Original sentence: Since about 1840, the First Vision has been emphasized as one of the most significant elements of Latter Day Saint movement theology.The Vision was retold several times during Smith's lifetime, and some accounts provide other details, such as the presence of at least one distinct personage other than Jesus (generally presumed to be God the Father), the presence of angels, and a call to build up the Church of Christ.to have had a theophany in the early 1820s, in which he had a vision of Jesus telling him his sins were forgiven
Edited sentence: ... Nothing on which we base our doctrine, nothing we teach, nothing we live by is of greater importance than this initial declaration.Beginning in the mid-nineteenth century, the First Vision gradually became an important doctrine of Latter Day Saint theology.Hinckley, has declared, "Our entire case as members of The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints rests on the validity of this glorious First Vision.The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints has canonized Smith's 1838 version of the Vision, and the current president of the LDS Church, Gordon B.to have had a theophany in the early 1820s, a vision of both Jesus and God the Father