Tuesday Aug 27, 2024

078 A Young Apostle Questions Succession By Seniority

From the history we’ve covered in this series so far, we know that the succession plan of having the most senior apostle become the next Church president took time to develop and wasn’t fully fleshed out in Joseph Smith’s lifetime. In fact, it was during the decades of President Brigham Young’s presidency that this plan was ultimately finalized … well, mostly. It turns out that prior to President John Taylor’s death, there was one young apostle who challenged this plan of succession one last time. 

In this episode of Church History Matters we walk through this history and talk about how apostle Wilford Woodruff settled this issue once and for all. We’ll also talk about the sacred experience Lorenzo Snow had after Wilford Woodruff’s passing which established the pattern we follow today of reorganizing the First Presidency immediately after a Church president’s death.

For show notes and transcript for this and other episodes go to https://doctrineandcovenantscentral.org/church-history-matters-podcast/   

Comments (3)

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Gramby

Thank you for your wonderful church history podcasts!

Friday Sep 13, 2024

srwufkcx

Love your discussion

Friday Sep 13, 2024

riebwaqv

Learning from the past with you guys is a privilege - I very much appreciate how you take time to contextualize the content you present! Listening these past few months has deepened my connection to the past and informed my present in hopeful ways!

Friday Aug 30, 2024

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