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The Joseph Smith Papers: Council of Fifty, Minutes

Title : The Joseph Smith Papers: Council of Fifty, Minutes
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Rating : 4.82 (500 Votes)
Asin : 1629722421
Format Type : paperback
Number of Pages : 788 Pages
Publish Date : 2013-12-06
Language : English

Bennett, Professor of Church History and Doctrine, Brigham Young University"What I found in the Council of Fifty minutes was in fact engaging and even sometimes riveting. The importance of these Council of Fifty minutes is reflected and enshrined in the fine work of editing this band of scholars has put into them." -- Richard E. Students of these pivotal events will be forever grateful for the insights and understanding they will find in these pages." -- Elliott West, University of Arkansas"The publication of the Council of Fifty minutes as the first volume of the Administrative Records series in the Joseph Smi

Joseph Smith, founder and first president of The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints, formed this council in March 1844. Ultimately, the council played a significant role in planning the church's migration to the American West. The long-awaited minutes of the meetings of the Council of Fifty, the organization created by Mormon prophet Joseph Smith just three months before he was murdered.Historians with the Joseph Smith Papers Project have made available for the first time ever the complete minutes created in Nauvoo, Illinois, of an organization called the Council of Fifty. The Council of Fifty also helped manage Joseph Smith's campaign for president of the United States in 1844 and helped provide for the government of Nauvoo after the city's charter was repealed."Students of these pivotal events will be forever grateful for the insights and understanding they will find in these pages." --Elliott West, University of Arkansas. One of the council's purposes was to investigate possible settlements outside of what then constituted the United States. The minutes have never previously been published or available to researchers.Members of the council saw its formation as the beginning of the literal kingdom of God on earth; accordingly, much of the discussion under Joseph Smith's chair

Five Stars Love all the books in this series.. Five Stars Verygood. Great documentary history work--a must read for those interested in American religion and politics This book explains, in detail, why Joseph Smith created the Council of Fifty and offers clear insight into the paradoxes of Joseph Smith's religious life. He appointed men to a secret council to search for solutions to problems of civil liberties and religious freedom. He ran for president even as he came to realize the president didn't have power to protect fellow Mormons.Importantly, the minutes also reveal the thought process of m

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