[…] a given: Book of Mormon events actually occurred and its ancient participants existed in ancient history. Apolo getics for this stance, such as those espoused by the Foundation for Ancient Research and Mormon Studies […]
[…] be awarded an eternal future stay either in heaven or in hell (a “two-outcome” theology). For this paper I will refer to this group as the “anti-Universalists.” Likewise, early nineteenth-century Universalists, while agreeing on […]
[…] definite disturbances of the earth in the area represented by her diagram, and one can piece to gether her intended identification of those ‘pits’ on the ground. Some have been filled in and are […]
[…] the freedom issue. After this charge had been cleared up, another allegation was made that McKean was writing anonymous or pseudonymous articles in his behalf. The Herald charged McKean with publishing an article sustaining […]
[…] genealogy. This period of Church history was neglected until it became the province of professional historians whose writing was often too technical to be interesting. A new “Mormon” culture developed, and today few converts […]
[…] bills. Under his guidance, Frank conferred with Blaine, an old congressional friend from the senior Cannon’s earlier service as Utah delegate. Now secretary of state to President Harrison, Blaine instructed young Cannon to make […]
[…] in 1843 and 1844 as a young boy he may have repressed. Certainly some of his early writings suggest submerged pain (Smith, Jan., Feb. 1845). His papers contain copies of correspondence defending his father […]
[…] on the benefits of gestational abstinence for both mother and unborn child. According to one unidentified mother, writing in 1941, it “results in superior brain development, while the reverse leads to idiocy. Intercourse during […]
[…] one of the issues causing internal dissent but did not mention other Nauvoo polygamists. Although some scholarly writing has linked polygamy in Nauvoo to Smith’s death, studies of polygamy typically overlook Nauvoo and begin […]
[…] to Washington, D.C. With the confirmed loss of the Nauvoo stereotype plates, Brigham Young instructed Pratt to get copies for the Utah Saints. After obtaining estimates for printing the Book of Mormon in New […]