| Phineas
H. Young is disfellowshipped for unchristian-like behavior on Burr Riggs
testimony. |
| Date |
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August 18, 1835 |
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KCMB* |
| Location |
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Kirtland, Ohio |
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| Description |
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Minutes of a High Council … |
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| Presiding |
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Not named |
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| Clerk |
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Warren Parrish |
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| Phineas
charged |
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Elder T. S. Cole charges Phineas H. Young with unchristian-like
conduct. |
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| Burr:
Phineas and Book of Young loans, sales |
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Burr Riggs: Elder Young borrowed a Book of Mormon from Mr.
Childs of Madison county, New York and agreed to return it, but sold it
instead. He gave another copy to a poor female "as a deed of charity,"
but later borrowed and sold it. |
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Burr Riggs
had been excommuicated in 1833. February
26, 1833 |
| Disfellowshipped |
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Council suspends Phineas "from church fellowhip"
until he gives satisfaction to the council. |
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Phineas
is cleared later. Minutes of September 29, 1835 |
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*
Selected Collections 1:19, 96–97. |
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