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Detail from “Moroni and Joseph” by Jorge Cocco Santangelo
How Did the Angel Moroni Prepare Joseph Smith to Be a Prophet?
KnoWhy #707
January 2, 2024
Cover of the Peace Maker pamphlet via Archive.org.
Who Wrote the Peace Maker Pamphlet?
KnoWhy 634
June 21, 2022
Covered wagons traveling in Utah shortly before the Mountain Meadows Massacre, September 1857. Portraits of John D. Lee (left) and Brigham Young (right).
Why Were Violent Acts like the Mountain Meadows Massacre Committed by Latter-day Saints?
KnoWhy #633
June 14, 2022
Portraits of Joseph Smith and Lilburn Boggs.
Did Joseph Smith Attempt to Assassinate Missouri Governor Lilburn Boggs?
KnoWhy 632
May 31, 2022
Photo of a bible by kiwihug via Unsplash.
Why Did Joseph Smith Produce a New Translation of the Bible?
KnoWhy 628
January 18, 2022
Nauvoo Expositor Destruction by Anthony Sweat.
Why Did the Nauvoo City Council Order the Destruction of the Nauvoo Expositor Press?
KnoWhy 626
January 7, 2022
Painting of Carthage Jail by Al Rounds. Painting of The Prophet Joseph Smith, by Alvin Gittins.
Why was Joseph Smith Murdered?
KnoWhy 624
November 25, 2021
Painting of the "Steamboat Heroine" of 1832 by Peter Rindlisbacher. Image via The Oklahoman and The Oklahoma History Center.
Why Did Joseph Smith File for Bankruptcy?
KnoWhy 623
November 4, 2021
Painting of the Heber C. Kimball home in Nauvoo by Al Rounds. Image of the Nauvoo Charter from the Library of Congress.
Why Was the Nauvoo City Charter Important for Protecting the Saints?
KnoWhy 622
October 26, 2021
Windows at Liberty by Andrew Knaupp. Submitted to the 2021 Book of Mormon Central Art Contest.
Why Did Joseph Write His Famous Letter from Liberty Jail?
KnoWhy 621
October 19, 2021
Cold Missouri Night by Joseph Brickey
Why Were the Saints Driven from Missouri in the Fall of 1838?
KnoWhy #620
October 12, 2021
Christ Appears in Kirtland Temple by Walter Rane. Image via Gospel Media Library.
Why Is the “Pentecostal” Season in Kirtland Believable?
KnoWhy 619
October 5, 2021
Doctrine and Covenants 88 and 109 via The Joseph Smith Papers. Image of the Kirtland Temple via Kenneth Mays
Why Was Doctrine and Covenants Section 88 Quoted in Section 109?
KnoWhy 618
September 28, 2021
The Twelve Apostles and First Presidency of the Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints at the Rome, Italy Temple Visitor Center. Image via Church of Jesus Christ.
Why Must There Be Unity within the Presiding Quorums of the Church?
KnoWhy 617
September 21, 2021
Jurors Listening to Counsel, Supreme Court, New York City Hall, New York. Drawn by Winslow Homer, 1869. Image via Met Museum.
Why Did Joseph Smith File a Legal Complaint against Doctor Philastus Hurlbut?
KnoWhy 616
September 14, 2021
Image of U.S. Constitution via Pixabay.
What Are the “Just and Holy Principles” of the US Constitution?
KnoWhy 615
September 7, 2021
Statue of Joseph and Hyrum Smith. Image via Church of Jesus Christ.
Why Was Hyrum Faithful to His Witness of the Book of Mormon?
KnoWhy 614
August 24, 2021
Judith and Holofernes by Jan de Bray. Image via Wikimedia Commons.
Why Study Ancient Apocryphal Literature?
KnoWhy 613
August 10, 2021
Photograph of Rebecca Swain Williams
Why Did Rebecca Swain Williams Defend the Book of Mormon?
KnoWhy 612
July 27, 2021
Portrait of William McLellin via The Joseph Smith Papers.
Why Did William E. McLellin Call the Book of Mormon the “Apple of My Eye”?
KnoWhy 611
July 1, 2021