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Are you confusing Oliver Cowdery with Sidney
Rigdon? Oliver was a school teacher first, later an attorney.
Sidney was , as indicated, a minister.
Blaine
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Subject: Re: [TruthTalk] Old hebrew Coins
found in Kentucky?
More likely these associations:
Sidney Rigdon was excommunicated as a Baptist minister on October 11,
1823, for teaching false doctrine, in Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania. He joined
Alexander Campbell and Walter Scott to form the emerging Disciples of
Christ. He was a Campbellite preacher until he
"converted" to Mormonism in 1830. Rigdon was excommunicated in September 1844
he then organized a Church of Christ in Pa. In 1864 he organized a "Church of
Jesus Christ of the Children of Zion"
Orson Hyde was also a Campbellite before "converting" to Mormonism
Parley Pratt converted to the "Reformed Baptist Society"
(Campbellite) through the preaching of Sidney Rigdon and "converted" to
mormonism in 1830
"This matter of 'Priesthood,' since the days of Sydney
Rigdon, has been the great hobby and stumbling-block of the Latter Day Saints.
Priesthood means authority; and authority is the word we should use. I do not
think the word priesthood is mentioned in the New Covenant of the Book of
Mormon. Authority is the word we used for the first two years in the
church--until Sydney Rigdon's days in Ohio. This matter of the two orders of
priesthood in the Church of Christ, and lineal priesthood of the old law being
in the church, all originated in the mind of Sydney Rigdon.
He explained these things to Brother Joseph in his way, out of the old
Scriptures, and got Joseph to inquire, etc. He would inquire, and as
mouthpiece speak out the revelations just as they had it fixed up in their
hearts....according to the desires of the heart, the inspiration comes, but it
may be the spirit of man that gives it.... This is the way the High
Priests a! nd the 'priesthood' as you have it, was introduced into the Church
of Christ almost two years after its beginning--and after we had
baptized and confirmed about two thousand souls into the church." (An
Address To All Believers In Christ, by David Whitmer p. 64)
[EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote:
In a message dated 3/10/2004
4:23:12 PM Pacific Standard Time, [EMAIL PROTECTED] writes:
Blaine: Kevin is right about the apostacies, wrong about
the credibility of the witnessing. The 12 men never denied their
testimonies, even after they had apostasized. Most, including two of
the three witnesses who saw the angel, repented, and rejoined the LDS
Church after it had moved to Utah. The third one, the only one not
to rejoin, continued to accept interviews up to his very deathbed, and
maintained steadfastly he had seen and heard all that he signed his name
to. He often retold the story, never deviating from the original.
As usual, Kevin doesn't give the full story or even relevant
facts.
Here's a history lesson.
Oliver Cowdry was a teacher and, for a time, a participant
in the Campbell/Stone movement (early 1800's).. Since I do not
believe that ! Mormon "truth" is the product of revelation, perhaps
some of it came from J Smith's association with others such as Cowdry.
Cowdry would have believed in water baptism,
elders, evangelism, communion, to name a few of the
similarities. It is a hypothesis but is worth studying if you
are a history buff.
John
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