Welcome to the Standard of Truth podcast, hosted by historian Dr. Garrett Dirkmont,

where we explore the early days of the Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints

and gain rare historical insights into how a young farm boy was able to establish a new church

and grow it by way of visions, manifestations,

and miracles.

Hi, welcome to another episode of the Standard of Truth podcast. I'm your host Garrett Dirkmont,

and I'm joined by my friend Richard Leduke.

Hello.

And we are excited to spend a little bit more time here on early church history with you.

Today, I thought we'd talk about one of the sections in the Doctrine and Covenants

that is really one of the most unique sections that there is.

I mean, you can say that about, I mean, they're all revelations, right?

So, you know, like, well, you know what the most unique revelation is.

We're talking about a revelation from God, so it's, they're all going to be relatively unique, I guess.

But there really aren't very many sections in the Doctrine and Covenants that directly

reference another religion.

I mean, we all know that, you know,

at least according to some of Joseph Smith's accounts of the first vision,

he's told not to join any other faith.

In one account of the first vision, he asked directly,

should I join the Methodist, right?

So I can imagine that if you happen to read, you know,

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