| Name of the church is
changed from the Church of Christ to the Church of the Latter Day Saints. |
| Date |
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May 3, 1834 |
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| Location |
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Kirtland |
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| Description |
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… conference
of the Elders … |
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| Moderator |
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Joseph Smith |
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| Clerks |
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Frederick G. Williams
and Oliver Cowdery |
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Evening and Morning Star |
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Manuscript History of the Church |
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EMS 2,
no. 20 (May 1834): 160.
, 477. |
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Kirtland, Ohio,
May 3, 1834. |
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"Kirtland, Ohio, May 3d 1834." |
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| Church
organized in Fayette |
¶ |
MINUTES of a Conference of the Elders of the church of Christ, which
church was organized in the township of Fayette, Seneca county, New-York.
on the 6th of April, A. D. 1830.
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"Minutes of a Conference of the
elders of the church of Christ, which church was {sent to} organized in
the township of Fayette., Seneca County, New York, on the 6th of April,
A. D. 1830. |
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Accounts
of April 6, 1830 |
| Joseph
chosen moderator |
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The Conference came to order, and Joseph Smith Jr. was chosen Moderator,
and Frederick G. Williams and Oliver
Cowdery, were appointed clerks.
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President Joseph
Smith Junr. was chosen Moderator; and Frederick
G. Williams and Oliver Cowdery,
were appointed clerks. |
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| Sidney
suggests The Church of the Latter Day Saints |
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After prayer the Conference proceeded to discuss the subject of names
and appellations, when a motion was made by Sidney Rigdon, and seconded
by Newel K. Whitney, that this church
be known hereafter by the name of THE CHURCH OF THE LATTER DAY SAINTS.
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"After Prayer the conference
proceeded to discuss the subject of names. and appellations, when a motion
was made by Sidney Rigdon, and seconded by Newel
K. Whitney. that this church be known hereafter by the name of the church
of the Latter Day Saints. |
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Oliver
Cowdery's editorial on the new name is in The
Church of the Latter Day Saints.
TS 6, no. 20 (Jan. 1, 1846): 1074
has The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter Day Saints, but HC
2:62–63 has (in quotation marks): "The Church of the Latter-day
Saints" with a note discussing the name of the church. |
Discussion
Approved |
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Appropriate remarks were delivered by some
of the members, after which
the motion was put by the Moderator, and passed by unanimous voice.
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Remarks were made by the members. after
which the motion was passed by unanimous voice. |
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| Conferences
and churches to use new name |
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Resolved that this Conference recommend to the Conferences and
churches abroad, that in making out and transmitting Minutes of their
proceedings, such minutes and proceedings be made out under the above
title.
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"Resolved. that this conference recommend
to the Conferences and churches abroad, that in making out and transmitting
minutes of their proceedings, such minutes and proceedings be made out
under the above title. |
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| Publish
in the Sar |
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Resolved that these Minutes be signed by the Moderator and Clerks,
and published in The Evening and The Morning Star.
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"Resolved. that these Minutes be signed
by the moderator, and clerks, and published in the Evening and
Morning Star. <(Page 352)> |
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"The Star is not again
to be published, nor a [353] press set up by any of the society in this
[Jackson] county:—" MH-C, 352–353. |
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JOSEPH SMITH JR. Moderator.
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Joseph Smith Junr. Moderator— |
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Frederick G. Williams, Oliver Cowdery. Clerks.
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Frederick G. Williams, Oliver Cowdery. Clerks. |
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Minutes of June 23, 1834
Minutes of April 20–21, 1834
Ohio Minutes
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