Faithful Saints

Church Spying On Polygamists & Turning Them Over To The Government

Church leaders were determined to distance the Church as far as possible from those who persisted in the practice on the Church’s periphery and make it apparent to everyone, both inside and outside the Church, that polygamy was no longer acceptable. These leaders influenced stiffer laws against polygamy and initiated surveillance to discover polygamists or would-be polygamists within Church ranks and provided their evidence to the state. Understood in this light, it is no surprise that the Fred E. Curtis papers, files of an L.D.S. bishop, were given to the Utah State Attorney General. Perhaps then it also no surprise that these files have been recently reactivated within the offices of the current Utah Attorney General.   Become a supporter of this podcast: https://www.spreaker.com/podcast/faithful-saints--5805960/support [https://www.spreaker.com/podcast/faithful-saints--5805960/support?utm_source=rss&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=rss].

Brigham Young: Faithful Fulfiller of The Measures of Joseph Smith

Gerrit Dirkmaat speaks at the 11th annual birthday dinner for the Interpreter Foundation on how the only reason we have Joseph Smith's teachings intact today is because of Brigham Young's loyality and hard work in making sure that as others were attacking Joseph's teachings, Brigham preserved them. www.faithfulsaints.com Become a supporter of this podcast: https://www.spreaker.com/podcast/faithful-saints--5805960/support [https://www.spreaker.com/podcast/faithful-saints--5805960/support?utm_source=rss&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=rss].

D&C 132 Authentic Revelation or Later Forgery?

This podcast explores the evidence that D&C 132 was indeed an authentic Nauvoo revelation received by Joseph Smith on July 12, 1843, and read to the Nauvoo High Council a month later on August 12, 1843. Support Faithful Saints here https://faithfulsaints.com/support/ *Joseph Smith and Hyrum Smith in June 1844 publicly confirmed that Joseph had a revelation regarding ancient polygamy and eternal marriage in the summer of 1843 and read it to the High Council. *In May 1844 William Law and Jane Law both signed affidavits describing parts of D&C 132 as read to them by Hyrum Smith. Austin Cowles signed an affidavit describing the revelation saying that Hyrum Smith read it to the High Council the previous year. *Five different members of the Nauvoo High Council gave testimony at later times that a revelation regarding practicing plural marriage was read to the Nauvoo High Council by Hyrum Smith: James Allred, Aaron Johnson, and Thomas Grover as followers of Brigham Young in Utah confirmed that D&C 132 was the same revelation read by Hyrum, as well as William Marks and Leonard Soby who were members of the Nauvoo High Council who didn't follow Brigham Young, yet confirmed Hyrum Smith read a revelation teaching plural marriage to the Nauvoo High Council. *Contemporary records of the Nauvoo High Council for August 12, 1843 record Hyrum Smith and William Marks gave "teachings" to the High Council. Franklin D. Richards' "Scriptural Items" notebook for that day confirm Hyrum Smith taught about principles regarding polygamy being restored on that day. *Smith family members who did not follow Brigham Young preserved and told tradition of Emma burning the revelation. Become a supporter of this podcast: https://www.spreaker.com/podcast/faithful-saints--5805960/support [https://www.spreaker.com/podcast/faithful-saints--5805960/support?utm_source=rss&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=rss].

The Reality of the Transfiguration of Brigham Young

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Building A Zion Society Today

The Order of Enoch Brigham Young 9th of October 1872, Journal of Discourses 15:219 [https://journalofdiscourses.com/15/30] Support Faithful Saints here https://faithfulsaints.com/support/ Become a supporter of this podcast: https://www.spreaker.com/podcast/faithful-saints--5805960/support [https://www.spreaker.com/podcast/faithful-saints--5805960/support?utm_source=rss&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=rss].