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Minutes, 21 June 1833

I, Doct P Hurlbert [Doctor Philastus Hurlbut]

3 Feb. 1809–16 June 1883. Clergyman, farmer. Born at Chittenden Co., Vermont. “Doctor” was his given name. Preacher for Methodist Episcopal Church in Jamestown, Chautauque Co., New York. Baptized into LDS church, 1832/1833, at Jamestown. Ordained an elder...

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, haveing been tried befor the Bishops cou ncil of High Priests

Official church proceedings convened to handle disputes or allegations of misconduct. The officers of the court were a bishop, his assistants or counselors, and additional high priests or elders assembled on an ad hoc basis. Until high councils were established...

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in a charge of Unchristian like conduct with the female sex, and myself being absent at the time and considering that strict justice was not done me. I do by these presents most solemly enter my appeal unto the Pres idents council of high priests

An ecclesiastical office. The Book of Mormon used the term high priest to denote one appointed to lead the church. However, the Book of Mormon also discussed an order of high priests who were called to teach the commandments of God and serve as leaders in...

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for a re hearing, according to the privilege gurranteed to me in the laws of the Church

Principles given to the church and its members in February 1831 revelations. In January 1831, a revelation promised the saints in New York that the law would be given after they gathered in Ohio. Once in Ohio, on 9 and 23 February 1831, JS dictated two revelations...

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which council

A gathering of church leaders assembled “for consultation, deliberation and advice”; also a body responsible for governance or administration. As early as 9 February 1831, a revelation instructed that “the Elders & Bishop shall Council together & they shall...

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is now assembled in the school room in Kirtland

Located ten miles south of Lake Erie. Settled by 1811. Organized by 1818. Population in 1830 about 55 Latter-day Saints and 1,000 others; in 1838 about 2,000 Saints and 1,200 others; in 1839 about 100 Saints and 1,500 others. Mormon missionaries visited township...

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this 21st. June 1833— It was motioned seconded and voted that Bro D. P. Hurlbut

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be granted a re-hearing— Bro Joseph, the President

Organized body of leaders over priesthood quorums and various groups of Latter-day Saints. A November 1831 revelation underscored the importance of a president over the high priesthood and the church as a whole. By 1832, JS and two counselors constituted ...

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, opened the council by prayer— The council then proceeded to ordain two High Priests to make out the number, twelve, that the council or <Church> Court might be orgazized, Bro John [Smith]

16 July 1781–23 May 1854. Farmer. Born at Derryfield (later Manchester), Rockingham Co., New Hampshire. Son of Asael Smith and Mary Duty. Member of Congregational Church. Appointed overseer of highways at Potsdam, St. Lawrence Co., New York, 1810. Married...

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and William Smith

13 Mar. 1811–13 Nov. 1893. Farmer, newspaper editor. Born at Royalton, Windsor Co., Vermont. Son of Joseph Smith Sr. and Lucy Mack. Moved to Lebanon, Grafton Co., New Hampshire, 1811; to Norwich, Windsor Co., 1813; and to Palmyra, Ontario Co., New York, 1816...

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were ordained

The conferral of power and authority; to appoint, decree, or set apart. Church members, primarily adults, were ordained to ecclesiastical offices and other responsibilities by the laying on of hands by those with the proper authority. Ordinations to priesthood...

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by the hands of Bro Sidney Rigdon

19 Feb. 1793–14 July 1876. Tanner, farmer, minister. Born at St. Clair, Allegheny Co., Pennsylvania. Son of William Rigdon and Nancy Gallaher. Joined United Baptists, ca. 1818. Preached at Warren, Trumbull Co., Ohio, and vicinity, 1819–1821. Married Phebe...

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by the voice of the council, Bro Hurlbert

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s case was laid before the Court & the testimony against him given in by Orson Hyde

8 Jan. 1805–28 Nov. 1878. Laborer, clerk, storekeeper, teacher, editor, businessman, lawyer, judge. Born at Oxford, New Haven Co., Connecticut. Son of Nathan Hyde and Sally Thorpe. Moved to Derby, New Haven Co., 1812. Moved to Kirtland, Geauga Co., Ohio, ...

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& Hyrum Smith

9 Feb. 1800–27 June 1844. Farmer, cooper. Born at Tunbridge, Orange Co., Vermont. Son of Joseph Smith Sr. and Lucy Mack. Moved to Randolph, Orange Co., 1802; to Tunbridge, before May 1803; to Royalton, Windsor Co., Vermont, 1804; to Sharon, Windsor Co., by...

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and duly investigated. It was decided that Bro H

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should be for given because of the liberal confession which he made. This council decided that the Bishops Council decided correctly before, and that Bro H

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’s crime was sufficient to cut him off from the ch urch, but on his confession, he was restored—

<Joseph Smith Jr—> [p. 21]

Doctor Philastus Hurlbut

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, Doctor being his given name, was accused of “unchristian like conduct with the female sex” and excommunicated by a “Bishops council of high priests” in Kirtland

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, Ohio, on 3 June 1833. Not present at the 3 June council, Hurlbut appealed the decision before the “Presidents council of high priests” on 21 June 1833. Though the original judgment of the council was upheld, Hurlbut was readmitted to the church on the basis of his “liberal confession.” Two days later the case was reopened.

Orson Hyde

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, sustained on 6 June 1833 as “a clerk for the presidency of the High Priesthood,” may have recorded the original notes and then later copied these minutes into Minute Book 1.

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Editorial Title: Minutes, 21 June 1833
ID #: 6591