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Conflict in the Quorum : Orson Pratt, Brigham Young, Joseph Smith / Gary James Bergera.
Van Pelt Library BX8695.P69 B47 2002
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- Format:
- Book
- Author/Creator:
- Bergera, Gary James.
- Language:
- English
- Subjects (All):
- Pratt, Orson, 1811-1881.
- Pratt, Orson.
- Smith, Joseph, Jr., 1805-1844.
- Smith, Joseph.
- Young, Brigham, 1801-1877.
- Young, Brigham.
- Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints--History--19th century.
- Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints.
- Church controversies--Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints--History--19th century.
- Church controversies.
- Church controversies--Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints.
- History.
- Physical Description:
- xi, 312 pages ; 24 cm
- Place of Publication:
- Salt Lake City : Signature Books, [2002]
- Summary:
- Like Uriah and his wife Bathsheba in the Old Testament, Orson Pratt, the bright, thirty-one-year-old member of the Mormon hierarchy, was forced to choose between his wife and his spiritual leader, Joseph Smith. The year was 1842, the place Nauvoo, Illinois. Pratt would forever after be associated with controversy -- a fly in the ointment in Brigham Young's view. His willingness to speak his mind put him at odds with Joseph Smith, Brigham Young, and Orson's own brother Parley. But his integrity and intellectualism kept him in the inner circles, even though Young demoted him in the Quorum of the Twelve. This action prevented his eventual succession as LDS church president.
- These three -- Smith, Young, and Pratt -- though they mingled like oil, air, and water, continue to hold more influence over Mormon thought than any subsequent church leader.
- Contents:
- Prologue. "Out of the Church" 1
- 1. "My Sorrows Are Greater than I Can Bear!" 7
- 2. Return to Power and Authority 33
- 3. Perfectly Submissive 53
- 4. Preaching Salvation and Eternal Truth 85
- 5. A Great Mystery 113
- 6. False Doctrine 137
- 7. "Let Br. Pratt Do as He Will" 153
- 8. Matters of the Gods 169
- 9. Apparent Contradictions 189
- 10. While Wickedness Stalks Unrebuked 213
- 11. The Interests of Posterity 227
- 12. Regret for Past Sins 245
- 13. Adjusting Matters 261
- Epilogue: Because He Faltered 279.
- Notes:
- "A Smith-Pettit Foundation book".
- Includes bibliographical references (pages 287-300) and index.
- ISBN:
- 1560851643
- OCLC:
- 50852001
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