Trials of Joseph Smith
The persecutions, legal proceedings, and sufferings the Prophet endured for the Restoration.
50 documents · 8 libraries · 1971–2025
Emphasis over time
Peak: 7 documents in 2021
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
- BYU Studies18 documents
- Scripture Central8 documents
- General Conference7 documents
- BYU Speeches5 documents
- Religious Educator5 documents
- Liahona Articles4 documents
- Interpreter2 documents
- Gospel Topics and Questions1 document
Latest
Scripture Central
How Was Liberty Jail a “Prison-Temple”? (opens in a new tab)
Oct 2025
Liahona Articles
Feeling peace in the midst of storms (opens in a new tab)
Franck Poznanski, France · Jul 2025
BYU Studies
Richard E. Turley Jr. · 2025
BYU Studies
“There Is Law” (opens in a new tab)
Jeffrey N. Walker , Andrew H. Hedges , and Gerrit J. Dirkmaat · 2025
BYU Studies
Liberty Jail (opens in a new tab)
Steven L. Olsen · 2024
Liahona Articles
Learning at the Feet of the Prophet (opens in a new tab)
Brent M. Rogers · Oct 2023
Scripture Central
Did Joseph Smith Attempt to Assassinate Missouri Governor Lilburn Boggs? (opens in a new tab)
Scripture Central · Feb 2023
Scripture Central
Why Did Joseph Smith File for Bankruptcy? (opens in a new tab)
Scripture Central · Nov 2021
Liahona Articles
How Coming to Know the Prophet Joseph Strengthens My Faith (opens in a new tab)
Matthew C. Godfrey · Jul 2021
General Conference
Be of Good Cheer (opens in a new tab)
Dallin H. Oaks · Oct 2020
Earliest
General Conference
A Time of Testing (opens in a new tab)
Henry D. Taylor · Oct 1971
Most frequent voices
- Unattributed5 documents
- A. Keith Thompson2 documents
- Dallin H. Oaks2 documents
- Gordon A. Madsen2 documents
- Jeffrey N. Walker2 documents
- Jeffrey R. Holland2 documents
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