175 - D&C 134 CFM - Latter-day Saint View on Government - E47B November 17-23

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🗓️ 12 November 2025

⏱️ 47 minutes

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Welcome to Church History Matters Come Follow Me Edition where we are systematically diving into every section of the Doctrine and Covenants throughout the year 2025! In this episode Scott and Casey cover Doctrine & Covenants 134, while covering the context, content, controversies and consequences of this important history.

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0:00.0	Government is good, but there should be limits on the power of government.
0:03.9	And religion is good, but there should be limits on the powers of religion.
0:08.3	Governments and religions are going to be answerable to their maker.
0:11.7	God is the originator of both.
0:13.3	I'm grateful that the two can exist side by side with each other.
0:16.8	And we notice that Section 134 is written in such a way as to apply wherever the Saints are found.
0:21.9	We do always stress and emphasize that we're good citizens and we believe in being subject to the civil law.
0:28.0	That principle applies in all countries.
0:30.7	I hope the two never come into conflict.
0:32.7	If they did, I would uphold the law.
0:35.8	Hello, Casey.
0:36.5	Hello, Scott.
0:37.3	Welcome back.
0:38.5	This is episode two this week, part two of section 133 and 134.
0:44.3	If you haven't caught section 133 yet, go grab that.
0:46.9	Now, here we go.
0:47.5	Part two, Casey, with section 134.
0:50.2	And we mentioned that these are two sections that are kind of out of chronological order.
0:55.3	Section 133 was November 1831, and section 134 is from 1835.
1:02.1	What's going on here?
1:03.5	You got this intense storyline, right, leading up to temple marriage and plural marriage
1:09.0	and sort of the climax of Joseph Smith's life.
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