Struggles of the Joseph Sr. and Lucy Mack Smith family in Norwich, VT

Joseph Smith Lecture 1: The First Vision and Its Aftermath

Learning about differences in the accounts of Joseph Smith's First Vision can feel jarring and even contradictory, but the same could be said of well established biblical events such as Paul the apostle seeing God on the road to Damascus, or the resurrection of Jesus Christ..All of these have multiple accounts across Scripture, each one emphasizing different details and aspects of the experience depending on the intended audience and purpose of each account..Each of the several first-hand and se