A study of the history and doctrine of the Church of
Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints up to and including the martyrdom of
the prophet Joseph Smith.
Syllabus
Fall 2008
Overheads
Selected Readings for the Religion 341
Church History and the Scattering and Gathering of Israel
By Bruce Satterfield
Adam to Melchizedek: Significant Book of Mormon and JST Additions to Stories of the Early Patriarchs
By Bruce Satterfield
The Reformation
By Bruce Satterfield
Selected Discourses from Joseph Smith During the Nauvoo Period
Excerpts
Complete Discourses
Doctrinal Restoration
Doctrinal Restoration in the New York Period
The “New Translation” of the Bible, 1830-1833: Doctrinal Development During the Kirtland Era
by Robert J. Matthews (PDF version only)
Doctrinal Development of the Church During the Nauvoo Sojourn, 1839-1846
by T. Edgar Lyon (PDF version only)
Resources Used in class to aid the study of
Church History in the Fulness of Times Manual
Updated 4 January 2007
Chapter One
Non-Biblical Doctrines and Practices Developed Within the Catholic Church
The Prophets on the Reformers
Early Reformers (Wycliffe and Huss)
The Reformers
Synod of Dordt
English Reformation and Founding of the United States
Chapter Two
God's Use of the House of Ephraim - Erastus Snow
Brigham Young on Joseph Smith's Ancestory
Prominent Descendents of John Lathrop
Henry Howland Descendants
Joseph Smith Sr.'s Dream of the Barren Field
Robert Mason
Chapter Three
Etching - The Smtih Family Farm (Etching located at the Smith Family Farm in Palmyra)
Photo - Smith Log Home
Photo - Smith Log Home Kitchen
Photo - Sacred Grove
The 1832 Recital of the First Vision
The 1835 Recital of the First Vision
The 1842 Recital of the First Vision
Photo - Reverend George Lane, A Traveling Methodist Minister
Chapter Four
Joseph Smith's 1842 Account of Moroni's Visit
Oliver Cowdery's (Letter 4) Account of Moroni's Visit on 21-22 September 1823
Oliver Cowdery's (Letter 6) Account of Moroni's Teachings to Joseph Smith on 21-22 September 1823
Oliver Cowdery's (Letter 8) Account of Joseph Smith at the Hill Comurah
Heber C. Kimball: The Eventful Night of Sept. 22, 1827
Etching - The Smtih Family Farm (Etching located at the Smith Family Farm in Palmyra)
Photo - Smith Log Home
Photo - Smith Log Home Upstairs
Photo with etching - Smith Log Home with Fence
(Joseph Smith falls while attempting to cross the fence)
Photo - The Smith Frame House
Photo - Hyrum Smith's Box where the plates were hid
Photo - Smith Family Frame House Fireplace Hearth and Kitchen
Photo - Smith Family Cooper's Shop
Photo - Harmony
Chapter Five
Photo - Susquehanna River Bank
Larry C. Porter, “Joseph Smith’s Susquehanna Years,” Ensign, Feb 2001, 42 Photo - Peter Whitmer Farm House
Photo - Peter Whitmer Farm House Upstairs Bedroom
Photo - Three Witnesses and the Whitmer Farm
Photo - Egbert B. Grandin
Photo - Grandin Press Exterior
Photo - Grandin Press Interior
Photo - John H. Gilbert, Chief Typesetter
Photo - 1830 Book of Mormon Title Page
Hill Comorah's Cave
Larry C. Porter, “The Restoration of the Aaronic and Melchizedek Priesthoods,” Ensign, Dec 1996, 30–47
