Joseph Smith’s “First Vision,” as it is known to the 16.3 ... Smith’s earliest account was in 1832, and it’s the only one penned in his own hand. It is much less polished and much ...

The first known written record of the "First Vision" was not made until 1831 or 1832. Joseph Smith penned the most detailed account in 1839. The "First Vision" was not taught publicly by the early ...

Latter-day Saints know it as the “First Vision,” in which church founder Joseph Smith said he saw God. As members around the globe prepare to mark the bicentennial of this event this spring ...

depicting a 14-year-old Joseph Smith praying in the Sacred Grove, just before his First Vision. Jennifer Doyle made it by hand. "I was feeling like I needed to do something with my craft that was ...

Elder Maynes described that Joseph Smith was searching for truth ... He went on to describe the four accounts of the First Vision: 1832 account emphasizes the Savior’s Atonement 1835 account ...

While they won’t be the last word on the “First Vision” this bicentennial year ... Editors of “The Joseph Smith Papers” project have posted six episodes — totaling more than two ...

Smith, and Joseph''s face is patterned after his own death mask, Bawden said. Bawden said the First Vision is what the Church represents because if what Joseph said he saw is true, then everything ...

The recent discovery of a daguerreotype purported to be the only known photo of Joseph Smith opened ... Recalling a scene in which Smith describes his “First Vision,” Griffiths said Scarfe ...

A prophecy of war, God’s first name, fierce chastisements and the blessings of polygamy — these are the contents of the more than 40 uncanonized revelations of Joseph Smith that two historians ...

Latter-day Saints might be surprised at how “Joseph Smith and the Mormons” starts. Not with the “First Vision,” in which a 14-year-old Smith reported that God and Jesus Christ appeared to ...

The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints was founded by Joseph Smith in New York State in the USA in 1830. Smith had received a revelation from God, first ... and he had a vision of God ...