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Has Opposed Sustained - Mormon Doctrine Studies - Posted: 12th Sep, 2008 - 4:07pm
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Post Date: 12th Sep, 2008 - 3:31am / Post ID: #
Sustained Than Opposed Been Has
Josh, you pose a really good question. It took me along time to remember where I had read something along these lines. I finally found it :
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| At Nauvoo, Joseph Smith sought to displace Rigdon from the Presidency of the Church. In 1841 Joseph appointed John C. Bennett as Assistant president to assume Rigdon's duties, and on 13 August 1843, a conference of the Church at Nauvoo temporarily disfellowshipped Rigdon for allegedly aiding anti-Mormons. Nevertheless, a general conference on 7 October 1843, voted to retain Rigdon as first counselor even though Joseph Smith proposed that Rigdon be deposed and excommunicated. Forced to have a counselor he didn't want, the Prophet remarked: "I have thrown him off my shoulders, and you have again put him on me. You may carry him, but I will not." --D. Michael Quinn, Brigham Young University Studies, Vol. 16 No. 2, Winter 1976, p.190. |
So, you see, the law of common consent worked against Joseph Smith!
Sustained Than Opposed Been Has
| QUOTE (JB @ 12-Sep 08, 7:07 AM) |
| what was Quinn's source for that account? |
It is indeed an interesting quote. The members at that time really had a mind on their own! Dr. Quinn's sources comes from History of the Church, vol. VI, p. 49.
Post Date: 12th Sep, 2008 - 3:12pm / Post ID: #
Sustained Than Opposed Been Has
Boy, that is a gem I have searched for. Some type of proof that the sustaining vote is indeed supposed to be a vote of common consent, even against the President.
Does anyone have a copy of this book? I would like a copy of the page.
I know Joseph Smith was voted in unanimously as the leader/president of the church. And that event was clearly a vote, not a divine assignment. 
Edited: Amonhi on 12th Sep, 2008 - 3:16pm
Has Anyone Been Opposed More Than Sustained?
I believe LDS_forever pointed out the original source which is widely available:
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| Dr. Quinn's sources comes from History of the Church, vol. VI, p. 49. |
What I like about it is that even though that is what the Church was unanimous about Joseph still was not interested in 'accepting'. Voice of the people is the voice of God and all that.
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