-- Feb 13, 1834
[Pratt, Orson] Returned to Kirtland 13 February 1834. (1)
-- Feb 14, 1834
Oliver Cowdery was chosen to be one of the founding members of the Kirtland Council. (2)
-- (Mon) Feb 17, 1834
The first High Council of the Church was organized at Kirtland (3)
-- Feb 17, 1834
First Stake and High Council of Church organized, Kirtland, OH. (4)
First stake and high council organized in Kirtland, Ohio. (5)
D&C 102 (Kirtland): "Presidents church Council" (aka "standing council in Kirtland" and "high council") is organized to settle "important difficulties" that cannot be settled by the church or bishop's council. Minutes of February 17, (6)
D&C 102 (Kirtland): "Presidents church Council" (aka "standing council in Kirtland" and "high council") is organized to settle "important difficulties" that cannot be settled by the church or bishop's council. Minutes of February 17, Charles Anthon replies to Eber D. Howe: "The whole story about my having pronounced the Mormonite inscription to be 'reformed Egyptian hieroglyphics' is perfectly false." Mormonism unvailed, 270; (6)
A First Presidency of three and a High Council of twelve were first organized. (7)
First High Council of Church organized in Kirtland. (8)
A High Council in the Kirtland, Ohio area is organized. The Kirtland Stake of Zion is simultaneously organized. (9)
Kirtland, Ohio. Joseph Smith received Doctrine & Covenants 102, a revelation containing minutes from a meeting of high priests held at his home where he organized the first high council of the Church. (10)
The first stake high council is organized at Kirtland, Ohio. Two days later, the oldest members of the high council, Joseph Smith, Sr, and John Johnson give patriarchal blessings to their adult sons. Neither were ordained patriarchs. (11)
[Joseph Smith] Organized first high council, Kirtland. (12)
Footnotes:
1 - Cook, Lyndon W., The Revelations of the Prophet Joseph Smith: A Historical and Biographical Commentary of the Doctrine and Covenants, Seventy's Mission Bookstore, Provo UT, 1985
2 - Broadhurst, Dale R., Oliver Cowdery Chronology, http://olivercowdery.com/history/Cdychrn1.htm
3 - Broadhurst, Dale R., Mormon Chronology, http://olivercowdery.com/history/morchrn2.htm
4 - Ludlow, Daniel H. editor, Encyclopedia of Mormonism, Macmillan Publishing, Encyclopedia of Mormonism, Vol. 4, Appendix 2: A Chronology of Church History
5 - Hemidakaota, "Church Chronology from 1800-2000," http://www.lds.net/forums/scripture-study-forum/12108-church-chronology-1800-2000-part-1-a.html#post214550
6 - Kenny, Scott, "Mormon History 1830-1844," http://saintswithouthalos.com/dirs/d_c.phtml
7 - Richards, Franklin Dewey and Little, James A., Compendium of the Doctrines of the Gospel, Church Chronology, Ch.66, p.306
8 - Tidd, N. R., "Mormon Chronology," http://bit.ly/14Qt5F
9 - Wikipedia, 19th Century (Mormonism), http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/19th_century_(Mormonism)
10 - BYU Studies Journal, volume 46, no. 4: A Chronology of the Life of Joseph Smith
11 - Quinn, D. Michael, The Mormon Hierarchy: Origins of Power, Appendix 7: Selected Chronology of the Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints, 1830-47"
12 - Jessee, Dean, Esplin, Ronald and Bushman, Richard Lyman (editors), The Joseph Smith Papers: Journals, Vol. 1: 1832-1839, Chronology for the Years 1832-1839
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