[…] Godfrey’s 1967 BYU Ph.D. dissertation, Causes of Mormon Non-Mormon Conflict in Han cock County, Illinois, 1839-1846, which de voted a chapter to “Masonry in Nauvoo.” The chapter was subsequently distilled into an article, “Joseph […]
[…] be so sure that it wasn’t Angelica herself who switched the cups?” I repeated the question, Angélica de mi alma, although I knew already that it wasn’t true. I had seen from your eyes […]
[…] exemptions for church property, prayer by a paid chaplain in a state legislature, and display of a city sponsored Nativity scene at Christmas time along with other Christmas symbols. On the other hand, the […]
[…] the Church was confronting national opposition, 2,000 LDS women gathered at the Capitol Theater in Salt Lake City on 6 March 1886 to address the reports that they were violating Christian marriage principles. Among […]
[…] wasn’t written primarily for a Mormon audience. And it wasn’t expected to sell well in Salt Lake City. But Bob Gottlieb and Peter Wiley, both outsiders to the LDS Church and to Utah, have […]
[…] They had buried more than one-fifth of their number along the banks of the Mississippi and the Missouri after a savage bout with cholera. Heavy snows had delayed them, killing many of their animals. […]
[…] Modern Period,” IB, I (1952): 127-41; Kendrick Grobel, “Biblical Criticism,” IDB I (1962) : 407-13; Simon J. De Vries, “History of Biblical Criti cism,” IDB I (1962) : 413-18; Elizabeth Achtemeier, “History of Interpretation: […]
[…] translate, perhaps misleadingly, as “church,” is ecclesia. Its Greek origin is significant. When an official entered a city to make a decree, those who gathered to hear the proclamation were called the ecclesia — […]
[…] total way of life. Consequently, building temples first, even though they are mainly designed in Salt Lake City and paid for with American-Canadian tithing, may be the best strategy in perfecting the new Saints. […]
[…] Brigham Young papers). Mary Elizabeth Rollins Lightner (n.d.), was an early and fervent member in Kirtland and Missouri. She and her husband, Adam Lightner, gathered with the Saints at Nauvoo and eventually Utah. Joseph […]