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ORDINATIONS AND COVENANTS - Godbeite Transcription

As found in the Mormon Tribune on April 2nd, 1870 ORDINATIONS AND COVENANTS. By Joseph Salisbury All ordinations should be made with strict reference to the natural qualifications of the person to be ordained. A misconception of this fact has led to an innumerable list of evils in the old organization. It had been foolishly supposed that ordination gave qualification, hence when Joseph Smith was murdered there arose aspirants for the leadership from many quarters, each basing his claims on the supposition that it was his right by virtue of the office he occupied at the time of the Prophet’s death, without ever taking into consideration whether Nature had endowed him with those qualities pre-requisite in the leader of the Church of Christ. But judging from the outcome of the whole affair, none of those who aspired to the successorship to the presidency possessed either the prophetic or the seer qualities in their natures. The bulk of the Church which survived the martyrdom of the Seer–i...
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Successive Ordination - Godbeite Transcription

 I haven't quite had time to write a commentary for these next two articles or to transcribe them into the Deseret alphabet, but I decided to publish them early for people to access. Hopefully the commentary and apisizations will be coming soon! As found in the Mormon Tribune on April 2nd, 1870 Is Successive Ordination Necessary? A Discourse by Elder W. H. Shearman The idea prevails among the Latter-day Saints that no man has any right to receive revelation pertaining to the interests of the church or for the instruction of its members excepting the First Presidency, or some one ordained by them for this purpose, and that, if any other persons assume this prerogative, it is conclusive proof that they are in league with the devil and that their revelations emanate from him. It is assumed that God has no right to reveal anything  for the reproof, correction or guidance of the church or its leaders except through its presiding priesthood; and some orthodox brethren have gone so f...
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THE CHURCH OF ZION - Godbeite Transcription

I haven't quite had time to write a commentary for these next two articles or to transcribe them into the Deseret alphabet, but I decided to publish them early for people to access. Hopefully the commentary and apisizations will be coming soon!   As found in the Mormon Tribune on March 26th, 1870 THE CHURCH OF ZION; OR, THE QUESTION IS IT SPIRITUALISM? By E. L. T. Harrison [Being the substance of a discourse delivered Sunday evening, March 20th, 1870.] I propose this evening to answer the question raised concerning the revelations of the Church of Zion, to what extent are they founded on Spiritualism. As most of you are aware, no sooner did this Movement commence, and even before it was fairly stated, a hue and cry of “Delusion and Spiritualism” was raised throughout the Territory by the leaders of the orthodox body. As soon as the Movement was in operation, certain persons belonging to that organization, triumphantly asserted that they had thoroughly examined our system and discov...
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FABULOUS CONCEPTIONS - Godbeite Transcription and Commentary

Notwithstanding the great time commitment needed to pull it off, this will hopefully be the first in a series of blog posts on the Godbeites, a schismatic Mormon organization active around the 1870s in Utah that split from orthodox Brighamitism out of a commitment to liberalism, progressivism, free thought, and antiauthoritarianism; who established several liberal institutions - including the newspaper that became the Salt Lake Tribune - but fizzled out after only a few decades. As Reform Mormons, a present group with a very similar set of foundational principles, many of us feel a strong kinship with these early heretics, and as such, my friend Evan Sharley and I have recently begun researching them in depth, beginning by reading through their writings printed in their official publications. So far, we have found many writings that largely resonate with us, even as we find many others, however intended with noble spirit, grossly miss the mark. Because of the great principles contained...
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๐™๐ˆ๐’๐†๐…๐ข๐Š๐ ๐—๐Š๐ค๐๐‡๐‘๐Ÿ๐Š๐ค๐ž - ๐˜๐ช๐ผ๐บ๐จ๐ด๐ป ๐“๐‘‰๐ฐ๐‘Œ๐‘…๐ฟ๐‘‰๐ฎ๐น๐‘‡๐‘Œ ๐ฐ๐‘Œ๐ผ ๐—๐ช๐‘‹๐‘Œ๐ป๐ฉ๐‘‰๐จ

