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Was Christ’s Church Lost from the Earth prior to 1830?

Whether Joseph Smith’s Canonized First Vision Account is Authentic History

October 24, 2017April 11, 2020 / M.S. Brothers / 1 Comment

By Scott S. Mitchell The reason the authors of this essay believe the subject of Joseph Smith's claimed First Vision demands heavy and thorough scrutiny is related to our history of interacting closely with Protestants and Catholics. As the reader may recall, Joseph Smith's canonized account asserts that he asked God the Father and … Continue reading Whether Joseph Smith’s Canonized First Vision Account is Authentic History

TOPICAL ESSAYS

2 Nephi 4 (3)
3 Nephi 15:22-23 (1)
Adam-ondi-Ahman (1)
Adultery and Divorce (2)
Authority to Baptize (3)
Authority to Govern the Church of Christ (3)
Baptism for the Dead (2)
Baptism of Eight-year-old Children (2)
Bearing False Witness (1)
Book of Mormon Translation Process (1)
Claims of Revelation in the LDS Church (2)
Compostition of the Sealed Book of Mormon Plates (1)
Contemporary Issues (3)
Contradictory Doctrines Between LDS Books of Scripture (5)
Deborah, Anna and other Prophetesses (1)
Definition by Jesus of his Doctrine and Gospel (4)
Dishonesty by LDS Church Leaders (2)
Divorce and Jesus' Philosophy (1)
Doctrinal Errors (28)
Doctrine and Covenants Section 132 (3)
Early Modern English Text of the Book of Mormon (1)
English Translation "Committee" of the Book of Mormon (2)
Eternal Marriage (1)
Eve's Supposed Dilemma in the Garden of Eden (1)
Exaltation and Godhood (3)
Faulty Expectations and Their Effect on Scriptural Interpretation (1)
First Vision Doctrinal Errors (3)
First Vision Historical Errors (2)
Forgiveness (1)
Forgiving When We Shouldn't (1)
General Conference Talks and the Perpetuation of Error (3)
God the Father is a Spirit (1)
Gun Control from a Religious and Semi-Religious Perspective (2)
Homosexuality in the Scriptures (2)
How Alma got his Authority to Baptize (2)
How the Book of Mormon Could have Saved LDS Leaders from Error (2)
Ignoring the Book of Mormon in Mormonism (5)
Interpretation of the False Prophet and the Beasts (1)
Interpretation of the Whore Riding on the Beast (1)
Jacob 2 and 3 (3)
Joseph Smith's Errors in Doctrine and Covenants Section 77 (1)
Last Days Eschatology (5)
Location of the Garden of Eden (1)
Marital Separations in Ancient Times (1)
Marrying a Divorced Woman–What Jesus Meant (1)
Misconceptions Regarding Elijah and Elias (3)
Mistaken Notions of Melchizedek Priesthood Authority (6)
Most Overlooked and Underrated Scripture (1)
Nephi's Psalm (2)
Non-divine Revelations (11)
Patriarchal Blessings (3)
Peleg and the "Division" of the Earth (1)
Plain and Precious Things Added to Christianity by the Book of Mormon (2)
Plain and Precious Things Held Back by Catholic Teachings (1)
Plain Words (2)
Pollution in the Church of Christ (3)
Polygamy (5)
Problems with The Pearl of Great Price (4)
Protection of Leaders' Reputations within Mormonism (3)
Putting Away One's Wife (1)
Radical Islam and Muhammad Foretold in the Bible (1)
Redeeming the Dead (3)
Requiring Solid Scriptural Foundations for Religious Beliefs (4)
Restoration of Priesthoods: True or Revisionist LDS History? (1)
Revelation Chapter 9 (2)
Scriptural and Historical Evidence that the Lost Tribes have Gathered (1)
Suggested Novel Interpretations from the Book of Revelation (2)
Swearing and Profanity (1)
Temple Ordinances (7)
The 24 Elders in the Book of Revelation (1)
The Beasts and the False Prophet (1)
The Book of Abraham (2)
The Book of Revelation (4)
The Boy Scouts and Honor (1)
The Church of the Lamb (2)
The Coming of Elijah (3)
The Doctrine and Covenants (11)
The Early Church of Christ (4)
The Early Gospel of Christ (3)
The Father and the Son Were One Unified Being, Not Two, Prior to Jesus' Birth into Mortality (1)
The First Vision (2)
The Great and Abominable Church (2)
The Joseph Bishop Scandal (1)
The Lost Tribes of Israel (4)
The Lost Tribes' Scriptures in the Sealed Plates (1)
The New Jerusalem (2)
The Pain or Exhilaration of Learning About Prophets' Flaws (2)
The Prophesied Victory of Protestantism over Forced Catholicism (2)
The Protestant Reformation as Foreseen by Nephi (3)
The Righteous Offering of the Sons of Levi–2,000 Years Ago (1)
The Sacrament and the Use of Wine (3)
The Three Nephites' Greatest Project (2)
The Word of Wisdom, and What to Do with It (1)
Uncategorized (2)
Untying the Knot with the Boy Scouts (1)
Vulgarity and Plain Words in Scripture and Life (2)
Was Christ's Church Lost from the Earth prior to 1830? (1)
Whether Joseph Smith's Canonized First Vision Account is Authentic (2)
Whether Melchizedek was Shem (2)
Why Mormons Accept Doctrinal Errors (13)
Why Repentance Must Precede Forgiveness (1)
Women and the Priesthood (1)

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