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Gospel Topic: Church History 1820–1844

"A Subject That Can Bear Investigation": Anguish, Faith, and Joseph Smith's Youngest Plural Wife (16,682 views)
from No Weapon Shall Prosper: New Light on Sensitive Issues
Joseph Smith (14,709 views)
from Latter-day Prophets and the United States Constitution
Joseph Smith and the Kirtland Crisis, 1837 (13,556 views)
from Joseph Smith, the Prophet and Seer
Egyptian Papyri and the Book of Abraham: A Faithful, Egyptological Point of View (12,843 views)
from No Weapon Shall Prosper: New Light on Sensitive Issues
Joseph Smith and the Kirtland Temple, 1836 (12,738 views)
from Joseph Smith, the Prophet and Seer
Joseph Smith's Translation of the Bible: The Joseph Smith Translation and the King James Translation in Parallel Columns (11,233 views)
Joseph Smith and the Historicity of the Book of Mormon (10,931 views)
from Historicity and the Latter-day Saint Scriptures
Firsthand Witness Accounts of the Translation Process (10,630 views)
from The Coming Forth of the Book of Mormon: A Marvelous Work and a Wonder
The Probation of a Teenage Seer: Joseph Smith’s Early Experiences with Moroni (9,874 views)
from The Coming Forth of the Book of Mormon: A Marvelous Work and a Wonder
John C. Frémont’s 1843–44 Western Expedition and Its Influence on Mormon Settlement in Utah (9,384 views)
from Far Away in the West: Reflections on the Mormon Pioneer Trail
A Multiplicity of Witnesses: Women and the Translation Process (8,380 views)
from The Coming Forth of the Book of Mormon: A Marvelous Work and a Wonder
Joseph Smith and "The Vision," 1832 (7,683 views)
from Joseph Smith, the Prophet and Seer
The Restoration of All Things: What the Doctrine and Covenants Says (7,658 views)
from Sperry Symposium Classics: The Doctrine and Covenants
Authorship and History of the Lectures on Faith (7,558 views)
from The Lectures on Faith in Historical Perspective
Joseph Smith Goes to Washington, 1839-40 (7,541 views)
from Joseph Smith, the Prophet and Seer
The Prophet's Final Charge to the Twelve, 1844 (7,193 views)
from Joseph Smith, the Prophet and Seer
Hefted and Handled: Tangible Interactions with Book of Mormon Objects (7,150 views)
from The Coming Forth of the Book of Mormon: A Marvelous Work and a Wonder
Joseph Smith in Northern Missouri, 1838 (7,063 views)
from Joseph Smith, the Prophet and Seer
Oliver Cowdery as Second Witness of Priesthood Restoration (6,951 views)
from Days Never to Be Forgotten: Oliver Cowdery
Joseph Smith, John C. Bennett, and the Extradition Attempt, 1842 (6,936 views)
from Joseph Smith, the Prophet and Seer
The Saints' Forced Exodus from Missouri, 1839 (6,723 views)
from Joseph Smith, the Prophet and Seer
Martin Harris’s 1828 Visit to Luther Bradish, Charles Anthon, and Samuel Mitchill (6,683 views)
from The Coming Forth of the Book of Mormon: A Marvelous Work and a Wonder
Joseph Smith's New Translation of the Bible, 1830 (6,607 views)
from Joseph Smith, the Prophet and Seer
Elizabeth Ann Whitmer Cowdery: A Historical Reflection of Her Life (6,229 views)
from Days Never to Be Forgotten: Oliver Cowdery
"The Laws of the Church of Christ" (D&C 42): A Textual and Historical Analysis (5,374 views)
from The Doctrine and Covenants: Revelations in Context
Prophets and Apostles of the Last Dispensation (5,363 views)
The Conversion of Oliver Cowdery (5,021 views)
from Days Never to Be Forgotten: Oliver Cowdery
Photo Essay of Church History Sites in Liverpool and the Ribble Valley (4,990 views)
from Regional Studies in Latter-day Saint Church History: The British Isles
Oliver Cowdery in the Doctrine and Covenants (4,710 views)
from Days Never to Be Forgotten: Oliver Cowdery
The Brigham Young Journals: Volume 1: April 1832–February 1846 (4,709 views)
Oliver Cowdery as Book of Mormon Scribe (4,695 views)
from Days Never to Be Forgotten: Oliver Cowdery
A Seeker’s Guide to the Historical Accounts of Joseph Smith’s First Vision (4,450 views)
from Religious Educator Vol. 12 No. 1 · 2011
Joseph Smith and Abraham Lincoln (4,295 views)
from Joseph Smith and the Doctrinal Restoration
Zion's Camp (4,243 views)
from Mormon Thoroughfare: A History of the Church in Illinois, 1830–1839
