First Vision

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foundational event in Latter-day Saint history religious vision

The First Vision is the foundational event in Latter-day Saint history in which Joseph Smith reported seeing God the Father and Jesus Christ, leading to the establishment of the Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints.

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All labels observed (4)

Label	Occurrences
First Vision canonical	8
First Vision of Joseph Smith	2
Joseph Smith’s First Vision	1
The First Vision	1

How this entity was disambiguated

This entity first appeared as the object of triple T1968936 — resolving that mention is where its identity was fixed. The disambiguator weighed these candidate entities and picked the highlighted one (or “None”, minting a new entity). This is how homonymy is resolved: the same surface form can point to different entities.

NED1 Entity disambiguation (via context triple) gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07

Target entity: First Vision
Context triple: [Joseph Smith, vision, First Vision]

A. Revelation at Mount Sinai
Revelation at Mount Sinai is the foundational biblical event in which God is said to have revealed the Torah and the Ten Commandments to the Israelites through Moses.
B. Book of Mormon
The Book of Mormon is a sacred religious text of the Latter-day Saint movement that narrates the spiritual history of ancient peoples in the Americas and serves as a companion scripture to the Bible.
C. Demonstration of the Gospel
Demonstration of the Gospel is a major apologetic and theological work by Eusebius of Caesarea that argues for the truth of Christianity using Old Testament prophecies and historical evidence.
D. Aldersgate experience
The Aldersgate experience was John Wesley’s pivotal 1738 spiritual awakening in London, often seen as the spark that launched the Methodist revival.
E. Christ’s Second Appearing
Christ’s Second Appearing is the Shaker doctrine that Christ has returned in a spiritual, non-physical form—most fully manifested in their founder Mother Ann Lee—ushering in a new gospel age of communal, celibate, and egalitarian living.
F. None of above. chosen
G. Unsure - the case is ambiguous/there is not enough information to decide.

NED2 Entity disambiguation (via description) gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07

Target entity: First Vision
Target entity description: The First Vision is the foundational event in Latter-day Saint history in which Joseph Smith reported seeing God the Father and Jesus Christ, leading to the establishment of the Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints.

A. Revelation at Mount Sinai
Revelation at Mount Sinai is the foundational biblical event in which God is said to have revealed the Torah and the Ten Commandments to the Israelites through Moses.
B. Book of Mormon
The Book of Mormon is a sacred religious text of the Latter-day Saint movement that narrates the spiritual history of ancient peoples in the Americas and serves as a companion scripture to the Bible.
C. Demonstration of the Gospel
Demonstration of the Gospel is a major apologetic and theological work by Eusebius of Caesarea that argues for the truth of Christianity using Old Testament prophecies and historical evidence.
D. Aldersgate experience
The Aldersgate experience was John Wesley’s pivotal 1738 spiritual awakening in London, often seen as the spark that launched the Methodist revival.
E. Christ’s Second Appearing
Christ’s Second Appearing is the Shaker doctrine that Christ has returned in a spiritual, non-physical form—most fully manifested in their founder Mother Ann Lee—ushering in a new gospel age of communal, celibate, and egalitarian living.
F. None of above. chosen

Statements (43)

Predicate	Object
instanceOf	foundational event in Latter-day Saint history ⓘ religious vision ⓘ
approximateYear	1820 ⓘ
associatedPlace	Sacred Grove historic site ⓘ
canonizedAccount	Joseph Smith—History 1:5–26 ⓘ linked to: Doctrine and Covenants
centralTo	Latter-day Saint conversion narratives ⓘ missionary teaching of the Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints ⓘ
commemoratedBy	annual events of the Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints ⓘ
commemoratedIn	Latter-day Saint General Conference talks ⓘ linked to: Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints general conference
controversy	debates over historical reliability among scholars and critics ⓘ differences among multiple historical accounts ⓘ
country	United States ⓘ linked to: United States of America
date	spring 1820 ⓘ
depictedIn	Latter-day Saint artwork ⓘ Latter-day Saint films ⓘ
followedBy	revelations leading to the coming forth of the Book of Mormon ⓘ visitation of the angel Moroni (according to Latter-day Saint belief) ⓘ
hasCommemorativeStructure	monuments in the Sacred Grove area ⓘ
languageOfEarliestAccount	English ⓘ
location	Sacred Grove ⓘ near Palmyra, New York ⓘ
messageContent	Joseph Smith was told not to join any existing church (according to Joseph Smith’s later accounts) ⓘ existing churches were in a state of apostasy (according to Joseph Smith’s later accounts) ⓘ
primarySource	Joseph Smith—History in the Pearl of Great Price ⓘ linked to: Pearl of Great Price Joseph Smith’s 1832 account ⓘ Joseph Smith’s 1835 account ⓘ Joseph Smith’s 1838 account ⓘ Joseph Smith’s 1842 Wentworth letter account ⓘ
promptedBy	Joseph Smith’s prayer for guidance about which church to join ⓘ
recognizedAs	first major revelatory event of the Restoration ⓘ
recognizedBy	Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints ⓘ
relatedDoctrine	Restoration of the gospel ⓘ nature of the Godhead in Latter-day Saint theology ⓘ prophetic calling of Joseph Smith ⓘ
religiousTradition	Latter-day Saint movement ⓘ linked to: Latter-day Saint movement churches
reportedBy	Joseph Smith ⓘ
resultedIn	founding of the Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints ⓘ
subjectOf	Latter-day Saint hymn “Oh, How Lovely Was the Morning” (also known as “Joseph Smith’s First Prayer”) ⓘ
theologicalSignificance	affirms separate personhood of God the Father and Jesus Christ in Latter-day Saint doctrine ⓘ marks the beginning of the Restoration in Latter-day Saint belief ⓘ used to support belief in modern revelation ⓘ
visionOf	God the Father ⓘ linked to: the Father Jesus Christ ⓘ

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Referenced by (12)

Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.

Joseph Smith → vision → First Vision ⓘ

Pearl of Great Price → includesAccountOf → First Vision ⓘ

Wentworth Letter → mentions → First Vision ⓘ

annual Hill Cumorah Pageant → depicts → Joseph Smith’s First Vision ⓘ

subject linked to: annual Hill Cumorah Pageant (historical)

linked to: First Vision

Palmyra New York Temple → isNearSiteOf → First Vision ⓘ

Mariah Carey discography → includesVideoAlbum → The First Vision ⓘ

linked to: First Vision

Sacred Grove historic site → associatedWith → First Vision ⓘ

Oh, How Lovely Was the Morning → subject → First Vision of Joseph Smith ⓘ

subject linked to: Latter-day Saint hymn “Oh, How Lovely Was the Morning” (also known as “Joseph Smith’s First Prayer”)

linked to: First Vision

Oh, How Lovely Was the Morning → associatedEvent → First Vision ⓘ

subject linked to: Latter-day Saint hymn “Oh, How Lovely Was the Morning” (also known as “Joseph Smith’s First Prayer”)

Great Apostasy → precedes → First Vision of Joseph Smith ⓘ

linked to: First Vision

Great Apostasy → relatedConcept → First Vision ⓘ

Mormonism → foundingEvent → First Vision ⓘ

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