King Follett discourse
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The King Follett discourse is a famous 1844 sermon by Joseph Smith that elaborates on Latter-day Saint doctrines about the nature of God, human exaltation, and the afterlife.
All labels observed (2)
| Label | Occurrences |
|---|---|
| King Follett discourse canonical | 2 |
| King Follett sermon | 1 |
How this entity was disambiguated
This entity first appeared as the object of triple T1968909 — 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: King Follett discourse Context triple: [Joseph Smith, notableWork, King Follett discourse]
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A.
Mister Speaker
Mister Speaker is the traditional formal address used for a male Speaker presiding over the United States House of Representatives.
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B.
Casket Letters controversy
The Casket Letters controversy was a 16th-century political and legal scandal centered on allegedly incriminating letters used to implicate Mary, Queen of Scots in her husband’s murder and justify her forced abdication and imprisonment.
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C.
The Speaker
The Speaker is an influential 18th-century anthology of prose and verse selections compiled by William Enfield to teach elocution, reading, and moral instruction.
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Widgery Tribunal
The Widgery Tribunal was a controversial British government inquiry led by Lord Widgery into the 1972 Bloody Sunday shootings in Northern Ireland, widely criticized for exonerating the soldiers involved and failing to deliver justice for the victims.
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E.
The Crime Against Kansas speech
The Crime Against Kansas speech was an 1856 anti-slavery address by U.S. Senator Charles Sumner that fiercely condemned the Kansas–Nebraska Act and pro-slavery forces, helping to intensify sectional tensions before the American Civil War.
- 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: King Follett discourse Target entity description: The King Follett discourse is a famous 1844 sermon by Joseph Smith that elaborates on Latter-day Saint doctrines about the nature of God, human exaltation, and the afterlife.
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A.
Mister Speaker
Mister Speaker is the traditional formal address used for a male Speaker presiding over the United States House of Representatives.
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B.
Casket Letters controversy
The Casket Letters controversy was a 16th-century political and legal scandal centered on allegedly incriminating letters used to implicate Mary, Queen of Scots in her husband’s murder and justify her forced abdication and imprisonment.
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C.
The Speaker
The Speaker is an influential 18th-century anthology of prose and verse selections compiled by William Enfield to teach elocution, reading, and moral instruction.
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D.
Widgery Tribunal
The Widgery Tribunal was a controversial British government inquiry led by Lord Widgery into the 1972 Bloody Sunday shootings in Northern Ireland, widely criticized for exonerating the soldiers involved and failing to deliver justice for the victims.
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E.
The Crime Against Kansas speech
The Crime Against Kansas speech was an 1856 anti-slavery address by U.S. Senator Charles Sumner that fiercely condemned the Kansas–Nebraska Act and pro-slavery forces, helping to intensify sectional tensions before the American Civil War.
- F. None of above. chosen
Statements (49)
| Predicate | Object |
|---|---|
| instanceOf |
Latter-day Saint discourse
ⓘ
religious text ⓘ sermon ⓘ |
| alsoKnownAs |
King Follett discourse
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surface form:
King Follett sermon
|
| associatedWith |
Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints
ⓘ
Nauvoo period of Mormon history ⓘ |
| centralDoctrine |
God was once as humans are now
ⓘ
eternal nature of intelligences ⓘ humans can become like God ⓘ |
| chronologically | one of Joseph Smith’s last major sermons ⓘ |
| countryOfOrigin |
United States of America
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surface form:
United States
|
| date | 7 April 1844 ⓘ |
| deliveredAt |
Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints general conference
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surface form:
general conference of the Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints
|
| deliveredBy | Joseph Smith ⓘ |
| genre | funeral sermon ⓘ |
| hasTheologicalTheme |
God the Father as an exalted man
ⓘ
eternal families ⓘ potential godhood of humanity ⓘ resurrection ⓘ |
| historicalPeriod |
Nauvoo era of the Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints
ⓘ
surface form:
Nauvoo era
|
| influenced | subsequent Latter-day Saint teachings on exaltation ⓘ |
| language | English ⓘ |
| laterPublishedIn |
Journal of Discourses
ⓘ
Times and Seasons ⓘ |
| namedAfter | King Follett ⓘ |
| occasion | funeral sermon for King Follett ⓘ |
| placeOfSpeech | Nauvoo, Illinois ⓘ |
| recordedBy |
Thomas Bullock
ⓘ
Wilford Woodruff ⓘ Willard Richards ⓘ William Clayton ⓘ |
| relatedEvent | delivered about three months before Joseph Smith’s death ⓘ |
| religiousTradition |
Latter Day Saint
ⓘ
surface form:
Latter-day Saint movement
Mormonism ⓘ |
| significance |
key source for Latter-day Saint teachings on the Godhead and exaltation
ⓘ
one of the most famous sermons of Joseph Smith ⓘ |
| speaker | Joseph Smith ⓘ |
| subjectOf |
debates about the development of Latter-day Saint theology
ⓘ
scholarly analysis in Mormon studies ⓘ |
| textualForm | composite text based on multiple contemporaneous notes ⓘ |
| title | King Follett discourse self-link ⓘ |
| topic |
afterlife
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deification ⓘ eternal progression ⓘ human exaltation ⓘ immortality of the soul ⓘ nature of God ⓘ premortal existence ⓘ |
| year | 1844 ⓘ |
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this entity surface form:
King Follett sermon