Footnotes
JS, Journal, 9–11 Nov. 1835.
Johnson and Wilentz, Kingdom of Matthias, 62–68, 94–95, 103–104.
Johnson, Paul E., and Sean Wilentz. The Kingdom of Matthias. New York: Oxford University Press, 1994.
Johnson and Wilentz, Kingdom of Matthias, 32, 79–100. The idea of Christian perfectionism derived from John Wesley’s A Plain Account of Christian Perfection, which describes the journey of an individual to the state of perfection or sanctification through the purity of intention and dedication of one’s life to God. (Wesley, Plain Account, 3–5, 172.)
Johnson, Paul E., and Sean Wilentz. The Kingdom of Matthias. New York: Oxford University Press, 1994.
Wesley, John. A Plain Account of Christian Perfection, as Believed and Taught by the Rev. John Wesley, from the Year 1725, to the Year 1777. New York: Lane an dScott, 1850.
Johnson and Wilentz, Kingdom of Matthias, 137–164.
Johnson, Paul E., and Sean Wilentz. The Kingdom of Matthias. New York: Oxford University Press, 1994.
“Matthias,” Western Reserve Chronicle (Warren, OH), 5 Nov. 1835, [2]; “Matthias,” Cleveland Whig, 11 Nov. 1835, [3].
Western Reserve Chronicle. Warren, OH. 1816–1854.
Cleveland Whig. Cleveland. 1834–1836.
“Matthias, the Impostor,” Painesville (OH) Telegraph, 8 May 1835, [2]; 24 July 1835, [2].
Painesville Telegraph. Painesville, OH. 1822–1986.
Substantial differences between the two versions of JS’s vision are noted in the footnotes to the text featured here; compare JS History, ca. Summer 1832, 1–6.
JS, Journal, 9–11 Nov. 1835; Historical Introduction to History, ca. Summer 1832; [JS], Editorial, Elders’ Journal, July 1838, 42–44. For JS’s other accounts of his first vision of Deity, visit from the angel, and finding of the gold plates, see JS History, vol. A-1, 1–34; and JS, “Church History,” Times and Seasons, 1 Mar. 1842, 3:706–707; see also Oliver Cowdery’s letters published in the LDS Messenger and Advocate, Oct. 1834–July 1835, copied in JS History, 1834–1836, pp. 46–50, 62–65, 81–99, in JSP, H1:40–44, 57–60, 73–86.
“The Notorious Matthias,” Daily Cleveland Herald, 17 Nov. 1835, [2], italics in original.
Daily Cleveland Herald. Cleveland. 1835–1837.
“Mathias,” Ohio Repository (Canton), 19 Nov. 1835, [3].
Ohio Repository. Canton. 1830–1868.
“Prophet Catch Prophet,” Painesville (OH) Telegraph, 20 Nov. 1835, 3, italics in original.
Painesville Telegraph. Painesville, OH. 1822–1986.
“Matthias,” New York Herald, 28 Nov. 1835, [2].
New York Herald. New York City. 1835–1924.
“Matthias, the Prophet,” Baltimore Gazette and Daily Advertiser, 17 July 1837, [2].
Baltimore Gazette and Daily Advertiser. Baltimore. 1825–1838.
JS, Journal, 9–11 Nov. 1835.
See Genesis 1:3.
Matthews declared himself “chief high Priest of the Jews.” (Johnson and Wilentz, Kingdom of Matthias, 145.)
Johnson, Paul E., and Sean Wilentz. The Kingdom of Matthias. New York: Oxford University Press, 1994.
See Acts 1:15–26.
Matthews claimed to have the same “spirit of Truth” that was once within the New Testament apostle Matthias, whom the eleven apostles chose to replace Judas after Judas’s betrayal. (Johnson and Wilentz, Kingdom of Matthias, 94–95; Acts 1:23–26.)
Johnson, Paul E., and Sean Wilentz. The Kingdom of Matthias. New York: Oxford University Press, 1994.