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Impressions of a Prophet: Joseph Smith

20: Commerce and Baptism for the Dead

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In this episode we talk about the history of the place we now call Nauvoo, the reason so many died there when the saints first arrived, and a glorious revelation that followed regarding those who have died without baptism. What were the two names for Nauvoo before it was Nauvoo? Why did the saints buy […]

14: The Fall of Zion and Zion’s Camp

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Impressions of a Prophet: Joseph Smith

14: The Fall of Zion and Zion's Camp

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From the last episode we learned why around 1200 saints had moved from Kirtland, OH to Independence, MO, with more on the way. In this episode we learn about how the locals, who were largely frontiersmen and former southerners, didn’t love the idea of the northerner religious saints moving in and kind of taking over