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Expanded section "Joseph Smith - History"
==''Joseph Smith - Matthew''==
==''Joseph Smith - Matthew''==
This is the 24th chapter of the [[Gospel of Matthew]] as retranslated by Joseph Smith, Jr.<ref>[http://scriptures.lds.org/en/dc/45/60-61#60 Doctrine and Covenants 45:60-61]</ref>
This is the 24th chapter of the [[Gospel of Matthew]] as retranslated by Joseph Smith, Jr.<ref>[http://scriptures.lds.org/en/dc/45/60-61#60 Doctrine and Covenants 45:60-61]</ref>
==''Joseph Smith - History''==
==''Joseph Smith - History''==
This is Joseph Smith, Jr.'s own account of the events that transpired to bring to light the Book of Mormon. This includes his confusion as a youth with the myriad different churches, his [[First Vision]] of God and [[Jesus Christ]], visits by the angel [[Moroni]], and Joseph's receiving of the original Book of Mormon writings. This work was first written in 1838 and published as a series of articles in the ''Times and Seasons'' beginning March 15, 1842.<ref>[http://scriptures.lds.org/en/pgp/introduction Introductory Note]</ref>
This is Joseph Smith, Jr.'s own account of the events that transpired to bring to light the Book of Mormon. This includes his confusion as a youth with the myriad different churches, his [[First Vision]] of God and [[Jesus Christ]] (or just God the Father, or just angels, according to the different and mutually contradictory early accounts), visits by the angel [[Moroni]], and Joseph's receiving of the original Book of Mormon writings. This work was first written in 1838 and published as a series of articles in the ''Times and Seasons'' beginning March 15, 1842.<ref>[http://scriptures.lds.org/en/pgp/introduction Introductory Note]</ref>
Despite the claim that the “History” is in Joseph Smith’s own words, later editors have done much alteration in order to adjust to changing teachings of the LDS Church. According to one comparison of present editions with the first edition, more than 62,000 words have been either added or deleted from the way it was first published.<ref>Jerald and Sandra Tanner, ''3,913 Changes in the Book of Mormon'' (Salt Lake City: Utah Lighthouse Ministry, ND), 15. For an analysis of the many changes in Joseph Smith’s ''History'', see Jerald Tanner, ''Changes in Joseph Smith’s History'' (Salt Lake City: Utah Lighthouse Ministry, 1965).</ref> As an example, Joseph Smith related the following in the first edition:
<blockquote>Then went to John P. Greene’s, and paid him and another brother $200. Drank a glass of beer at Moessers. Called at William Clayton’s . . .<ref>From the ''Millennial Star'', vol. 23, p. 720, as cited in Jerald and Sandra Tanner, ''3,913 Changes in the Book of Mormon'', 15.</ref></blockquote>
When this was reprinted in the ''History of the Church'', vol. 6, p. 424, seven words were deleted:
<blockquote>Then went to John P. Greene’s, and paid him and another brother $200. Called at William Clayton’s . . .</blockquote>
==''The Articles of Faith of the Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints''==
==''The Articles of Faith of the Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints''==
These 13 articles were originally written in response to a request to Joseph Smith, Jr., for a brief history of the Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints and were intended as a brief doctrinal summary.<ref>''History of the Church'', vol. 4, pp. 535-541.</ref> They were originally published March 1, 1842, in the ''Times and Seasons''.
These 13 articles were originally written in response to a request to Joseph Smith, Jr., for a brief history of the Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints and were intended as a brief doctrinal summary.<ref>''History of the Church'', vol. 4, pp. 535-541.</ref> They were originally published March 1, 1842, in the ''Times and Seasons''.