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Anti-Universalism

See Anti-Universalist Rhetoric and the Book of Mormon YouTube video by Dan Vogel, based on the article:

Vogel, Dan, “Anti-Universalist Rhetoric in the Book of Mormon,” in Brent Lee Metcalfe, New Approaches to the Book of Mormon: Explorations in Critical Methodology (Salt Lake City: Signature Books, 1993), 21-52.

Note that Vogel begins the video explaining Joseph Smith Sr.’s background as a Universalist, in contrast to Lucy Mack Smith’s Methodism, which set up the Smith family for religious schism, which had a deep impact on Joseph Smith, Jr.

Relevant Anti-Universalist chapters of the Book of Mormon include:

See also: State of Probation where another pastor (Joseph Goffe, 1803) uses 1 Peter 3 to preach against Universalism; also 1811 Universalist Hymn-Book, which has four independent textual touchpoints with the Book of Mormon.

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