Episode 15: Visions and Nightmares

Elder J. Devn Cornish, a General Authority Seventy and assistant executive director of the Church History Department, shares insights regarding “The Vision” given to Joseph Smith and Sidney Rigdon (Doctrine and Covenants 76). Early Saints had questions about this new and unfamiliar doctrine. Their seeking for understanding is an example of how to address questions today.

Additional Resources

Chapter Discussed in This Episode:

• Chapter 14: Visions and Nightmares

Associated Church History Topics:

• Bishop

• Consecration and Stewardship

• Dissent in the Church

• Healing

• Joseph and Emma Hale Smith Family

• Joseph Smith Translation of the Bible

• The Vision (D&C 76)

• United Firm (“United Order”)

• Vigilantism

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