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Of Paul, and of Apollos, and of Cephas: Dependency & Damnation

30 May 20234 Oct 2024

In February 1832, not even a full two years after the organization of the restored Church of Jesus Christ, the Prophet Joseph Smith received a revelation that completely upset the…

Seeing Through a Glass Darkly

24 Sep 20211 Mar 2022

Paul described the spiritual powers of mortals as being extremely limited: "Now our knowledge is partial and incomplete, and even the gift of prophecy reveals only part of the whole…

The Mechanics of Hearing Him

19 Aug 20211 Mar 2022

The voice of the Good Shepherd is a doctrinal subject worth our most careful study at this time. It is inexorably tied to the gift of the Holy Ghost, which,…

The Missing Piece to the Soul’s Puzzle

21 Jul 20217 Jan 2022

The scriptures provide this interesting formula, placing Christ squarely at the center of all revelation: "After ye had received the Holy Ghost ye could speak with the tongue of angels....…

Entering the Real World

20 Jul 20217 Jan 2022

Every time that Israel has been gathered, they have been commanded to build a place where God could reveal to them his ways—the very power of godliness (see D&C 84:20).…

Doctrinal Expositions

Plural Marriage & The Parable of the Talents

22 Dec 202015 Sep 2024

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…

Replies to Thomas

How Faith Can Soar to Knowledge

14 May 20155 Nov 2019

Dear Joseph, It's been a while since I've written; you've given quite a lot of information to digest in your letters to me and there's just been a lot going…

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.