During the Kirtland Temple Suit, it is alleged by the RLDS that the Church has departed from the faith including Adam-God.
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- Speech / Court Transcript
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- Lake County, Ohio, Probate Court Non-LDS
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The Reorganized Church of Jesus Christ of Latter Day Saints v. Lucien Williams, Joseph Smith, Sarah F. Videon, Mark F. Forscutt, the Church in Utah of which John Taylor is President and commonly known as the Mormon Church, and John Taylor, President of said Utah Church, Court: Lake County, Ohio, February 23, 1880, P24, f37, item 17 – 23, Community of Christ Archives
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- Lake County, Ohio, Probate Court
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- Lake County, Ohio, Probate Court, The Reorganized Church of Jesus Christ of Latter Day Saints, John Taylor, Adam
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- Reading Public
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That the said plaintiff, the Reorganized Church of Jesus Christ of Latter day Saints, is a Religious society, founded and organized upon the same doctrines and tenets and having the same church organization as the original Church of Jesus Christ of Latter day Saints organized in 1830, by Joseph Smith, and was organized pursuant to the constitution laws and usages of said original Church, and has branches located in Illinois Ohio, and other States.
That the Church in Utah the defendant of which John Taylor is President, has materially and largely departed from the faith, doctrines, laws <ordinances> and usages of said original Church of Jesus Christ of Latter day Saints, and has incorporated into its system of faith the doctrines of Celestial Marriage and a plurality of wives, and the doctrine of Adam-god worship, contrary to the laws and constitution of said original church.
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