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The Fundamentalist Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-Day Saints was founded by excommunicated Polygamists. 1942 Helmuth Hübener was excommunicated from the church and executed by the German government because of his resistance to the Third Reich, on 27 October. 1952 First graphical representation of the Plan of salvation (Latter Day Saints). 1955
The Acolyte by Abraham Solomon, 1842. An acolyte is an assistant or follower assisting the celebrant in a religious service or procession. In many Christian denominations, an acolyte is anyone performing ceremonial duties such as lighting altar candles. In others, the term is used for one who has been inducted into a particular liturgical ...
In Christianity, minor orders are ranks of church ministry. [1] In the Catholic Church, the predominating Latin Church formerly distinguished between the major orders—priest (including bishop), deacon and subdeacon—and four minor orders—acolyte, exorcist, lector, and porter (in descending order of seniority).
Others remained unaffiliated, however, and in 1863 a group of Latter Day Saints from Illinois and Indiana united under the leadership of Granville Hedrick and reclaimed the name of the movement's original organization, the "Church of Christ." This group was the first group of Latter Day Saints to return to Independence, Missouri, to "redeem Zion."
The history of the Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints (LDS Church) has three main periods, described generally as: [1] [2] [3] the early history during the lifetime of Joseph Smith , which is in common with most Latter Day Saint movement churches;
[6] [7] Pope Benedict XVI spoke of Saint Tarcisius as "presumably an acolyte, that is, an altar server". [8] However, within the Latin Church, the term "acolyte" is also used in a more restricted sense, often specified as "instituted acolyte", [9] to mean an adult woman or man who has received the instituted ministry of that name.
William Smith readmitted to Quorum by a vote of the Church 27 June 1839 – 14 April 1840 Brigham Young (de facto) Brigham Young, Heber C. Kimball, Orson Hyde, Parley P. Pratt, William Smith, Orson Pratt, John E. Page, John Taylor, Wilford Woodruff, George A. Smith: Joseph Smith: Orson Hyde readmitted to Quorum by a vote of the Church
The development of the ministry of altar server has a long history. By the early Middle Ages, some of these ministries were formalized under the term "minor orders" and (along with the diaconate) used as steps to priestly ordination. One of the minor orders was the office of acolyte. [1] Altar servers are a substitute for an instituted acolyte.