Key to the Science of Theology: Designed as an Introduction to the First Principles of Spiritual Philosophy; Religion; Law and Government; As Delivered by the Ancients, and as Restored in this Age, for the Final Development of Universal Peace, Truth and Knowledge

Liverpool: F.D. Richards, 1855. First Edition. 173pp. Duodecimo [18 cm] Full black diced leather with the title gilt stamped on the backstrip. Very good. Gentle rubbing to extremities and raised bands. Key to Theology is Mormonism's earliest comprehensive synthetical work. Its scope is complete: beginning with a definition of theology, it traces the loss of the true gospel among Jews and the gentiles; then in linking chapters it discusses the nature of the Godhead, the origin of the universe, the restoration of the gospel, the means by which man regains the presence of God, the resurrection, the three degrees of glory in the hereafter, and the ultimate position of exalted men and women as procreative beings.

Parley Parker Pratt's (1807-1857) life and work were very important and influential to the Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints. His extensive missionary work and tracting are legendary, but some of his most lasting contributions are as a theologian who, described in detail - tenets, ideas and dogma of the then fledgling faith.Mormon Fifty 45. Flake/Draper 6585. Crawley 989. Scallawagiana 50. Woodward 194. Auerebach 1011. (Inventory #: 10247)