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What Did Joseph Smith Sound Like?

16 Jun 202316 Jun 2023

The question of what Joseph Smith sounded like is not one that I’ve ever seen entertained anywhere. Of course there may or may not be a science to anatomically deducing…

Doctrinal Expositions

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Note: the research in this post has been superceded by that of a newer blog post and candidate image of Joseph Smith: Is This Photograph Finally Joseph Smith?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

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.