Larry C. Porter, “Dating the Restoration of the Melchizedek Priesthood,” Ensign, Jun 1979, 5
Joseph Smith and Oliver Cowdery Seek for Oridination to Melchizedek Priesthood Offices General Authority Teachings Concerning Priesthood Keys
Bruce R. McConkie, "This Glorious Gospel Dispensation"
Bruce R. MConkie, "The Keys of the Kingdom"
Joseph Fielding Smith, "Eternal Keys and the Right to Preside"
Chapter Six
Photo - Peter Whitmer Farm House
Photo - Peter Whitmer Farm House Winter View
Photo - Peter Whitmer Farm House Upstairs Bedroom
Photo - Peter Whitmer Farm House Kitchen
Photo - Peter Whitmenr Farm House Dedication
Richard Lloyd Anderson, “The Whitmers: A Family That Nourished the Church,” Ensign, Aug 1979, 35
Keith W. Perkins, “True to the Book of Mormon—The Whitmers,” Ensign, Feb 1989, 34<>
Doyle
L. Green, “April 6, 1830: The Day the Church Was Organized,” Ensign,
Jan 1971, 39
John
K. Carmack, “Fayette: The Place the Church Was Organized,” Ensign,
Feb 1989, 15
Keith W. Perkins, “From New York to Utah: Seven Church Headquarters,” Ensign, Aug 2001, 52
Chapter
Seven
Photo - Sidney Rigdon
Dean L. Larsen, “Mingled Destinies: The Lamanites and the Latter-day Saints,” Ensign, Dec 1975, 8
Chapter
Eight
January 1831 Conference - Account Found in Book of John Whitmer
June 1831 Conference
Photo - Kirtland Relief Map
Photo - Newel K. Whitney Store and Home
Photo - Newel K. Whitney Home
Photo - Newel K. Whitney Store
Photo - Newel K. Whitney Store Main Floor
Photo - Newel K. Whitney Store Upper Rooms
Photo - Translating Room, Newel K. Whitney Store
Photo - Isaac Morley Farm and School House
Chapter
Nine
Aerial View
of New Jerusalem
Temple Site (Church of
Christ Postcard)
New
Jerusalem
Temple Corner Markers (Church
of
Christ
Postcard)
Aerial
View of the
Outline of the New Jerusalem Temple (Church
of Christ Postcard)
Founding of Zion - The Covenant
Recorded by John Whitmer
Chapter Ten
Photo - The John Johnson Farm House
Photo - The John Johnson Farm House - Side View
Photo - Joseph and Emma's bedroom at the John Johnson home
Etching - Bowery at the John Johnson Home
William E. McLellin's Account of D&C 66
Robert J. Matthews, “Joseph Smith’s Inspired Translation of the Bible,” Ensign, Dec 1972, 61
Robert J. Matthews, “Joseph Smith’s Efforts to Publish His Bible ‘Translation’,” Ensign, Jan 1983, 57–58
Chapter Eleven
Max H Parkin, “Missouri’s Impact on the Church,” Ensign, Apr 1979, 57
Alexander L. Baugh, “From High Hopes to Despair: The Missouri Period, 1831–39,” Ensign, Jul 2001, 44
Max H Parkin, “Lessons from the Experience,” Ensign, Jul 2001, 52
William O. Nelson, “To Prepare a People,” Ensign, Jan 1979, 18
Chapter Twelve
Alexander L. Baugh, “Joseph Smith and Zion’s Camp,” Ensign, Jun 2005, 42–47Ronald W. Walker, “Zions Camp,” Tambuli, Dec 1978, 37
Chapter Thirteen
Photo's - Original Quorum of the
Twelve Apostles
Kirtland Temple Side View
Kirtland Temple Front View
Kirtland Temple Back View
Kirtland Temple Original Floor Plans
Kirtland Temple Original Floor Plans Third Level (BYU)
Kirtland Temple Side Sectional View (The First Mormon Temple)
Kirtland Temple Melchizedek Priesthood Pulpits (BYU)
Kirtland
Temple MP Pulpits and Veil
