August 4, 2008 – 10:40 am
“The Joseph Smith Papers, Journals, Vol. 1: 1832-1839″ is available for pre-ordering at Deseret Book. The description reads: “The Joseph Smith Papers project is the single most significant historical project of our generation.” –Elder Marlin K. Jensen, LDS Church Historian Joseph Smith is known to history as the founder and first prophet of The Church [...]
By Bryce Haymond
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Posted in Church History
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Also tagged book, experience, historical, joseph smith, journal, life, marlin k. jensen, organization, prophet, scholar, translation
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I think many times our culture produces preconceptions or stereotypes about words, images, cultures, forms, meanings, etc., that may not actually be true. I have found this to be the case with the word mysticism. Oft times I think we associate this word with gypsies, palm readers, fortune tellers, monks, or other so-called strange or [...]
By Bryce Haymond
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Posted in Scholarship, Texts
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Also tagged ancients, atonement, experience, google, greek, hugh nibley, initiate, literature, mystery, ordinances, philosophy, revelation, rituals, scriptures, secret, solomon, universe
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Professor Hugh Nibley often taught that the temple was the source of many of the institutions, forms, and trappings of our modern-day society. He once remarked: There is no part of our civilization which doesn’t have its rise in the temple. Nibley also made the comments: So poetry, music, and dance go out to the [...]
