"The Council of Fifty" (also known as "the Living Constitution", "the Kingdom of God", or its name by revelation, "The Kingdom of God and His Laws with...
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In 1844, Joseph Smith, president of the Church of Jesus Christ of Latter Day Saints, established the Council of Fifty, a Latter Day Saint organization...
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John D. Lee (category American leaders of the Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints)
the Council of Fifty, a group of men who provided guidance in practical matters to the church, specifically concerning the move westward out of the established...
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Ezra Thayre (category American members of the Community of Christ)
Matthew C., ed. (2016). "Council of Fifty, Minutes, 11 Apr. 1845". The Joseph Smith Papers, Administrative Records: Council of Fifty, Minutes March 1844–January...
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Brigham Young (category Presidents of the Quorum of the Twelve Apostles (LDS Church))
organized the migration of the Latter Day Saints from Missouri to Illinois, where he became an inaugural member of the Council of Fifty. In 1844, while he...
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Theodemocracy (category History of the Latter Day Saint movement)
would consist of "many officers and branches... as there are now to that of the United States." It is known that the Council of Fifty, which Smith organized...
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arm of the organization—the Council of Fifty—which was to work under the direction of the priesthood authority of the church. The Council of Fifty was...
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Succession crisis (Latter Day Saints) (category History of the Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints)
called seventy-three men and boys to a "Grand Council," perhaps an adaptation of the Council of Fifty. Also at the conference, the new church organization...
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Anointed Quorum (category Church of Christ (Latter Day Saints))
Latter Day Saint movement portal Council of Fifty Council of Friends Quinn, D. Michael. Mormon Hierarchy: Origins of Power Salt Lake City: Signature Books...
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and Sofia. ECFR was founded in 2007 by Mark Leonard together with a council of fifty founding members, chaired by Martti Ahtisaari, Joschka Fischer, and...
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believed by George D. Smith (Smith 1994) Quinn, D. Michael (1980). "The Council of Fifty and Its Members, 1844 to 1945" (PDF). BYU Studies. Provo, UT: Brigham...
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W. W. Phelps (Mormon) (category American leaders of the Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints)
by Smith to serve as assistant president of the church in Missouri and as a member of the Council of Fifty. After Smith's death, Phelps supported Brigham...
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Ensign Peak (category The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints in Utah)
Jedediah S. (2017). "The Council of Fifty in Western History". In Grow, Matthew J.; Smith, R. Eric Smith (eds.). The Council of Fifty: What the Records Reveal...
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Nauvoo Legion (redirect from Battle of Nauvoo)
names: authors list (link) The Joseph Smith Papers, p. 321, Volume 2. Council of Fifty, Minutes March 1844–January 1846 1 March–6 May 1845. p. 321, editorial...
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William Clayton (Latter Day Saint) (category Nauvoo, Illinois city council members)
Joseph Smith and became his clerk and scribe. He was a member of the Council of Fifty and Smith's private prayer circle. Clayton participated in plural...
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Alpheus Cutler, a member of the Nauvoo High Council and of Joseph Smith's Council of Fifty. Cutler justified his establishment of an independent church organization...
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Heber J. Grant (category Presidents of the Quorum of the Twelve Apostles (LDS Church))
failure as a result of arteriosclerosis. As the final surviving member of the church's Council of Fifty, his death marked the formal end of the organization...
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Alpheus Cutler (category People excommunicated by the Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints)
Cutler served on the Nauvoo High Council, and the Anointed Quorum; he was also named to Joseph Smith's Council of Fifty. Cutler received his endowment under...
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Quorum (Latter Day Saints) (category Organizational subdivisions of the Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints)
numerous local quorums for each congregation. The Council of Fifty, or General Council, was not part of the church, but a quorum-like body designed as a forerunner...
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Department 56 (category Ceramics manufacturers of the United States)
ncc56.com. National Council of Fifty Six Clubs. Retrieved June 16, 2017. "Sortable listing of all clubs". National Council of Fifty Six Clubs. Archived...
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John Pack (category Canadian leaders of the Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints)
April 4, 1885) was a member of the Council of Fifty and a missionary in the early days of the Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints (LDS Church)...
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Council of Fifty. The Confederate Nations of Israel is multi-denominational and combines ecumenical spiritual doctrines with ultimate aspirations of quasi-theocratic...
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for Mormon dominance." The Council of Fifty (which originally had fifty-three members) included only three non-Mormons, two of whom were known counterfeiters...
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pseudo-historical account of early Church councils from 887. In 331, Constantine commissioned fifty Bibles for the use of the Bishop of Constantinople, but...
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Charles Shumway (category Members of the Utah Territorial Legislature)
was an early member of the Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints who served as a member of the Council of Fifty and was part of the Utah Legislature...
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Benjamin F. Johnson (category American leaders of the Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints)
November 18, 1905) was an early member of The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints, a member of the Council of Fifty, and a private secretary to Joseph...
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Reynolds Cahoon (category Utah city council members)
later, in The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints (LDS Church). He was one of the inaugural members of the Council of Fifty, organized by Joseph...
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John E. Page (category Apostles of the Church of Christ (Latter Day Saints))
his position with the Quorum of the Twelve Apostles.[citation needed] Page was then called to serve in the Council of Fifty in 1845 to help plan and facilitate...
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Edward Bonney (section Investigations of the Banditti of the Prairie and the murderers of Colonel Davenport)
leader of the Church of Jesus Christ of Latter Day Saints, who was a friend, to be a member of the Mormon theocratic "Council of Fifty. He was one of three...
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Edmunds Act (redirect from Edmunds Anti-Polygamy Act of 1882)
Angus M. Cannon — 1885 — a stake president, member of the Council of Fifty, and younger brother of apostle George Q. Cannon. Cannon was sentenced to six...
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