NEW! Lost Apostles: Forgotten Members of the Original Quorum of the Twelve LDS

Description: NEW! Lost Apostles: Forgotten Members of the Original Quorum of the Twelve LDS___________________________________________ Lost Apostles: Forgotten Members of Mormonism's Original Quorum of the Twelve by H. Michael Marquardt and WIlliam Shepard Published by Signature Books, Salt Lake City, Utah (2014) Condition: BRAND NEW 1st Edition Hardcover Book with Dust Jacket! The binding is tight and all 426 pages within are bright white with NO WRITING, UNDERLINING, HIGH-LIGHTING, RIPS, TEARS, BENDS OR FOLDS. The covers are perfect, as is the dust jacket, as can be seen in my photos. You will be happy with this one! Always handled and packaged with care! Buy with confidence from a seller who takes the time to show you the details and not use just stock photos. Please check out all my pictures and email with any questions! Thanks for looking! About the Book: Before the LDS Church was organized, Joseph Smith received a revelation telling him that twelve men would be called as latter-day apostles. Their assignment would be to warn men and women that the end was near. Although the determination of who would fill these positions was delayed for five years, when it finally happened, God reiterated that these men were to “prune the vineyard for the last time” because the Second Coming was nigh. In fact, “fifty six years would wind up the scene,” they were told. Of the twelve men selected, nine would eventually be pruned from the vineyard themselves, to varying degrees. Seven were excommunicated, one of whom was reinstated to his position in the Twelve. Of the other six, the subjects of this book, none returned to the apostleship and four never came back to the Church at all. Those who left faded into obscurity except for when they are occasionally still mentioned in sermons as cautionary tales. But two of them made their marks in other areas of society, John Boynton becoming a successful dentist, a popular lecturer, geologist, and inventor with dozens of important patents to his name, while Lyman Johnson became a prominent attorney and business owner. Even though Luke Johnson, Thomas B. Marsh, William McLellin, and William Smith became religious wanderers and tried unsuccessfully to adjust to life outside of the Church, their experiences were interesting and comprise valuable case studies in belief and disaffection. Some Book Reviews: 5/5 stars - A Much Needed History I cannot recommend this book highly enough. Lost Apostles offers a new look into the lives and ideologies of the disaffected members of the original members of the LDS quorum of the twelve apostles. Well researched and original this book leaves the reader with sense of respect toward those early leaders who have been viciously maligned by past Mormon leaders. The book is in no way an apologetic work or a hateful tract, It's a great history book. Buy it, read it, and you'll be all the better for it. --Bryan Kerr 4/5 stars - Well done! The authors present a well-researched historical book on the lives of men called to be apostles who subsequently left the restored church due in part to interpersonal conflicts with Joseph Smith and their own strong independent personalities. The characteristics which made these independent men ideal missionaries during the formative years of the church undermined their abilities to be regulated and managed. But the history is fairly clear that most of these were honest men who loved The Lord and their families and deserve a good place in history. The book points out how difficult it was and is for one to understand the mind of the Prophet Joseph Smith and his evolving theology and politics. --Ric Oddone Copyright © 2018-2024 TDM Inc. The photos and text in this listing are copyrighted. I spend lots of time writing up my descriptions and despise it when un-original losers cut and paste my descriptions in as their own. It is against ebay policy and if you are caught, you will be reported to ebay and could be sued for copyright infringement and damages.

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