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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

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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.

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Time

King Follett Discourse

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

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Space

King Follett Discourse

Nauvoo, Illinois.

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Matter

King Follett Discourse

The Nauvoo Mormon community.

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Observer

King Follett Discourse

Joseph Smith as preacher.

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Energy

King Follett Discourse

The revelatory-sermonic energies.

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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.