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Work #1283 · Late

King Follett Discourse

Joseph Smith Jr.
1844 (April 7, 1844) · English
Sermon · Latter-day Saint / Mormon tradition

Smith's 1844 sermon — exaltation, divine-human-progression, the proper-LDS theological-anthropology

Attribute Fingerprint

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Attribute King Follett Discourse (Late)
Time · Extent Infinite
Time · Ontological Status Substantival
Time · Grain Continuous
Time · Freedom Non-Deterministic
Time · Traversability Linear
Time · Dimensionality One
Time · Direction Uni-directional
Space · Extent Infinite
Space · Ontological Status Substantival
Space · Curvature Flat
Space · Dimensionality Three
Space · Locality Local
Matter · Extent Infinite
Matter · Ontological Status Substantival
Matter · Conservation Conserved
Matter · Dimensionality Three
Matter · Locality Local
Observer · Time Instance Single
Observer · Space Instance Single
Observer · Knowledge Extent Total
Observer · Knowledge Retainment Total
Observer · Physicality Embodied
Observer · Agency Active
Observer · Number Plural
Observer · Metaphysical Agency Personal
Observer · Moral Authority Revelation
Observer · Theological Method
Energy · Extent Infinite
Energy · Ontological Status Substantival
Energy · Conservation Conserved
Energy · Dispersibility Reversible
Information · Ontological Status Substantival
Information · Cosmic Conservation Conserved
Information · Personal Conservation Conserved
Information · Granularity Discrete

Dimension-by-Dimension Evidence

What each work's passages reveal about its stance on each of the six dimensions.

Time

King Follett Discourse

The April 1844 Nauvoo moment, weeks before Smith's June 1844 death.

Space

King Follett Discourse

Nauvoo, Illinois.

Matter

King Follett Discourse

The Nauvoo Mormon community.

Observer

King Follett Discourse

Joseph Smith as preacher.

Energy

King Follett Discourse

The revelatory-sermonic energies.

Information

King Follett Discourse

The sermon's doctrinal content.

Internal Tensions

Where each work's argument pulls against itself.

King Follett Discourse

The King Follett Discourse's exaltation-doctrine has been variously assessed — defining within LDS tradition, contested by creedal-Christian critics as theological-distinctive.