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=[[Mormon Reformation|The Mormon Reformation]]= | =[[Mormon Reformation|The Mormon Reformation]]= | ||
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The "Mormon Reformation" was a reform or spiritual rejuvenation movement that began among the Utah Saints in the mid-1850s. Ironically, noted one historian, "[m]ore has been written about its excesses (real and imaginary) than about what actually happened. Stenhouse's anonymous chapter on the Reformation and Blood Atonement was typical. Even church historian B. H. Roberts devoted twice as much space in discussing blood atonement in connection with the reform movement than he did to the Reformation itself."{{ref|larson.45.46}} | The "Mormon Reformation" was a reform or spiritual rejuvenation movement that began among the Utah Saints in the mid-1850s. Ironically, noted one historian, "[m]ore has been written about its excesses (real and imaginary) than about what actually happened. Stenhouse's anonymous chapter on the Reformation and Blood Atonement was typical. Even church historian B. H. Roberts devoted twice as much space in discussing blood atonement in connection with the reform movement than he did to the Reformation itself."{{ref|larson.45.46}} | ||
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+ | ==History of the Mormon Reformation== | ||
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|link=Mormon Reformation/Historical background | |link=Mormon Reformation/Historical background | ||
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+ | ==Doctrine taught during the Reformation== | ||
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|link=Mormonism and doctrine/Repudiated concepts/Blood atonement | |link=Mormonism and doctrine/Repudiated concepts/Blood atonement | ||
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|summary=Critics have often misunderstood or misrepresented Brigham Young's (and others LDS preachers') preaching style | |summary=Critics have often misunderstood or misrepresented Brigham Young's (and others LDS preachers') preaching style | ||
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+ | ==Critical claims related to the Reformation== | ||
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|link=Utah/Crime and violence/Crimes critics allege to have been "worthy of death" in the 1800's | |link=Utah/Crime and violence/Crimes critics allege to have been "worthy of death" in the 1800's | ||
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+ | ==Events related to the Reformation== | ||
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|link=Mountain Meadows Massacre | |link=Mountain Meadows Massacre | ||
|subject=Mountain Meadows Massacre | |subject=Mountain Meadows Massacre | ||
|summary=In September 1857 a group of Mormons in southern Utah killed all adult members of an Arkansas wagon train that was headed for California. Critics charge that the massacre was typical of Mormon "culture of violence," and claim that Church leaders—possibly as high as Brigham Young—approved of, or even ordered the killing. | |summary=In September 1857 a group of Mormons in southern Utah killed all adult members of an Arkansas wagon train that was headed for California. Critics charge that the massacre was typical of Mormon "culture of violence," and claim that Church leaders—possibly as high as Brigham Young—approved of, or even ordered the killing. | ||
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|summary=Critics who use the Mountain Meadows Massacre to attack the Church often mention non-LDS Col. Thomas Kane. Kane was a good friend to the Mormons prior to Joseph Smith's death, and he was also briefly involved in the Massacre issue. | |summary=Critics who use the Mountain Meadows Massacre to attack the Church often mention non-LDS Col. Thomas Kane. Kane was a good friend to the Mormons prior to Joseph Smith's death, and he was also briefly involved in the Massacre issue. | ||
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|link=Mormonism and temples/Endowment/Oath of vengeance | |link=Mormonism and temples/Endowment/Oath of vengeance | ||
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|summary=In nearly every anti-Mormon discussion of the temple, critics raise the issue of the "oath of vengeance" that existed during the 19th century and very early 20th century. These critics often misstate the nature of the oath and try to use its presence in the early temple endowment as evidence that the LDS temple ceremonies are ungodly, violent, and immoral. | |summary=In nearly every anti-Mormon discussion of the temple, critics raise the issue of the "oath of vengeance" that existed during the 19th century and very early 20th century. These critics often misstate the nature of the oath and try to use its presence in the early temple endowment as evidence that the LDS temple ceremonies are ungodly, violent, and immoral. | ||
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=={{Further reading label}}== | =={{Further reading label}}== | ||
Thomas G. Alexander, "The Odyssey of a Latter-Day Prophet: Wilford Woodruff and the Manifesto of 1890," Journal of Mormon History 17 (1991): | Thomas G. Alexander, "The Odyssey of a Latter-Day Prophet: Wilford Woodruff and the Manifesto of 1890," Journal of Mormon History 17 (1991): |
The "Mormon Reformation" was a reform or spiritual rejuvenation movement that began among the Utah Saints in the mid-1850s. Ironically, noted one historian, "[m]ore has been written about its excesses (real and imaginary) than about what actually happened. Stenhouse's anonymous chapter on the Reformation and Blood Atonement was typical. Even church historian B. H. Roberts devoted twice as much space in discussing blood atonement in connection with the reform movement than he did to the Reformation itself."[1]
To see citations to the critical sources for these claims, [[../CriticalSources|click here]]
Thomas G. Alexander, "The Odyssey of a Latter-Day Prophet: Wilford Woodruff and the Manifesto of 1890," Journal of Mormon History 17 (1991):
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