Suspicion or Trust: Reading the Accounts of Joseph Smith's First Vision (4,156 views)
from No Weapon Shall Prosper: New Light on Sensitive Issues
The Saints Flee from Ohio to Missouri (4,050 views)
from Mormon Thoroughfare: A History of the Church in Illinois, 1830–1839
“For Their Salvation Is Necessary and Essential to Our Salvation”: Joseph Smith and the Practice of Baptism and Confirmation for the Dead (3,987 views)
from An Eye of Faith: Essays in Honor Richard O. Cowan
Conquest of the Heart: Implementing the Law of Consecration in Missouri and Ohio (3,969 views)
from Religious Educator Vol. 3 No. 2 · 2002
A Method for Evaluating Latter-day Saint History (3,748 views)
from Religious Educator Vol. 21 No. 3 · 2020
Expulsion from Zion, 1833 (3,686 views)
from Joseph Smith, the Prophet and Seer
Medical Terms Used by Saints in Nauvoo and Winter Quarters, 1839–48 (3,527 views)
from Religious Educator Vol. 10 No. 3 · 2009
Joseph Smith and the Redemption of Zion, 1834 (3,128 views)
from Joseph Smith, the Prophet and Seer
Doctrines, Covenants, and Sweet Consolation, 1843 (3,004 views)
from Joseph Smith, the Prophet and Seer
Understanding Joseph Smith's Translation of the Bible (2,690 views)
"Something Better" for the Sisters: Joseph Smith and the Female Relief Society of Nauvoo (2,690 views)
from Joseph Smith and the Doctrinal Restoration
The Nauvoo Temple, 1841 (2,644 views)
from Joseph Smith, the Prophet and Seer
Joseph Smith’s Negotiations to Publish the Book of Mormon (2,615 views)
from The Coming Forth of the Book of Mormon: A Marvelous Work and a Wonder
"Taught from on High": The Ministry of Angelic Messengers to the Prophet Joseph Smith (2,614 views)
from Joseph Smith and the Doctrinal Restoration
Joseph Smith, Robert Foster, and Chauncey and Francis Higbee (2,477 views)
from Religious Educator Vol. 18 No. 1 · 2017
Reconciling Joseph Smith—History 1:10 and 1:18–19 (2,474 views)
from Religious Educator Vol. 14 No. 2 · 2013
Scenes and Incidents in Nauvoo (2,439 views)
from A Woman's View: Helen Mar Whitney's Reminiscences of Early Church History
Oliver's Joseph (2,433 views)
from Days Never to Be Forgotten: Oliver Cowdery
Restorations: Scholars in Dialogue from Community of Christ and The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints (2,325 views)
Israel Barlow and the Founding of Nauvoo (2,296 views)
from Religious Educator Vol. 10 No. 1 · 2009
Joseph Smith as a Visionary: Heavenly Manifestations in the Latter Days (2,275 views)
Fayette: The Place the Church was Organized (2,182 views)
from Sperry Symposium Classics: The Doctrine and Covenants
Discussing Difficult Topics: Plural Marriage (2,174 views)
from Religious Educator Vol. 17 No. 1 · 2016
The Peter Whitmer Log Home: Cradle of Mormonism (2,144 views)
from Religious Educator Vol. 12 No. 3 · 2011
The Fall of Kirtland: The Doctrine and Covenants’ Role in Reaffirming Joseph (2,000 views)
from Religious Educator Vol. 8 No. 1 · 2007
Thoughts on Reclaiming the History of Relief Society (1,823 views)
from Religious Educator Vol. 15 No. 3 · 2014
Dan Jones and the Wales Mission (1,810 views)
from The Saints Abroad: Missionaries Who Answered Brigham Young’s 1852 Call to the Nations of the World
Zion’s Camp: A Study in Obedience, Then and Now (1,797 views)
from Sperry Symposium Classics: The Doctrine and Covenants
Wilford Woodruff: Missionary in Herefordshire (1,748 views)
from Banner of the Gospel: Wilford Woodruff
Zion’s Camp: A Study in Obedience, Then and Now (1,727 views)
from Sperry Symposium Classics: The Doctrine and Covenants
“A Revelation I Give unto You”: The Revelation of Jesus Christ to Emma Hale Smith (1,619 views)
from How and What You Worship: Christology and Praxis in the Revelations of Joseph Smith
“The Poorest of the Poor and the Sickest of the Sick”: The Luman Andros Shurtliff Poor Camp Rescue (1,586 views)
from Far Away in the West: Reflections on the Mormon Pioneer Trail
Wilford Woodruff’s Mission to the Three Counties (1,566 views)
from The Field Is White: Harvest in the Three Counties of England
Thomas Bullock: "The Lord's Clerk" (1,518 views)
from Salt Lake City: The Place Which God Prepared
Race, the Priesthood, and Temples (1,516 views)
from A Reason for Faith: Navigating LDS Doctrine & Church History
