[…] sophisticated irony that comes from “glossing” a deadly serious situation (Pratt has just broke jail at Colombia, Missouri) in highly rhetorical terms; and the leisurely sense of the value of style for its own […]
[…] F. Smith’s court in Carthage, but the central issue is the legality of the abatement by the Nauvoo City Council. News paper statements against the Church fell into three categories: political, religious, and moral. Oaks […]
[…] a resolution of the General Board of the National Council of Churches, which defined it as “ de liberate, peaceable violation of a law deemed to be unjust, in obedience to conscience or a […]
[…] Mormonism in Nineteenth Century American Literature,” The Western Humanities Review, XXII (Sum mer 1968), 243-60, and “The Missouri and Nauvoo Mormons in Ante-bellum Fiction,” in a volume to be published by the Southern Illinois […]
[…] was destroyed in bombing raids, most written records were preserved because they were sent regularly to Salt Lake City. These records are only of limited value, however, since the record keepers of necessity avoided allusion […]
[…] Without a Church: Japanese Mormons in Japan From 1924 to 1948.” BYU Studies 15 (Winter 1975): 215-224. de Bausset, Philippe. “Les Mormons sont parmi nous .” Paris Match 1420 (August 14, 1976): 29-37. Decoo, […]
[…] of the question, “who will be on the earth during the millenium?” it is clear that a Missouri Mormon and his modern-day descendant would respond in different ways. Turning to the second question—what will […]
[…] information about the translation procedure than any other person. In 1887 he published a booklet in Richmond, Missouri, entitled An Address to All Believers in Christ, which includes this detailed description: I will now […]
[…] precedent for an informal direction of the Aaronic Priesthood by the bishops which was accepted as a de facto presidency. In 1841 the Aaronic Priesthood of Nauvoo was placed under the leadership of Bishops […]
[…] Church, 7:294. Although a separate First Presidency was not formed until 1847, Brigham Young was acting as de facto president of the Church at least by October 1844. For a more complete review of […]