treated as genuine, publicly read, … Read more