The Council of Fifty and Joseph Smith's Presidential Ambitions (1,500 views)
from The Council of Fifty: What the Records Reveal about Mormon History
Absence of “Joseph Smith” in the Book of Mormon: Lack of the Name Letter Effect in Nephite, Lamanite, and Jaredite Names (1,474 views)
from Religious Educator Vol. 17 No. 2 · 2016
Joseph Smith's Practice of Plural Marriage (1,461 views)
from A Reason for Faith: Navigating LDS Doctrine & Church History
Before 8 August 1839 (1) (1,411 views)
from The Words of Joseph Smith: The Contemporary Accounts of the Nauvoo Discourses of the Prophet Joseph
7 April 1844 (2) (Sunday Afternoon). Grove 1/4 mile east of Temple (1,366 views)
from The Words of Joseph Smith: The Contemporary Accounts of the Nauvoo Discourses of the Prophet Joseph
"The Lord Told Me to Go and I Went": Wilford Woodruff's Missions to the Fox Islands, 1837-38 (1,359 views)
from Banner of the Gospel: Wilford Woodruff
“They Pursue Me without Cause”: Joseph Smith in Hiding and D&C 127, 128 (1,346 views)
from Religious Educator Vol. 16 No. 1 · 2015
The Early Reception of the Book of Mormon in Nineteenth-Century America (1,344 views)
from The Coming Forth of the Book of Mormon: A Marvelous Work and a Wonder
Latter-day Saints in Tubuai, French Polynesia, Yesterday and Today (1,286 views)
from Regional Studies in Latter-day Saint Church History: The Pacific Isles
Raising Money in Righteousness: Oliver Cowdery as Banker (1,263 views)
from Days Never to Be Forgotten: Oliver Cowdery
George A. Smith's Mission with the Twelve in England, 1839–41 (1,237 views)
from Regional Studies in Latter-day Saint Church History: The British Isles
Joseph Smith and the First Principles of the Gospel: 1820-29 (1,219 views)
from Joseph Smith, the Prophet and Seer
From Kirtland, Ohio, to Far West, Missouri: Following the Trail of the Mormon Mummies (1,179 views)
from Religious Educator Vol. 2 No. 1 · 2001
2 July 1839 (Tuesday) (1,155 views)
from The Words of Joseph Smith: The Contemporary Accounts of the Nauvoo Discourses of the Prophet Joseph
The Joseph Smith Revelations and the Crisis of Early American Spirituality (1,120 views)
from The Doctrine and Covenants: Revelations in Context
The Harvest of Converts (1,109 views)
from The Field Is White: Harvest in the Three Counties of England
Scenes in Nauvoo after the Martyrdom of the Prophet and Patriarch (1,102 views)
from A Woman's View: Helen Mar Whitney's Reminiscences of Early Church History
The Economic Sacrifice of the Nauvoo Exodus (1,076 views)
from Far Away in the West: Reflections on the Mormon Pioneer Trail
A Flood of Revelations, 1831 (1,073 views)
from Joseph Smith, the Prophet and Seer
Return to the Joseph Smith Family Farm (1,061 views)
from Religious Educator Vol. 11 No. 3 · 2010
Remembering the Impact of British Missionary Isaac Russell (1,048 views)
from Regional Studies in Latter-day Saint Church History: The British Isles
The Restoration of the Priesthoods (1,038 views)
from A Reason for Faith: Navigating LDS Doctrine & Church History
"Every Man Walketh in His Own Way": Individualism, Revelation, and Authority in the Ohio Period (1,004 views)
from Regional Studies in Latter-day Saint Church History: Ohio and Upper Canada
Quincy, Illinois: A Temporary Refuge (987 views)
from Mormon Thoroughfare: A History of the Church in Illinois, 1830–1839
God and the People Reconsidered: Further Reflections on Theodemocracy in Early Mormonism (970 views)
from The Council of Fifty: What the Records Reveal about Mormon History
"We the People of the Kingdom of God": Constitution Writing in the Council of Fifty (965 views)
from The Council of Fifty: What the Records Reveal about Mormon History
Wilford Woodruff Chronology (918 views)
from Banner of the Gospel: Wilford Woodruff
Discoveries from the Joseph Smith Papers Project: The Early Manuscripts (839 views)
from The Doctrine and Covenants: Revelations in Context
Oliver Cowdery's Legal Practice in Tiffin, Ohio (836 views)
from Days Never to Be Forgotten: Oliver Cowdery
Remembering the First Vision (824 views)
from A Reason for Faith: Navigating LDS Doctrine & Church History
The Explanation-Defying Book of Abraham (816 views)
from A Reason for Faith: Navigating LDS Doctrine & Church History

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