Martin R. Gardner says the rhetoric from Church leaders in the 1850's was "excessive," and it later subsided.
- Type
- Academic / Technical Report
- Source
- Martin R. Gardner LDS
- Hearsay
- DirectSecondary
- Reference
Marvin R. Gardner, "Mormonism and Capital Punishment: A Doctrinal Perspective, Past and Present" Dialogue: A Journal of Mormon Thought 12, no. 1 (Spring 1979), 11
- Scribe/Publisher
- Dialogue: A Journal of Mormon Thought
- People
- Martin R. Gardner
- Audience
- Reading Public
PDF- Transcription
While the most fervent sermons on blood atonement were preached during the reformation movement in the 1850s, a period of intense Mormon revivalism bordering on fanaticism, the doctrine also seems to have been defended by nineteenth century church leaders after the excessive rhetoric of the reformation had subsided.
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