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Guide Home > Church Organization > Prophetic Succession
Additional TopicsThe following are additional topic areas related to Prophetic Succession. If there is a bracket number after the topic, that number indicates how many actual articles there are related to that subject. If the link for the topic is not live, it simply means the topic is a 'planned area' for future growth. Encyclopedia of MormonismThe resources listed below are articles available in the Encyclopedia of Mormonism. These links are to information not located on the FAIR Web site. J. Lynn England and W. Keith Warner, "First Presidency," Encyclopedia of Mormonism, Edited by Daniel H. Ludlow (New York: Macmillan Publishing, 1992), 512-514 Martin B. Hickman, "Succession in the Presidency," Encyclopedia of Mormonism, Edited by Daniel H. Ludlow (New York: Macmillan Publishing, 1992), 1420-1421 Ensign ArticlesThese articles cited below provide information on the topic of this page. The Ensign is one of the official publications of The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints. When you click on one of the article links below, you are whisked to the article found in the archives of the Church's Web site. Gordon B. Hinckley, "The Joseph Smith III Document and the Keys of the Kingdom," Ensign, May 1981, 20. Keith W. Perkins, "From New York to Utah: Seven Church Headquarters," Ensign, August 2001, 52. Each place that served as Church headquarters has its own significance in the development of the restored Church. Brent L. Top and Lawrence R. Flake, "'The Kingdom of God Will Roll On': Succession in the Presidency," Ensign, August 1996, 22. Other ResourcesThe resources listed below are related items available on the Web that should be of interest. These links are to information not located on the FAIR Web site. Ronald K. Esplin, "Joseph, Brigham and the Twelve: A Succession of Continuity," BYU Studies (1981) The tragic murder of Joseph Smith and his brother Hyrum in June 1844 sent shockwaves through Nauvoo. Despair and bewilderment combined with pervasive sorrow as the reality of the calamity settled over the city. Some, fearing that the internal dissension that had contributed to the Prophet’s death would intensify, must have wondered whether the Church could survive. A visitor to Nauvoo a few months later, however, would have encountered not chaos and confusion, but harmony and optimism. He would have seen the Saints, under new leadership, purposefully pushing forward the “measures” of their deceased prophet with more energy and intensity that even before. What had happened to the crisis? How had potential disaster been avoided John Fullmer’s view, Joseph Smith had prepared for his death. What actually occurred in succession—and why—has been much discussed but little understood. Lynne Watkins Jorgenson, "The Mantle of the Prophet Joseph Passes to Brigham Young: A Collective Spiritual Witness," BYU Studies (1996-997), 125-204 When Brigham assumed the mantle of Prophet, several Saints claimed that Brigham Young took on the physical characteristics of Joseph Smith as a sign that Brigham was chosen by God to lead the Church. Some have questioned the veracity of historical record in regard to to this event. Jorgenson looks at several first and second hand accounts that confirm the traditional story.
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