๐ค๐ช๐ป๐ถ๐ฎ๐‘ƒ๐‘…๐ป๐ฐ๐‘Œ๐ผ๐จ๐‘ ๐‘„ ๐‘€๐‘‰๐ฉ๐ป ๐ป๐ด๐‘‹ ๐ฟ๐ฒ๐‘‹๐ฎ๐ป๐‘‹๐‘Œ๐ป ๐‘Œ๐จ๐ผ๐ฎ๐ผ ๐ป๐ญ ๐น๐‘Š ๐ฎ๐ป ๐ช๐‘, ๐‘„๐ฎ๐‘… ๐ถ๐ฎ๐‘Š ๐ธ๐ฌ๐น๐‘๐ฒ๐‘Š๐จ ๐บ ๐‘„ ๐‘๐‘‰๐‘…๐ป ๐ฎ๐‘Œ ๐ฒ ๐‘…๐จ๐‘‰๐จ๐‘† ๐‘‚ ๐บ๐‘Š๐ช๐‘€ ๐น๐ฌ๐‘…๐ป๐‘… ๐ช๐‘Œ ๐‘„ ๐˜๐ช๐ผ๐บ๐จ๐ด๐ป๐‘…, ๐ฒ ๐‘…๐ฟ๐ฎ๐‘†๐‘‹๐ฐ๐ผ๐ฎ๐ฟ ๐ฃ๐ฌ๐‘‰๐‘‹๐‘Œ ๐ฌ๐‘‰๐‘€๐ฒ๐‘Œ๐ฎ๐‘†๐ฉ๐‘‡๐‘Œ ๐ฐ๐ฟ๐ป๐ฎ๐‘‚ ๐ฒ๐‘‰๐ต๐‘Œ๐ผ ๐‘„ 1870๐‘† ๐ฎ๐‘Œ ๐ง๐ป๐ช ๐‘„๐ฐ๐ป ๐‘…๐น๐‘Š๐ฎ๐ป ๐‘๐‘‰๐‘‹ ๐ฌ๐‘‰๐‘ƒ๐ฒ๐ผ๐ช๐ฟ๐‘… ๐’๐‘‰๐ฎ๐‘€๐ฒ๐‘‹๐ด๐ป๐ฎ๐‘†๐‘‹ ๐ต๐ป ๐‘‚ ๐ฒ ๐ฟ๐ฒ๐‘‹๐ฎ๐ป๐‘‹๐‘Œ๐ป ๐ป๐ญ ๐‘Š๐ฎ๐บ๐ฒ๐‘‰๐ฒ๐‘Š๐ฎ๐‘†๐‘‹, ๐น๐‘‰๐ฒ๐‘€๐‘‰๐ฏ๐‘…๐ฎ๐‘‚๐ฎ๐‘†๐‘‹, ๐‘๐‘‰๐จ ๐‘ƒ๐ช๐ป, ๐ฐ๐‘Œ๐ผ ๐ฐ๐‘Œ๐ป๐ด๐ช๐‘ƒ๐ฌ๐‘‰๐ฎ๐ป๐ฉ๐‘‰๐จ๐ฒ๐‘Œ๐ฎ๐‘†๐‘‹; ๐ธ๐ญ ๐ฏ๐‘…๐ป๐ฐ๐บ๐‘Š๐ฎ๐‘‡๐ป ๐‘…๐ฏ๐‘‚๐‘‰๐ฒ๐‘Š ๐‘Š๐ฎ๐บ๐ฒ๐‘‰๐ฒ๐‘Š ๐ฎ๐‘Œ๐‘…๐ป๐ฎ๐ป๐ญ๐‘‡๐‘Œ๐‘† - ๐ฎ๐‘Œ๐ฟ๐‘‰๐‘‹๐‘Š๐ญ๐ผ๐จ๐‘ ๐‘„ ๐‘Œ๐ญ๐‘…๐น๐ฉ๐น๐‘‰ ๐‘„๐ฐ๐ป ๐บ๐ฎ๐ฟ๐ฉ๐‘‹ ๐‘„ ๐๐ช๐‘Š๐ป ๐ข๐ฉ๐ฟ ๐“๐‘‰๐ฎ๐บ๐‘๐‘Œ - ๐บ๐ฒ๐ป ๐‘๐ฎ๐‘†๐‘Š๐ผ ๐ต๐ป ๐ฐ๐‘๐ป๐‘‰ ๐ฌ๐‘Œ๐‘Š๐จ ๐ฒ ๐‘๐‘ ๐ผ๐ฏ๐ฟ๐ฉ๐ผ๐‘†. ๐ˆ๐‘† ๐ก๐ฎ๐‘๐ฌ๐‘‰๐‘‹ ๐ฃ๐ฌ๐‘‰๐‘‹๐‘Œ๐‘†, ๐ฒ ๐น๐‘‰๐ฏ๐‘†๐‘Œ๐ป ๐‘€๐‘‰๐ญ๐น ๐ถ๐ฎ๐‘ƒ ๐ฒ ๐‘‚๐ฉ๐‘‰๐จ ๐‘…๐ฎ๐‘‹๐ฎ๐‘Š๐‘‰ ๐‘…๐ฏ๐ป ๐‘‚ ๐‘๐ต๐‘Œ๐ผ๐ฉ๐‘‡๐ฒ๐‘Œ๐‘Š ๐น๐‘‰๐ฎ๐‘Œ๐‘…๐ฎ๐น๐‘Š๐‘†, ๐‘‹๐ฏ๐‘Œ๐จ ๐‘‚ ๐ฒ๐‘… ๐‘๐จ๐‘Š ๐ฒ ๐‘…๐ป๐‘‰๐ช๐‘ ๐‘…๐ฏ๐‘Œ๐‘… ๐‘‚ ๐ฟ๐ฎ๐‘Œ๐‘‡๐ฎ๐น ๐ถ๐ฎ๐‘ƒ ๐‘„๐จ๐‘† ๐‘‰๐‘Š๐จ ๐ธ๐ฉ๐‘‰๐ฎ๐ป๐ฎ๐ฟ๐‘…, ๐ฐ๐‘Œ๐ผ ๐ฐ๐‘† ๐‘…๐ฒ๐ฝ, ...
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FAQ from the Community of Christ Hungarian Website

English Translation Translated from the Hungarian in 2025 by Istvรกn Jamrik What is the difference between Christian churches and Restorationists in general?  There are not many essential differences. Our faith in Jesus and our belief in the Holy Trinity are the same as those of Protestant churches. A significant difference is that we go all the way back to the biblical roots and practice few traditions and ceremonies adopted since then in our religion. Our church also has similarly ordained female clergy who are respected and have the same role or level as men in everything. What is the most significant difference from the beliefs of other Christians?  The doctrine of the openness of revelation. This means that according to our understanding, God spoke even after the last lines of the Bible were written and still speaks to people in our more complicated times. From this, it follows that we also accept as scripture other works written by inspired people who, like the writers of...
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