tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8442628.post5732062984686297719..comments2023-11-05T04:58:15.443-07:00Comments on Straight and Narrow Blog: The Meaning of the McLellin PapersJettboyhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/00300495482595955440noreply@blogger.comBlogger7125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8442628.post-79567728617164940512022-05-03T15:20:22.258-06:002022-05-03T15:20:22.258-06:00Hello mate great blog ppostHello mate great blog ppostCory Shttps://www.coryshelton.com/noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8442628.post-41347922603348962672008-01-18T17:17:00.000-07:002008-01-18T17:17:00.000-07:00I anticipated this book as one who loves Mormon hi...I anticipated this book as one who loves Mormon history and books. We have such a rich history and a large interest in our history. A friend told me that there may be two or three top notch historians working on Michigan history. Utah/Mormonism has dozens. He is not a Mormon but he too has had an interest most of his adult life. You have to wonder why this is the case.<BR/>McLellan, Larson and Joe Geisnerhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/10689345359391003683noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8442628.post-82464291589747691462008-01-17T12:13:00.000-07:002008-01-17T12:13:00.000-07:00I'd suggest that there is very much a "personal re...I'd suggest that there is very much a "personal reason" to read this collection of McLellin documents. McLellin's notebooks and letters provide a snapshot of one highly-involved leader's understanding of Mormon beginnings, as well as his later musings on the same. We learn the key elements which attracted McLellin, perhaps the most highly educated of early Mormon converts, to the new faith. Nick Literskihttps://www.blogger.com/profile/10842410180080400838noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8442628.post-71047242370075211702008-01-17T11:20:00.000-07:002008-01-17T11:20:00.000-07:00McLellin has traditionally been maligned as an apo...McLellin has traditionally been maligned as an apostate. As with anyone who leaves an institution. The institution gets to label the departer in any fashion they wish and that’s what has happened here. The problem is that McLellin left early Mormonism over integrity issues. He saw Joseph fooling around with revelations and his integrity forced him to part ways. Take for example section 28 in the Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8442628.post-89165872224790425502008-01-04T11:20:00.000-07:002008-01-04T11:20:00.000-07:00I don't view McLellin as a very reliable source fr...I don't view McLellin as a very reliable source from the documents I have read. I also can't justify the money to purchase his writings in the new work.BHodgeshttps://www.blogger.com/profile/01751807169882645742noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8442628.post-65954357906524512007-12-30T23:54:00.000-07:002007-12-30T23:54:00.000-07:00I've been asked to review this volume, and I've fi...I've been asked to review this volume, and I've finished reading the introductory essays already. The essays are worth reading in themselves, just from the standpoint of lessons on historiography. J. Stapley is right that Quinn is highly critical of McLellin's inconsistencies, particularly in comparison with McLellin's 1831-36 journals. Also, McLellin has a tendency to downplay his own direct Nick Literskihttps://www.blogger.com/profile/10842410180080400838noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8442628.post-47738975579909584672007-12-30T21:06:00.000-07:002007-12-30T21:06:00.000-07:00I haven't read the papers and the associated essay...I haven't read the papers and the associated essays, but I have heard that Mike Quinn's essay is very, very critical of McClellin. As you say, A late 1800's claim that he hadn't heard of the angels isn't particularly convincing. Of course you had folks like David Whitmer, who had some problems with some of the founding visitations, but still.<BR/><BR/>All that said, McLellin's early diaries, Anonymousnoreply@blogger.com