CHURCH HISTORY IN THE FULNESS OF TIMES TEACHER MANUAL RELIGION 341–43 RELIGION 341–43 CHURCH HISTORY IN THE FULNESS OF TIMES TEACHER MANUAL Prepared by the Church Educational System Published by The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints Salt Lake City, Utah Send comments and corrections, including typographic errors, to CES Editing, 50 E. North Temple Street, Floor 8, Salt Lake City, UT 84150-2772 USA. E-mail: <
[email protected]> Second edition © 1991, 2001 by Intellectual Reserve, Inc. All rights reserved Printed in the United States of America English approval: 3/00 CONTENTS Preface . v 1 Prelude to the Restoration . 1 2 Joseph Smith’s New England Heritage . 2 3 The First Vision . 4 4 A Period of Preparation, 1823–29 . 6 5 Coming Forth of the Book of Mormon and Restoration of the Priesthood . 9 6 Organization of the Church of Jesus Christ . 12 7 The Infant Church Expands . 14 8 Gathering to Ohio . 16 9 Gathering to the Land of Zion . 19 10 Development of the Church in Ohio, 1831–34 . 20 11 Expulsion from Jackson County . 22 12 Zion’s Camp . 24 13 Glorious Days in Kirtland, 1834–36 . 26 14 The Apostasy in Kirtland, 1836–38 . 28 15 The Church in Northern Missouri, 1836–38 . 30 16 Missouri Persecutions and Expulsion . 32 17 Refuge in Illinois . 34 18 The Mission of the Twelve . 36 19 Life in Nauvoo the Beautiful . 38 20 Doctrinal Developments in Nauvoo . 40 21 Growing Conflict in Illinois . 41 22 The Martyrdom . 43 23 The Twelve to Bear Off the Kingdom .