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Detailed response to CES Letter, Priesthood Restoration: Difference between revisions
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|claim=The author states, "Like the First Vision story, none of the members of the Church or Joseph Smith’s family had ever heard prior to 1834 about a priesthood restoration from John the Baptist or Peter, James, and John. Although the priesthood is now taught to have been restored in 1829, Joseph and Oliver made no such claim until 1834. Why did it take five years for Joseph or Oliver to tell members of the Church about the priesthood?" | |claim=The author states, "Like the First Vision story, none of the members of the Church or Joseph Smith’s family had ever heard prior to 1834 about a priesthood restoration from John the Baptist or Peter, James, and John. Although the priesthood is now taught to have been restored in 1829, Joseph and Oliver made no such claim until 1834. Why did it take five years for Joseph or Oliver to tell members of the Church about the priesthood?" | ||
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*The author is incorrect. Joseph made the claim in 1832. Joseph's [[Primary sources/Joseph Smith, Jr./First Vision accounts/1832|1832 history]] (written two years prior to the author's claim) talks of the restoration of both priesthoods: | *The author is incorrect. Joseph made the claim in writing in 1832. Joseph's [[Primary sources/Joseph Smith, Jr./First Vision accounts/1832|1832 history]] (written two years prior to the author's claim) talks of the restoration of both priesthoods: | ||
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1832<br> | 1832<br> | ||
Revision as of 15:41, 13 July 2013
| [[../Testimony & Spiritual Witness Concerns & Questions|Testimony & Spiritual Witness Concerns & Questions"]] | A FAIR Analysis of:
[[../|Letter to a CES Director]] |
[[../Witnesses Concerns & Questions|Witnesses Concerns & Questions]] |
A FAIR Analysis of the online document Letter to a CES Director section "Priesthood Restoration Concerns & Questions"
- Response to section: "Although the priesthood is now taught to have been restored in 1829, Joseph and Oliver made no such claim until 1834."
- Response to section: "Joseph Smith and Oliver Cowdery did not teach anyone or record anything prior to 1834 that men ordained to offices in the Church were receiving 'priesthood authority'" [Work in Progress]
- Response to section: "Joseph Smith and Oliver Cowdery changed the wording of earlier revelations when they compiled the 1835 Doctrine & Covenants" [Work in Progress]