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| − | {{:Question: In what way did Joseph Smith implement the Word of Wisdom during his lifetime?}}
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| − | {{:Question: Was failure to keep the Word of Wisdom grounds for a disciplinary council in the 19th century Church?}}
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| − | ==Question: Was failure to keep the Word of Wisdom grounds for a disciplinary council in the 19th century Church?==
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| − | ===In all cases where membership in the Church was taken away due to the Word of Wisdom, there were other accusations that were directed at the offender===
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| − | Some have used the fact that early Church disciplinary councils would include the charge of failure to keep the Word of Wisdom as evidence against Joseph or other Saints. As Paul Peterson notes:
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| − | In all cases where membership or fellowship was taken away [partly on the grounds that the member did not observe the Word of Wisdom], there were other accusations that were directed at the offender. In many cases the Word of Wisdom violation appeared to have been considered less important tha the other infractions. In fact, the evidence strongly suggests that Mormonss were not expelled solely for violations of the Word of Wisdom except in the case of extreme drunkenness....In addition to this, the Word of Wisdom was somewhat unique in that it was a revelation that was given "not by way of commandment," [{{s||D&C|89|2}}] allowing a good deal of subjectivity for individual interpretation.<ref name = "peterson"></ref>{{Rp|30}}
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| − | The complete prohibition of alcoholic drinks of any kind, and a strict enforcement of the Word of Wisdom's other prohibitions, only became part of the Word of Wisdom following the temperance movement of the late 19th and early 20th centuries; Presidents Joseph F. Smith and Heber J. Grant supported the movement and Grant made complete abstention from alcohol in any form a requirement for a temple recommend in the early 1920s.
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| − | {{:Source:Revelations in Context:The Word of Wisdom:it required time to wind down practices that were so deeply ingrained}}
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| − | ==''Revelations in Context'': "it required time to wind down practices that were so deeply ingrained in family tradition and culture"==
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| − | [http://history.lds.org/article/doctrine-and-covenants-word-of-wisdom?lang=eng "The Word of Wisdom: D&C 89,"] ''Revelations in context'' on history.lds.org (11 June 2013):
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| − | Nevertheless, it required time to wind down practices that were so deeply ingrained in family tradition and culture, especially when fermented beverages of all kinds were frequently used for medicinal purposes. The term “strong drink” certainly included distilled spirits like whiskey, which hereafter the Latter-day Saints generally shunned. They took a more moderate approach to milder alcoholic beverages like beer and “pure wine of the grape of the vine of your own make” (see {{s||D&C|89|6}}). For the next two generations, Latter-day Saint leaders taught the Word of Wisdom as a command from God, but they tolerated a variety of viewpoints on how strictly the commandment should be observed. This incubation period gave the Saints time to develop their own tradition of abstinence from habit-forming substances. By the early twentieth century, when scientific medicines were more widely available and temple attendance had become a more regular feature of Latter-day Saint worship, the Church was ready to accept a more exacting standard of observance that would eliminate problems like alcoholism from among the obedient. In 1921, the Lord inspired Church president Heber J. Grant to call on all Saints to live the Word of Wisdom to the letter by completely abstaining from all alcohol, coffee, tea, and tobacco. Today Church members are expected to live this higher standard.<ref>[http://history.lds.org/article/doctrine-and-covenants-word-of-wisdom?lang=eng "The Word of Wisdom: D&C 89,"] ''Revelations in context'' on history.lds.org (11 June 2013)</ref>
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