On this episode, we dive into part 2 of our discussion of the Council of Fifty. What was it used for? Why was it convened? What transpired in the closed-door meetings? What documents do we have and how did they come to us? This episode is divided into 3 parts to help break down what we know about the Council of Fifty. 1) Conception; how did it come to be, what are the roots of this Council being formed, what’s the doctrinal basis for it? 2) Conjugation; the complete and total intercourse between church and state to accomplish a singular theocratic goal. 3) Conglomeration; the result of dozens leading thousands within a complex theology to one single goal, complete and absolute Mormon tyranny.

Links:

Church article on Seer Stones
https://www.churchofjesuschrist.org/study/history/topics/seer-stones?lang=eng

Council of Fifty minutes
https://www.josephsmithpapers.org/paper-summary/council-of-fifty-minutes-march-1844-january-1846-volume-1-10-march-1844-1-march-1845/389#full-transcript

Council of Fifty MormonThink
http://www.mormonthink.com/glossary/council-of-fifty.htm

Press release for CoF minutes
https://www.churchofjesuschrist.org/church/news/council-of-fifty-minutes-to-be-published-in-joseph-smith-papers-release?lang=eng

The Council of Fifty and Its Members by D. Michael Quinn BYU Studies 1980
https://byustudies.byu.edu/content/council-fifty-and-its-members-1844-1945

Joseph Smith journal 1842-44
https://www.josephsmithpapers.org/paper-summary/journal-december-1842-june-1844-book-4-1-march-22-june-1844/27

Joseph H. Jackson 1844 expose
http://www.olivercowdery.com/smithhome/1840s/1844Jack.htm

Announcements:

Sunstone History Podcast episode 12
https://www.sunstonemagazine.com/episode-12-crazy-for-kirtland/

John Whitmer History Conference
https://www.jwha.info/

Protect LDS Children March on October 5, 2019
https://www.sltrib.com/news/2019/07/28/former-lds-bishop-sam/
https://protectldschildren.org/

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