048: Richard Bushman Part 2 - The Art of History, Joseph Smith's First Vision Stories, and Joseph's Participation in Folk Magic and Treasure Digging
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What Was the Call for People to Convert to Mormonism?
It's not absolutely certain they would have known the name of joseph smith. He was not presented as the key figure in those first five or six years. Parley pratt writes the voice of warnting in 18 37, and he doesn't even mention revelation t something like page 122. So they were able to preach the gospel without doing much with te stories that, for not for us now, are the central part of the histryc. But what was the call for people to convert to mormonism? It was fundamentally the restoration to the spiritual gifts and the building of the city of zion,. gathering in preparation for the second coming in a place of refuge
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