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From: dre@ptsfa.UUCP (Doug East)
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Subject: Re: MHCS results (actually LDS (Mormon) Church)
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Date: Mon, 4-Feb-85 11:41:16 EST
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Posted: Mon Feb  4 11:41:16 1985
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> >	There's also the RLDS (reformed LDS). Ask one about the other and
> >be prepared for fun.
> 
> RLDS is "Reorganized", not "Reformed".  They're based in Missouri, and have
> some interesting features, one of which is the "Inspired Version" of the
> Bible, which they say Joseph Smith produced.  Weird changes from the King
> James, on which it is based.  The Salt Lake City branch doesn't accept it,
> presumably because it didn't support polygamy.  (That last is a conjecture,
> not to be confused with my impeccable information and scholarship detailed
> above :-)).

	One of the major reasons for the Reorganized Church separating
	from the LDS church was (is) their belief that the leadership
	of the Church belongs to the descendants of Joseph Smith; i.e.,
	an ordered succession.  The LDS leadership, on the other hand,
	is determined by a unanimous decision of a body called the
	"Council of the Twelve Apostles," made up of twelve (obviously)
	men.  The President of the Church (LDS) elected (unanimously)
	by the Council is (or was) generally a member of the Council.
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