REL S 390A Lecture Notes - Lecture 6: Golden Plates, Emma Smith, First Vision
The Politics of Mormonism and Mormonism in Politics
Joseph Smith Timeline
Founder of Mormonism
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Dec 23, 1805
Birth of Joseph Smith in Sharon, Vermont
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1820
God and Jesus appear to 14 year old Joseph Smith in the "First
Vision"
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1823
Joseph Smith discovers golden plates
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1827
Joseph Smith marries Emma Hale Smith
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April 6, 1830
Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints founded by Joseph Smith
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1843
Joseph Smith runs for President of the United States
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A special revelation introduces polygamy, which is called the "Law
of Abraham," "Patriarchal Order of Marriage," or "Celestial Plural
Marriage"
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Joseph Smith assigns some women to some men
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Tuesday, February 6, 2018
9:35 AM