The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints has been praised for its commitment to historical transparency. Volumes of "The Joseph Smith Papers" are displayed in this undated photo. I’m looking forward to how it will be used and how it will improve scholarship in the early Church, as well as scholarship on Joseph Smith,” said Sharalyn Howcroft, project archivist. To see that and what it’s become - it’s been extremely gratifying. It is bigger than my colleagues who have worked so much and contributed so much of their time and effort and their lives to this work. “To be a part of a project that is bigger than myself. He left an extensive literary record that provides a window into the early days of the church he founded. Smith, the first president and prophet of the church, lived from 1805 to 1844. Bednar, of the Quorum of the Twelve Apostles. “To prepare these documents will only make us more effective in telling the story of the ongoing restoration of the gospel of Jesus Christ in all the world as we move into the future,” said Elder David A. With funding from the Millers, the church hired a team including Ph.D.-educated historians and professional editors to produce the Joseph Smith Papers. But you do get a sense for how God uses an ordinary person and creates something magnificent.” And you kind of put the narration together. It’s document after document after document. “When you read these documents, … it’s not novel style. McKay, church historian and recorder, during a press conference at the Church History Library in Salt Lake City. “Every document that we know of that was produced by or under the direction of Joseph Smith, or written to him directly, has been published with annotations,” said Elder Kyle S. Gong, of the Quorum of the Twelve Apostles, the volumes total 18,822 pages, 7,452,072 words and 49,687 footnotes. Principal documents featured in the 27 volumes include 1,306 journal entries, 643 letters and 155 revelations. The culmination of the print edition now completes an essential resource for scholars and students of Smith’s life and work, early Latter-day Saint history and American history and religion. … We know the weaknesses, the challenges that he had, that he overcame in order to serve and act as prophet,” said Robin Scott Jensen, project historian. “He’s revered as a prophet by millions of members throughout the church, but he was also just a man.
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