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What did Joseph Smith Look Like?

23 Oct 20204 Dec 2025

Note: the research in this post has been superceded by that of a newer blog post and candidate image of Joseph Smith: Is This Photograph Finally Joseph Smith? When it…

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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…

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.