Spirits in Prison
The departed disobedient who receive gospel preaching in the spirit world after death.
11 documents · 7 libraries · 1974–2025
Emphasis over time
Peak: 2 documents in 2011
Documents tagged with this topic each year. Libraries cover different years (Liahona starts in 2021), so the rate compares eras more fairly than the count.
Where it lives
- Journal of Book of Mormon Studies3 documents
- BYU Studies2 documents
- General Conference2 documents
- Hymns1 document
- Interpreter1 document
- Liahona Articles1 document
- Scripture Central1 document
Latest
Scripture Central
Why Did the Lord Show Joseph F. Smith a Vision of the Salvation of the Dead? (opens in a new tab)
Nov 2025
Liahona Articles
A Vision of the Spirit World (opens in a new tab)
Dec 2021
Interpreter
The First Easter (opens in a new tab)
S. Kent Brown · 2019
BYU Studies
Theological Underpinnings of Baptism for the Dead (opens in a new tab)
David L. Paulsen , Roger D. Cook , and Brock M. Mason · 2016
Journal of Book of Mormon Studies
David L. Paulsen; Kendel J. Christensen; Martin Pulido · 2011
Journal of Book of Mormon Studies
Redemption of the Dead: Continuing Revelation after Joseph Smith (opens in a new tab)
David L. Paulsen; Kendel J. Christensen; Martin Pulido; Judson Burton · 2011
Journal of Book of Mormon Studies
The Harrowing of Hell: Salvation for the Dead in Early Christianity (opens in a new tab)
David L. Paulsen; Roger D. Cook; Kendel J. Christensen · 2010
BYU Studies
The Great World of the Spirits of the Dead (opens in a new tab)
George S. Tate · 2007
General Conference
Neither Cryptic Nor Hidden (opens in a new tab)
Theodore M. Burton · Apr 1977
General Conference
Three Days in the Tomb (opens in a new tab)
Eldred G. Smith · Apr 1974
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