The Science of Theology – Modern commentary on an ancient theme—administered by Adam, composed in Christ, sealed by Smith, and published by Pratt: principles for the final development of universal peace, truth, and knowledge.

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Classic Truth: Safety With Knowledge, Capsized Without

13 Apr 202114 Apr 2021

"If a person gains more knowledge and intelligence in this life through his diligence and obedience than another, he will have so much the advantage in the world to come"…

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If You Could Hie to Sirius B

6 Apr 20219 Apr 2021

Kolob has been the fascination of Mormons ever since the Prophet Joseph Smith presented to the world the lost teachings of Abraham concerning the stars and our place among them.…

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Classic Truth: Darkened in their Minds

10 Mar 202110 Mar 2021

The following is taken from a discourse Joseph Smith gave to the Female Relief Society on the 26th of May, 1842, in Nauvoo, Illinois (Documentary History of the Church 5:19,…

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The Parable of the Talents

22 Dec 20209 Apr 2021

Forward This essay is being written in response to the appearance of a viewpoint among members of The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints espoused and common to the…

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What did Joseph Smith Look Like?

23 Oct 202025 Oct 2020

When it comes to the image of the Prophet Joseph Smith, hundreds of gifted artists and researches have produced a myriad of images over the past 200 years to help…

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Asherah: Mother in Heaven

29 Apr 20208 Jun 2020

One of the most significant doctrines restored by the Prophet Joseph Smith is a knowledge that deity does not exist on a principle of celibate solitude (let alone incorporeal corporality).…

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There Is No Beauty that We Should Desire Him

24 Apr 20209 Apr 2021

What did Jesus of Nazareth look like? This blog post attempts to answer that question from the eyes and talents of some few who have been blessed with a common…

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Protected: A Fugitive in the Earth

20 Dec 201922 Dec 2019

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The Celestial, not the Terrestrial, Inherit the Earth?

7 Nov 20198 Nov 2019

"Also celestial bodies, and bodies terrestrial, and bodies telestial; but the glory of the celestial, one; and the terrestrial, another; and the telestial, another."There is one glory of the sun,…

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Classic Truth: Administering the Form Without the Power

5 Nov 20195 Nov 2019

The following is a story from the life of the pioneer saint, Joseph Bates Noble: By request, I shall attempt to refer to some things, of which I have been…

The Key to the Science of Theology is a book written by the Apostle Parley P. Pratt, published in 1855, two years before his martyrdom. The author of this site, Joseph, has studied the Gospel of Jesus Christ as restored through the Prophet Joseph Smith Jr. in great depth for over a decade. It is his conviction that the writing of Parley P. Pratt most accurately conveys in succinct form what Joseph Smith Jr. had been piecing together all his life. This blog is an ode to that triumphant work and the glorious future it prophetically envisions.