Category: Mormon Leadership
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The Role of Prophet, Seer and Revelator in Mormonism
By Sandra Tanner [From a talk given by Sandra Tanner, May 30, 2009, at the Compassionate Boldness Conference in Salt Lake City, Utah.] At the April, 2009 annual conference of the Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints, Thomas Monson was formally set apart as the “Prophet, Seer and Revelator” of the church. But what…
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Nauvoo Expositor (excerpts, part 3)
The newspaper published in 1844 that exposed Joseph Smith’s polygamy practices and later led to his death after he ordered the printing press destroyed. For background information see: Full text of the Nauvoo Expositor available here (PDF) (typescript excerpts) [page 4, column 2] THE MORMONS. We last week gave some account of the dissensions and…
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Nauvoo Expositor (excerpts, part 2)
The newspaper published in 1844 that exposed Joseph Smith’s polygamy practices and later led to his death after he ordered the printing press destroyed. For background information see: Full text of the Nauvoo Expositor available here (PDF) (typescript excerpts) [page 2, column 5] THE EXPOSITOR. FRIDAY, JUNE 7, 1844 SYLVESTER EMMONS, Editor. INTRODUCTORY. In greeting…
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Nauvoo Expositor (excerpts, part 1)
The newspaper published in 1844 that exposed Joseph Smith’s polygamy practices and later led to his death after he ordered the printing press destroyed. For background information see: Full text of the Nauvoo Expositor available here (PDF) (typescript excerpts) NAUVOO EXPOSITOR —THE TRUTH, THE WHOLE TRUTH, AND NOTHING BUT THE TRUTH.— NAUVOO, ILLINOIS, FRIDAY, JUNE…
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Brigham Young’s Estate
By Sandra Tanner Evidence showing how Brigham Young “borrowed” from the Church and died owing over $1 million dollars. Brigham Young, second president of the Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints, was born on June 1, 1801 in Vermont. He came from a family of eleven children and went on to become a farmer…
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Heber C. Kimball Sermon: Blood Atonement
Heber C. Kimball (first counselor to Brigham Young in the First Presidency) preaches that he “can see right through” many hypocritical Latter-day Saints with hidden sin, but that they should obtain mercy if they repent. Those who are not repentant, or whose sin is unforgivable (shedding innocent blood, or sinning against the Holy Ghost) “are…
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Mormon Church Appoints 2 New Apostles: Non-Anglos Need Not Apply?
Though over half of the Mormon Church’s 12 million members are now in countries outside North America, the Quorum of the Twelve remains a solidly white body.
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LDS Church Ordains Two New Apostles
By Sandra Tanner With the death of two apostles this year the LDS Church was faced with the need to find two replacements. In spite of the fact that at least one third of the LDS Church membership is Latin American, the church turned to a North American and a German, both of whom are…
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LDS Leaders Claim to be Descended from Christ and His Apostles
Mormons are told in their Patriarchal Blessing that they are descendants of the twelve tribes of Israel.
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LDS Church Should Set Members Free
Concerning LDS members’ access to information on church membership policies. This opinion piece is related to our larger article:Copyright Lawsuit — LDS Church v. Utah Lighthouse Ministry It originally appeared in the University of Utah’s student newspaper, The Daily Utah Chronicle, October 21, 1999, and is used here by permission. OPINION: LDS Church Should Set…