Paul says he had a vision from God/Christ and Joseph Smith claims one too. Are they both telling the truth?

Joseph Smith’s “First Vision,” as it is known to the 16.3 million members of The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints, is the basis of books and essays, podcasts and popular speeches ...

According to the testimony of Joseph Smith's younger brother William, Joseph, at age 14, had heard Rev. George Lane preach a sermon on "what church shall I join" and quoted from the New Testament ...

The story Smith told of his first, astonishing vision and the visions/revelations that came after became the anchors for the Mormon faith and what devout Mormons believe happened. Jon Butler Jon ...

Mormon founder Joseph Smith was 14 years old when he said the God the Father and Jesus Christ appeared to him in response to a prayer 200 years ago. Ever since, teenagers have played key roles in ...

While prophet, Joseph F. Smith had a vision of the redemption of the dead and learned about the eternal nature of man.

A daguerreotype, right, discovered in a locket is believed by some to be Joseph Smith, the first president and prophet of The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints. Here it is compared to an ...

Bawden said the First Vision is what the Church represents because if what Joseph said he saw is true, then everything he restored is true. Bowden said his sculpture can be a great missionary tool.

The most tangible evidence of Joseph Smith’s divine calling by Almighty God is the scriptural record of Ancient American prophets delivered to the young prophet—the Book of Mormon, another ...

The shift is provocative: “Mormon leaders have acknowledged for the first time that the church’s founder and prophet, Joseph Smith, portrayed in church materials as a loyal partner to his ...