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Historic events in New Mormon History on 11/4
1856: at meeting with stake presidencies, ward bishoprics, and local quorum presidents, Brigham Young presents catechism for every Mormon to answer. Among questions: “Have you ever committed murder, shed innocent blood, or given your consent thereto? Have you ever committed adultery? Have you ever spoken evil of the church authorities or anointed of the Lord? Have you ever betrayed your brethren? Have you ever stolen or taken anything that was not your own? Have you ever taken the name of`God in vain? Have you ever been drunk? Do you pay your tithing? Do you teach your children the gospel? Do you pray in your family night and morning? Do you attend your ward meetings? Do you pray in secret? Do you wash your bodies once a week? At this meeting, Young answered only the last question: “Said that he did not. He had tried it. He was well aware that this was not for everybody.”
Source: See The Mormon Hierarchy - Extensions of Power by D. Michael Quinn
1886: U.S. deputies raid the Church Historian's Office.
Source: See The Mormon Hierarchy - Extensions of Power by D. Michael Quinn
1980: Florida elects Paula Hawkins as the first LDS woman to become a U.S. Senator and the first female Senator who is not a daughter or wife of a politician. She is also the first prominent LDS woman to publicly acknowledge that she was sexually abused as a child.
Source: See The Mormon Hierarchy - Extensions of Power by D. Michael Quinn
1991: Julia Mavimbela, black Mormon, is elected as vice-president of South Africa's National Council of Women. She is the first black executive in the organization.
Source: See The Mormon Hierarchy - Extensions of Power by D. Michael Quinn
1996: "Publishers Weekly" lists D. Michael Quinn's 'Same-Sex Dynamics among Nineteenth-Century Americans: A Mormon Example' as one of the six Best Books published in 1996 about religion.
Source: See The Mormon Hierarchy - Extensions of Power by D. Michael Quinn
To see the whole database in chronological order, Click here. Note that I'm not done entering all the information. While most of these facts come from Quinn's book, I'm seeking the primary sources for each, but this will take a long time.
1856: at meeting with stake presidencies, ward bishoprics, and local quorum presidents, Brigham Young presents catechism for every Mormon to answer. Among questions: “Have you ever committed murder, shed innocent blood, or given your consent thereto? Have you ever committed adultery? Have you ever spoken evil of the church authorities or anointed of the Lord? Have you ever betrayed your brethren? Have you ever stolen or taken anything that was not your own? Have you ever taken the name of`God in vain? Have you ever been drunk? Do you pay your tithing? Do you teach your children the gospel? Do you pray in your family night and morning? Do you attend your ward meetings? Do you pray in secret? Do you wash your bodies once a week? At this meeting, Young answered only the last question: “Said that he did not. He had tried it. He was well aware that this was not for everybody.”
Source: See The Mormon Hierarchy - Extensions of Power by D. Michael Quinn
1886: U.S. deputies raid the Church Historian's Office.
Source: See The Mormon Hierarchy - Extensions of Power by D. Michael Quinn
1980: Florida elects Paula Hawkins as the first LDS woman to become a U.S. Senator and the first female Senator who is not a daughter or wife of a politician. She is also the first prominent LDS woman to publicly acknowledge that she was sexually abused as a child.
Source: See The Mormon Hierarchy - Extensions of Power by D. Michael Quinn
1991: Julia Mavimbela, black Mormon, is elected as vice-president of South Africa's National Council of Women. She is the first black executive in the organization.
Source: See The Mormon Hierarchy - Extensions of Power by D. Michael Quinn
1996: "Publishers Weekly" lists D. Michael Quinn's 'Same-Sex Dynamics among Nineteenth-Century Americans: A Mormon Example' as one of the six Best Books published in 1996 about religion.
Source: See The Mormon Hierarchy - Extensions of Power by D. Michael Quinn
To see the whole database in chronological order, Click here. Note that I'm not done entering all the information. While most of these facts come from Quinn's book, I'm seeking the primary sources for each, but this will take a long time.
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