Parley P. Pratt

19th-century American religious leader, missionary, and writer

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Parley Parker Pratt (1807-1857) was a leader, missionary, writer, and theologian of The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints. An original member of the Quorum of the Twelve Apostles in 1835, he served in major missions, including to Canada, Great Britain, and Chile. He was the first editor of the Latter-day Saints' Millennial Star and authored influential works such as A Voice of Warning and Key to the Science of Theology. He practiced plural marriage and was murdered in Arkansas in 1857.

Major works

A Voice of Warning (1837)missionary tract
Key to the Science of Theology (1855)theological work
The Millennium, A Poem (1835)poetry
Autobiography of Parley P. Pratt (1874)autobiography

Key milestones

1830Baptized into The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints by Oliver Cowdery.
1835Called as an original member of the Quorum of the Twelve Apostles.
1857Murdered near Van Buren, Arkansas.

Themes

MormonismMissionTheologyReligious writingPlural marriage

Sources: churchofjesuschrist.org · archives.lib.byu.edu · eom.byu.edu

“Mysterious power, whence hope ethereal springs! Sweet heavenly relic of eternal things! Inspiring oft deep thoughts of things divine: The past, the present, and the future time. Thy reminiscences transport the soul To memory’s Paradise , its future goal.”

— Parley P. PrattTheme · Spirituality

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“Passing the veil does not alter a man; it certainly takes him from the eyes of flesh, but the capacity, the intelligence, the thinking powers, are all alive and quick; and if they hear the Gospel they will be glad, and the promises are made to them, and they will rejoice in them.”

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