(The
First Mormon Temple)
Kirtland
Temple Upper Level West End Room
Chapter Fourteen
Apostasy in KirtlandConditions in Kirtland - Warren Cowdery in Messenger and Advocate
Apostasy at Kirtland - From The Life of Heber C. Kimball
Apostasy at Kirtland - Eliza R Snow
Milton V. Backman Jr., “A Warning from Kirtland,” Ensign, Apr 1989, 26
Milton V. Backman Jr., “Kirtland: The Crucial Years,” Ensign, Jan 1979, 24
Keith Perkins, “A House Divided: The John Johnson Family,” Ensign, Feb 1979, 54
"Thou Shalt Not Covet," Gordon B. Hinckley
"Greed, Selfishness, and Overindulgence" Elder Joe J. Christensen
Mission to Great Britain
Something
New
- From The
Life of Heber C. Kimball
St. Willard Street House-Preston (BYU)
Willard Richards and Wife, JeannettaJames R. Moss, “The Kingdom Builders,” Ensign, Dec 1979, 27
Richard L. Evans, “History of the Church in Great Britain,” Ensign, Sep 1971, 25
Chapter Fifteen
Photo - Alexander
Doniphan
Far West Plat
Selected
Quotes
Concerning
Adam-ondi-Ahman
Chapter Sixteen
Haun's Mill "Finding Safety In Counsel" Henry B. Eyring
Chapter Seventeen
Chapter Eighteen
Teachings Concerning
the Necessity Tests and Trials
Mission to England - Wilford Woodruf
Mission
to England
- April 26, 1839 Meeting in Far West
Orson
Hydes Dedicatory Prayer of the Holy Land
Chapter Nineteen
Meanings and
Functions of Temples - Hugh W. Nibley
What is
Reality?
Endowment
- Encyclopedia of Mormonism
Original
Nauvoo Temple
Drawing - Front View
Drawing - Back View
Drawing
of a pilaster
with stars
Original Sunstone (BYU)
Original Moonstone (BYU)
Modern Nauvoo Temple
Front View
East side pilasters
Sunstones,
Five-pointed starstones, and eves with six -pointed stars
Sunstone
and Stars -- Close up
Red
Brick Store
Red Brick Store
Red
Brick Store Front View
Red Brick
Store - Upper Storage Room
Red
Brick Store - Joseph Smith's Private Office
Chapter
Twenty
Exerpts From the Nauvoo Discourses of
Joseph Smith
Chapter Twenty-One
Chapter Twenty-Two
The Winter of 1843-44 Meetings With the Twelve
The
Winter
of 1843-44 Meetings
Wilford Woodruff, “The Keys of the Kingdom,” Ensign, Apr 2004, 29
Succession of
Presidency (President
of the Church)
Teachings
Concerning Priesthood Keys
James E. Faust, "Keys
That Never Rust"
N. Eldon Tanner, "Chosen of the Lord"
Gordon B. Hinckley, "God
Is At the Helm"
Brent L. Top and Lawrence R. Flake, “‘The Kingdom of God Will Roll On’: Succession in the Presidency,” Ensign, Aug 1996, 22
The Martyrdom
Reed Blake,
“Martyrdom at Carthage,” Ensign, Jun 1994, 30
M. Russell Ballard, “Brothers
Bound by Love and Faith,” Ensign, Sep 1994, 64–68
The Martyrdom Painting (BYU)
The Martyrdom - Inside jailor's room Painting (BYU)
Carthage Jail (BYU)
Carthage Jail Graphic (BYU)
Carthage Jail - Stair well (BYU)
Carthage Jail - Stair well (BYU)
Carthage Jail - Jailor's bedroom (BYU)
Carthage Jail - Jailor's bedroom door with bullet hole (BYU)
Carthage Jail - Jailor's bedroom door wide view (BYU)
Carthage Jail - Jailor's bedroom window and outside well (BYU)
John Taylor's Pocket Watch (BYU)
Joseph Smith's pepperbox pistol (BYU)
Joseph Smith's death mask (BYU)
Hyrum Smith death mask (BYU)
John Taylor (BYU)