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"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 the Keys and Power thereof, and Judgment in the Hands of His Servants, Ahman Christ") [1] was a Latter Day Saint organization established by Joseph Smith in 1844 to symbolize and represent a future theocratic or theodemocratic "Kingdom of God ...
The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints (LDS Church), the largest church in the movement, restricts its priesthood to men, as do most of the other Latter Day Saint denominations. An exception is the Community of Christ , the second largest denomination of the movement, which began ordaining women to all of its priesthood offices in 1984.
In 1981, the church published a new LDS edition of the Standard Works that changed a passage in The Book of Mormon that Lamanites (considered by many Latter-day Saints to be Native Americans) will "become white and delightsome" after accepting the gospel of Jesus Christ. Instead of continuing the original reference to skin color, the new ...
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3.1 General LDS Church Templates. 3.2 LDS Church leadership. 3.3 Church Educational System. 4 Community of Christ (RLDS Church) specific.
Members of the Council of Fifty of the Church of Jesus Christ of Latter Day Saints Name Birth Death Admitted Released/Dropped Notes George J. Adams: ca. 1811: May 11, 1880: Between Mar. 14 and Apr. 11, 1844: February 4, 1845: After Joseph Smith's death, Adams joined with James Strang and the Church of Jesus Christ of Latter Day Saints (Strangite
27 June 1844 Joseph Smith and Hyrum Smith martyred. Amasa M. Lyman retires from First Presidency. 12 August 1844 Amasa M. Lyman returned to the Quorum. 6 October 1845 William Smith dropped from Quorum. He was excommunicated 19 October 1845. 9 February 1846 John E. Page disfellowshipped. He was excommunicated on 27 June 1846 16 July 1846 Ezra T ...
Worship services of the Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints (LDS Church) include weekly services held in meetinghouses on Sundays (or another day when local custom or law prohibits Sunday worship) in geographically based religious units (called wards or branches). Once per month, this weekly service is a fast and testimony meeting.