Midterm Flashcards
What are the 6 foundational time periods of Church History?
- Beginnings
- Two Church Centers
- Nauvoo
- The Church in the West
- Expansion
- The World-Wide Church
When did the following period start: Beginnings
1820
When did the following period start: Two Church Centers
1831
When did the following period start: Nauvoo
1839
When did the following period start: The Church in the West
1846
When did the following period start: Expansion
1950
When did the following period start: The World-Wide Church
1990
Four sources of evaluating an official Latter-day Saint teaching
- repeated in canonized scriptures
- united statement from first presidency and 12
- consistently taught by GA acting in official capacity
- found in recent Church publications
5 factors for evaluating a historical source
- Is it a primary account
- What is its relationship to other sources?
- Is it a contemporary account?
- Does it seek an objective perspective?
- Are its claims supported by evidence?
3 explanations for why there are different First Vision accounts
- Audience and context
- Purpose and content
- memory
What years where the four primary First Vision accounts written?
1832, 1835, 1838, 1842
1832 account
-focuses most on personal redemption
-unpublished autobiography
-only mentions “the Lord”
1835 account
-focuses on visionary, otherworldly experience
-many angels
-two personages, not at the same time
1838
-focuses mostly on which Church to join
-officially canonized as part of the Pearl of Great Price
1842
-focuses most on concise summary for non-LDS audience
Who wrote the secondary accounts of the First Vision? (5)
- Orson Pratt
- Orson Hyde
- Levi Richards
- David Nigh White
- Alexander Neibaur
Two primary doctrinal messages from the first Vision
- There had been a “Doctrinal Apostasy” through the creeds of Christianity
- There had been an apostasy in authorized ordinances and covenants
4 Christian creeds
- The apostles creed
- The Nicene Creed
- The chalcedonian creed
- THe athanasian creed
What could it mean that churches “deny God’s power?”
deny ordinances, covenants, priesthood
Where did Joseph Smith obtain the brown stone and how old was he?
-Willard Chase’s yard
-16 yo
-digging a well
Why did Joseph go to Harmony PA
dig gold for Josiah Stool in 1825
How many years passed from Moroni’s first visit until Joseph could obtain the plates?
4
What did Joseph need to repent of to obtain the plates?
coveting