Council of Fifty, Minutes, March 1844–January 1846; Volume 2, 1 March–6 May 1845

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Council of Fifty, Minutes, March 1844–January 1846; Volume 2, 1 March–6 May 1845
1 March 1845 • Saturday, continued Page 1 4 March 1845 • Tuesday Page 32 11 March 1845 • Tuesday Page 77 18 March 1845 • Tuesday Page 131 22 March 1845 • Saturday Page 181 25 March 1845 • Tuesday Page 231 5 April 1845 • Saturday Page 266 11 April 1845 • Friday Page 267 15 April 1845 • Tuesday Page 327 22 April 1845 • Tuesday Page 349 29 April 1845 • Tuesday Page 355 6 May 1845 • Tuesday Page 361
Source Note
See source note under Council of Fifty, Minutes, March 1844–January 1846; Volume 1, 10 March 1844–1 March 1845.
Historical Introduction
See historical introduction under Council of Fifty, Minutes, March 1844–January 1846; Volume 1, 10 March 1844–1 March 1845.
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and controls all the affairs pertaining to it. When Joseph was living it was Joseph and his council that governed the affairs of the whole church, and it is now the Twelve which governs, and he dont suppose that any other body could counteract their influence amongst this people. This fifty will be the governing and controlling body of this kingdom even if we called in ten thousand men into the council. He will defy any man to draw the line between the spiritual and temporal affairs in the kingdom of God.
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Young expressed similar views during the 1844 deliberations of the council. (See Council of Fifty, “Record,” 5 and 11 Apr. 1844.)
Every man that is in this organization has to do with every thing between earth and heaven or hell. There has always been an objection in this church to listening to what is termed explateration,
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“Explaterate” was an American English slang term meaning “to hold forth; explain in detail.” (Farmer and Henley, Slang and Its Analogues, 2:361.)
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Farmer, John S., and W. E. Henley, eds. Slang and Its Analogues, Past and Present: A Dictionary, Historical and Comparative, of the Heterodox Speech of All Classes of Society for More Than Three Hundred Years. With Synonyms in English, French, German, Italian, Etc. 7 vols. [London], 1890–1904.
but if there are fools amongst us let them speak out their folly, and we [p. [288]]
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Council of Fifty, Minutes, March 1844–January 1846; Volume 2, 1 March–6 May 1845
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[416]
Young expressed similar views during the 1844 deliberations of the council. (See Council of Fifty, “Record,” 5 and 11 Apr. 1844.)
[417]
“Explaterate” was an American English slang term meaning “to hold forth; explain in detail.” (Farmer and Henley, Slang and Its Analogues, 2:361.)
Farmer, John S., and W. E. Henley, eds. Slang and Its Analogues, Past and Present: A Dictionary, Historical and Comparative, of the Heterodox Speech of All Classes of Society for More Than Three Hundred Years. With Synonyms in English, French, German, Italian, Etc. 7 vols. [London], 1890–1904.