Leadership Crisis at Fayette Kevin Hinckley Khinckley 1yahoo
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Leadership Crisis at Fayette Kevin Hinckley Khinckley 1@yahoo. com
Signs of the Times…
For Pat Downes, Ron Smith, et al
Summer, 1830 Joseph is living in Harmony (Translation) Oliver Cowdrey with his inlaws, the Whitmers Two points of difficulty arise: The editing of the Constitution of the Church (Section 20) Hiram Page Incident Joseph moves to Fayette and a conference is held at the Whitmer home Peter
D&C 28 1 Behold, I say unto thee, Oliver… 2 …no one shall be appointed to receive commandments and revelations in this church excepting my servant Joseph Smith, Jun. , for he receiveth them even as Moses. 3 And thou shalt be obedient unto the things which I shall give unto him, even as Aaron, to declare faithfully the commandments and the revelations, with power and authority unto the church. 6 And thou shalt not command him who is at thy head, and at the head of the church; 11 And again, thou shalt take thy brother, Hiram Page, between him and thee alone, and tell him that those things which he hath written from that stone are not of me and that Satan deceiveth him;
Journal of Newell Knight On my arrival [at Fayette] I found Brother Joseph in great distress of mind on account of Hyrum Page, who had managed to get up some dissension of feeling among the brethren by giving revelations concerning the government of the Church and other matters, which he claimed to have received through the medium of a stone he possessed. … Even Oliver Cowdery and the Whitmer family had given heed to them, although they were in contradiction to the New Testament and the revelations of these last days. Here was a chance for Satan to work among the little flock, and he sought by this means to accomplish what persecution failed to do. Joseph was perplexed and scarcely knew how to meet this new exigency. That night I occupied the same room that he did and the greater part of the night was spent in prayer and supplication. After much labor with these brethren they were convinced of their error, and confessed the same, renouncing the revelations as not being of God,
1913 First Presidency Message (Quoted by Harold B. Lee in 1972 Conference) From the days of Hiram Page. . . at different periods there have been manifestations from delusive spirits to members of the Church. . When visions, dreams, tongues, prophecy, impressions or an extraordinary gift of inspiration convey something out of harmony with the accepted revelations of the Church or contrary to the decisions of its constituted authorities, Latterday Saints may know that it is not of God, no matter how plausible it may appear
They had forgotten earlier revelations D&C 5: 6 For hereafter you [Joseph] shall be ordained and go forth and deliver my words unto the children of men. 9 Behold, verily I say unto you, I have reserved those things which I have entrusted unto you, my servant Joseph, for a wise purpose in me, and it shall be made known unto future generations; 10 But this generation shall have my word through you;
Joseph Smith Translations Robert J. Matthews, BYU Book Timeframe The Book of Mormon Between 1828 and 1829 Language Reformed Egyptian D&C Section 7 John the Apostle April 1829 Probably Aramaic or Greek The JST June 1830 to 1833 English (Restoration) The Book of Abraham July 1835 to March 1842 Egyptian Scroll of Joseph December 1835 Egyptian Joseph. Cowdery Smith translated English 1835, in April by use of the Oliver reported it ininto December that 1829 the work contained Urim and Thummim. It is notthe clear from the Prophet's record an account of the Creation, Godhead, the Final Judgment, whether he actually had the document, or saw it in vision, or was Enoch's pillar, and other things given the translation by inspiration without seeing the document.
What He revealed through Joseph Smith about Easter Christian World Jesus died and rose again He died for us We must believe in him Latter-Day Saints Jesus died and rose again He died for us We must believe in him We will be resurrected too We can be exalted He visited the dead He visited the Nephites
Question: What other doctrines or knowledge did Joseph Smith give to the world?
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