Settling the Valley, Proclaiming the Gospel The General Epistles of the Mormon First Presidency

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Format: Hardcover
Pub. Date: 2017-03-03
Publisher(s): Oxford University Press
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Author Biography


Reid L. Neilson is Assistant Church Historian and Recorder for The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints and Managing Director of the Church History Department. He completed his PhD in religious studies (American religious history emphasis) at the University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill. He is an award-winning author and has published over a dozen books.

Nathan N. Waite is an Associate Editorial Manager for the Joseph Smith Papers Project in Salt Lake City. He received an MA in American studies from the University of Utah and previously published A Zion Canyon Reader.

Table of Contents


List of Illustrations

Foreword by Peter Crawley

Editors' Preface
"Settling the Valley, Proclaiming the Gospel: Major Themes of the First Presidency's General Epistles, 1849-1856" by Nathan N. Waite and Reid L. Neilson
"To the Saints Scattered Throughout the Earth: The Tradition of Mormon Apostolic Epistles" by Reid L. Neilson and Nathan N. Waite

General Epistles of the First Presidency
1. First General Epistle, April 1849
2. Second General Epistle, October 1849
3. Third General Epistle, April 1850
4. Fourth General Epistle, September 1850
5. Fifth General Epistle and Addenda, April 1851
6. Sixth General Epistle, September 1851
7. Seventh General Epistle, April 1852
8. Eighth General Epistle, October 1852
9. Ninth General Epistle, April 1853
10. Tenth General Epistle, October 1853
11. Eleventh General Epistle, April 1854
12. Twelfth General Epistle, April 1855
13. Thirteenth General Epistle, October 1855
14. Fourteenth General Epistle, December 1856

Appendixes
1. General Epistle of the Council of the Twelve Apostles, December 1847
2. Biographical Register
3. Geographical Register

Bibliography
Index

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