Tag Archive for ‘First Vision’ at Mormon Matters

Tag Archive for 'First Vision'

Our Foundation Stories Part II: The Meaning of the First Vision

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on June 4, 2008

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Now that we’ve discussed the nature of the First Vision, what did it mean?

There are many meanings, the most vital being those which each person can discover for herself or himself. Here are those we are most familiar with, because they have been written and spoken about at length in the official media of the institutional LDS Church:

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Our Foundation Stories Part I: The First Vision or the First Visit?

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John Nilsson

on May 27, 2008

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Do you believe that God the Father, the Son, and maybe even the Holy Ghost visited Joseph Smith in the spring of 1820?

Or did Joseph have a vision of them?

Does the difference matter? Do you base your testimony, your faith in the existence of God, your continued participation in Mormonism, on a visit of Deity to a young farmboy?

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