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Typical R. F. Smith shiny-object apologia. What he claims David McKay “declared” is from a years-after-the-fact reminiscence of Sterling McMurrin in an interview by Blake Ostler. Fortunately, McKay left his own record of what he believed without the filter of other folks’ hopes, wishes, or desires.....

Yes, there is more on the way... a lot more.

Perry, it’s in the forum app and has nothing to do with the browser or the platform.

Here’s a direct link to the essay that should work...

http://tinyurl.com/jm6cgry

For those interested in the FPoF, see my brief essay “Whence and Whither the Five Points of Fellowship.” . Brent, The essay is not too long and can be copied here. Can I have your permission to post a copy here? Thanks PS, Shades forum has many good things going for it but his auto correct isn't on...

For those interested in the FPoF, see my brief essay “Whence and Whither the Five Points of Fellowship.” Edit: My apologies to those who tried to click the link I provided. Because the URL includes my initials ( B rent L ee M etcalfe) the forum app autocorrected the link to say “Black Lives Matter” ...

Publications from the Joseph Smith Papers Project are indispensable resources for students of Mormonism. Eventually, all the content of the printed volumes will be available on the JSPP website ; but that will take time. The transcriptions are very accurate and the annotations thoroughly researched....

Two quick points: 1) I’m not surprised that the same person who dictated this nonbiblical name... “ Sh e lem ” (Ether 3:1) ... and this one... “ Shul on” (Moses 6:17) ... could also dictate this one... “ Shulem ” (Fac. 3:5) 2) Here is the full sentence in the BoAbr... “Shulem, one of the king’s prin...

The story about digging up Alvin has always struck me as very odd... the timing around the autumnal equinox, the assumption that they couldn’t tell whether he had been dug up just by looking (freshly overturned earth leaves telltale signs), and so on. On the 1826 trial documents, they’re authentic. ...

Good summary, Johnny.

Hofmann knew (via me and others) that Alvin figured prominently in Joseph Smith’s psyche and that Cowdery had written an early history... he gave us exactly what we expected. But, yes, all that aside, Alvin played a fairly pivotal role early on.