S3E23 Joseph Smith Stepping Down As Prophet

Standard of Truth

Dr. Gerrit Dirkmaat

Religion & Spirituality

5 • 709 Ratings

🗓️ 8 June 2023

⏱️ 51 minutes

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Summary

We answer a listener’s question about something he heard from a political science professor about Joseph Smith supposedly becoming so frustrated with the administrative headaches of the Church, that he resigned as Prophet and put Hyrum in charge. The idea of resigning from a Church calling intrigues Richard, especially after Ward Council. ⁠Subscribe to our free newsletter⁠⁠ - ⁠⁠https://standardoftruthpodcast.substack.com/⁠⁠ Please visit our website at ⁠⁠www.standardoftruth.com⁠⁠ If you have any questions or possible topics of discussion for upcoming podcasts, please email us at: ⁠⁠[email protected]

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0:00.0	Welcome to the Standard of Truth podcast. In this podcast, Dr. Garrett Dirkmont and Professor Richard
0:07.8	Luduke explore the early history of the Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints and the
0:13.2	life and teachings of Prophet Joseph Smith. They examine the original historical sources and
0:18.8	provide context for events of the past.
0:21.7	They approach the history of the church with faith, expertise, and humor.
0:36.9	Hi, welcome to another episode of the Standard of Truth podcast.
0:40.7	I'm your host, Dr. Garrett Dirkmont, and I'm joined by my friend, Professor Richard
0:45.0	LaDuke.
0:45.8	Hello, Garrett.
0:46.7	In our last episode, we finished up with the happiness letter.
0:50.1	And we actually put a couple of links to things that we talked about.
0:55.1	I feel like I may have called Richard out.
0:58.5	He did.
0:59.1	No, I felt great shame.
1:00.4	And I'm like, you know what?
1:01.2	All right.
1:01.7	I'm actually going to connect the link.
1:03.2	So there will be a link in that episode.
1:05.4	Yes, the one that came out last week.
1:07.9	So by the time people hear this, they'll have clicked on that link.
1:11.0	Oh, no one's going to click on the link.
1:12.3	It's just a way it will be there.
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