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Stained glass depiction of Joseph Smith's First Vision, completed in 1913 by an unknown artist (Church History Museum, Salt Lake City).. The First Vision (also called the grove experience by members of the Community of Christ) refers to a theophany which Latter Day Saints believe Joseph Smith experienced in the early 1820s, in a wooded area in Manchester, New York, called the Sacred Grove.
The Smith family first built a log home, [12] then in 1822, under the supervision of Joseph Smith's oldest brother Alvin, they began building a larger frame house. [13] Alvin died in November 1823, possibly as a result of being given calomel for "bilious fever", and the house remained uncompleted for a year. [14]
Timeline of Joseph Smith's life; Important dates and locations in the life of Joseph Smith Date Age Event 1796 – Marriage of Lucy Mack and Joseph Smith Sr. 1805 0 Born near Sharon, Vermont on 23 December 1816–1817 10–11 Family moved near Palmyra, New York: 1820 14 First Vision: 1823 17 First appearance of angel Moroni on 21 September 1827 21
Timeline of Joseph Smith's life; Important dates and locations in the life of Joseph Smith Date Age Event 1796 – Marriage of Lucy Mack and Joseph Smith Sr. 1805 0 Born near Sharon, Vermont on 23 December 1816–1817 10–11 Family moved near Palmyra, New York: 1820 14 First Vision: 1823 17 First appearance of angel Moroni on 21 September 1827 21
These verses in Joseph Smith–History are the only official, canonized version of the First Vision. [12] According to the account, God and Christ instructed Smith not to join any of the churches. [9] Following the First Vision, Smith describes the prejudice and persecution he faced from religious leaders and others in his community.
Professing to be a prophet, Joseph Smith predicted a number of future events that he said would come to pass. While a prophecy deals specifically with future events, visions and revelations deal with the more general aspects of human experiences. Smith's First Vision was the most import
Joseph Smith (1805 – 1844) ... First Vision; Angel Moroni; Golden Plates; Urim and Thummim (Latter Day Saints) Hill Cumorah; Alvin Smith (brother of Joseph Smith)
Smith and his followers treated his revelations as being above teachings or opinions, and he acted as though he believed in his revelations as much as his followers. [29] [c] Smith's first recorded revelation was a rebuke chastising Smith for having let Martin Harris lose 116 pages of Book of Mormon manuscript. [30]