Joseph Smith & Brigham Young

Theory for the Origin of the Book of Mormon

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Book of Mormon Origin beliefs and visions

John Bunyan, Imprisonment, and the World of Pilgrim’s Progress John Bunyan lived during the upheaval of the English Civil War and the restored monarchy that followed. A Puritan soldier and later a non-conformist preacher, Bunyan refused to accept the Church of England as the state religion. For this he spent twelve years in prison under … Read more

Where Is Zion?

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Where Is Zion? Joseph Smith’s Expanding Vision of the Americas as Zion

Introduction The question of Zion—its location, its purpose, and the destiny it represents for the Latter-day Saints—has shaped the history of the Restoration from the earliest revelations Joseph Smith received until the final sermons he delivered in Nauvoo. This episode traces the Saints’ attempts to establish Zion in Missouri, their repeated expulsions, the doctrinal expansion … Read more