Council of Fifty, Minutes, March 1844–January 1846; Volume 2, 1 March–6 May 1845
Council of Fifty, Minutes, March 1844–January 1846; Volume 2, 1 March–6 May 1845
Source Note
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See source note under Council of Fifty, Minutes, March 1844–January 1846; Volume 1, 10 March 1844–1 March 1845.
Historical Introduction
Historical Introduction
See historical introduction under Council of Fifty, Minutes, March 1844–January 1846; Volume 1, 10 March 1844–1 March 1845.
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. 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, but if there are fools amongst us let them speak out their folly, and we [p. [288]]
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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.)
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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.)
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.
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