S6E15 The Book of Enoch Part 5 (City of Zion)

Standard of Truth

Dr. Gerrit Dirkmaat

Religion & Spirituality

4.9 • 992 Ratings

🗓️ 9 April 2026

⏱️ 65 minutes

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What an incredible General Conference that was. Okay, we recorded this well before you’re hearing it, so we have absolutely no idea what happened at General Conference, but we’re confident the talks were great. After opening the Phoebe Draper Palmer Brown mailbag and a heartfelt tribute to the legendary Bishop Howard Wilde of Nampa, Idaho, we tackle a litener’s question on Catholic apostolic authority. Gerrit references a 1842 Times and Seasons article that explains why every reformation fell short of a true restoration. We conclude our discussion on Enoch with Joseph Smith’s teachings on translation versus resurrection, Hyrum Smith’s reminder that faith matters more than great words, and Orson Pratt’s vision of the City of Enoch returning at the Second Coming. Sign up for our free monthly email: ⁠ ⁠https://standardoftruthpodcast.substack.com⁠ If you have any questions or possible topics of discussion for upcoming podcasts, please email us at: ⁠⁠questions@standardoftruthpodcast.com

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0:00.0	Welcome to the Standard of Truth podcast. In this podcast, Dr. Garrett Dirk-Mott and Dr. Richard
0:08.2	Leduc explore the early history of the Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints and the life
0:14.3	and teachings of the prophet Joseph Smith. They examine the original historical sources and provide
0:20.4	context for events of the past.
0:23.1	They approach the history of the church with faith, expertise, and humor.
0:37.3	Hi, welcome to another episode of the Standard of Truth podcast.
0:40.5	I'm your host, Dr. Garrett Dirkmont, and I am joined by my friend, Dr. Richard Leduke.
0:46.5	Hello, Garrett.
0:47.7	Thanks for having me back.
0:48.7	That was an incredible general conference.
0:51.7	I loved every minute of it.
0:53.9	I feel like we owe it to our listeners to let them know that this is yet again another pre-recorded. I mean, look, all of them are pre-recorded.
1:05.3	Yeah, we're not doing it live at 6 a.m.
1:07.5	Although we did do it live with an audience in Leighton.
1:12.8	And I hated every second of it.
1:14.9	Well, you loved the Littners that came.
1:17.6	You just, you just don't like it.
1:19.4	But it's, it's, I'm hanging on by the gossip thread, as you often say.
1:27.1	I'm always just one step away from becoming a presbyterian as that's where we're at
1:33.0	no the the live events are very stressful and then you know you do it here and it's just you and me you know
1:40.6	but uh you know you do it in front of people and when you say litner then it you know so in a you know, you do it in front of people. And when you say Littner, then, you know. So in a lot of ways, you're traveling with us back into
1:49.3	the past, you're going back to the future with us because this will drop while Richard
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