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Note: updated with enhanced final renderings November, 2025. Introduction The obsession with the physical likeness of the prophet Joseph Smith is a Mormon cultural phenomenon fueled by many weighty factors:…

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What Did Parley P. Pratt Look Like?

23 May 2022

The first saints of the restoration have a near-mythical place in the minds of modern mormons. This status is not without reason: the first generation of the church maneuvered through…

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.

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What Did Parley P. Pratt Look Like?