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"The Council of Fifty" (also known as "the Living Constitution", "the Kingdom of God", or its name by revelation, "The Kingdom of God and His Laws with the Keys and Power thereof, and Judgment in the Hands of His Servants, Ahman Christ") [1] was a Latter Day Saint organization established by Joseph Smith in 1844 to symbolize and represent a future theocratic or theodemocratic "Kingdom of God ...
One of only three members of the Council who was not a member of the Latter Day Saint movement. [7] [8] After his expulsion from the Quorum, he returned to Utah in the 1850s and demonstrated an invention of "liquid fireworks" to the Council of fifty. [9] Reynolds Cahoon: April 30, 1790: April 29, 1861: March 10, 1844: April 29, 1861
The Council was led by Smith and included many members of the church's central leadership. However, it also included several prominent non-members. Full consensus was required for the Council to pass any measures, and each participant was commanded to fully speak their minds on all issues brought before the body. The debate would continue until ...
The Council of Jerusalem or Apostolic Council is a council described in chapter 15 of the Acts of the Apostles, held in Jerusalem c. AD 48–50.. The council decided that Gentiles who converted to Christianity were not obligated to keep most of the rules prescribed to the Jews by the Mosaic Law, such as Jewish dietary laws and other specific rituals, including the rules concerning circumcision ...
Icon depicting the Emperor Constantine (centre), accompanied by the bishops of the First Council of Nicaea (325), holding the Niceno–Constantinopolitan Creed of 381. In the history of Christianity, the first seven ecumenical councils include the following: the First Council of Nicaea in 325, the First Council of Constantinople in 381, the Council of Ephesus in 431, the Council of Chalcedon ...
A synod (/ ˈ s ɪ n ə d /) is a council of a Christian denomination, usually convened to decide an issue of doctrine, administration or application.The word synod comes from the Ancient Greek σύνοδος (synodos) ' assembly, meeting '; the term is analogous with the Latin word concilium ' council '.
The Acts of the Apostles records, without using for it the term "council" or "synod", what has been called the Council of Jerusalem: to respond to a consultation by Paul of Tarsus, the apostles and elders of the Church in Jerusalem met to address the question of observance of biblical law in the early Christian community, which included Gentile converts. [8]
Council of Five Elders, a form of government in feudal Japan; Council of Ancients, the upper house of the French Directory, a.k.a. Council of Elders; Teip Council of Elders, a council within the Chechen tribal organization Teip; Roman Senate, from the Latin "senatus" meaning "council of elders"