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Tonight's episode part Part 2, of Apostolic Koudetah, or how the Quorum of 12

Apostles in a breathtaking power grab assumed absolute and complete control of the Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints.

In the last episode, we talked about how when Joseph Smith was murdered in June of 1844.

The problem was not that there was nobody who could lay claim to being the next leader of the

church.

The problem was that there was an overabundance of people and groups who could feasibly

lay claim to being the next leader of the church.

We talked about how Brigham Young, on behalf of the Quorum of the Twelve Apostles was able to convince

the majority of the Latter-day Saints to accept the Quorum of the Twelve Apostles as the leaders of the Church in place of Joseph Smith and the First Presidency.

We also talked about how three and a half years later at Winter's Quarters, Brigham Young over substantial pushback from five

of the other apostles managed to win acceptance for his proposal to reorganize the first presidency with himself as president

and apostles Hever C. Kimball and Willard Richards as his counselors.

We also talked about how miracles appear to have been created and then retroactively

inserted into the historical narrative to show that Brigham Young had been transfigured

into Joseph Smith at the August 8, 1844 meeting

in which he spoke to the Saints and argued that the Apostles should leave the Church.

We also talked about the retroactive miracle at Winter's Quarters on December 5,

1847 at the meeting with the Apostles, actually only 8 of the 12 apostles were present for this meeting.

When Brigham Young said that there was an earthquake

and Orson Hyde amplified on that saying not only was there an earthquake

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