High Council in Zion (Missouri) excommunicates Oliver Cowdery.
- Type
- Manuscript
- Source
- Missouri High Council LDS
- Hearsay
- DirectScribed Summary
- Reference
Minute Book 2, April 12, 1838, 126, The Joseph Smith Papers website, accessed January 5, 2023
- Scribe/Publisher
- Hosea Stout
- Audience
- N/A
- Transcription
The fourth and fifth charges were rejected by the Court. The 6th charge was withdrawn.
After some remarks by the Councellors, it was decided by the Bishop and his Council that the 1st, 2nd, & 3rd charges were sustained, the 7th was sustained also the 8th charge was sustained satisfactoryly by circumstancial evidence. The ninth charge was sustained. he was, therefore, considered no longer a member of the Church of Jesus Christ of Latter Day Saints.
The decision was sanctioned by the High Council
The Council adjourned untill tomorrow at 9 o’ clock. Closed in prayer by Isaac Morley.
Ebenezer Robinson Clerk
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