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428: A Visual History of the Community of Christ (RLDS) Pt. 3: Regathering the Old Saints, the Reorganization 1860-1910
428: A Visual History of the Community of Christ (RLDS) Pt. 3: Regathering the Old Saints, the Reorganization 1860-1910
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Length:
77 minutes
Released:
Jul 9, 2013
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Podcast episode
Description
In Part 3, John Hamer talks about how Latter Day Saints living in the Midwest who continued to oppose polygamy were able to regroup and come together as the Reorganized Church of Jesus Christ of Latter Day Saints. These members included Joseph Smith Jr.’s immediate family. Joseph and Emma’s eldest surviving son, Joseph Smith III, led the RLDS Church as prophet for 54 years. Described by his biographer as a "pragmatic prophet," Joseph III was able to successfully weld diverse old Saints who had been Strangites, Cutlerites, Wightites, Whitermites, Rigdonites, Thompsonites, Brighamites, Morrisites, and more, into a Restoration tradition church that took the Kirtland era as its model. The fact that Joseph III grew up in the ruins of Nauvoo and had learned to live with his neighbors influenced the Reorganization’s strong peace tradition.
Released:
Jul 9, 2013
Format:
Podcast episode
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