Did Brigham Young have Joseph Smith murdered?

Hyrum was killed almost immediately when he was shot in the face, shouting as he fell, “I’m a dead man, Joseph!”…

Death of Joseph Smith
Date	June 27, 1844
Location	Carthage, Illinois, U.S.
Caused by	(see below)
Resulted in	Deaths of Joseph and Hyrum Smith

What did Brigham Young do for the Mormons?

Brigham Young (/ˈbrɪɡəm/; June 1, 1801 – August 29, 1877) was an American religious leader and politician. He was the second president of The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints (LDS Church) from 1847 until his death in 1877. He founded Salt Lake City and served as the first governor of the Utah Territory.

How many descendants of Brigham Young are there today?

The African Latter-day Saint even named his first son “Brigham Young Johnson.” There are more than 10,000 Young descendants, and they are hardly unanimous about the roots of the ban, says Richard Lambert, current president of the family association.

Why did Joseph Smith get tarred and feathered?

One winter night a group of men who believed Ezra Booth’s letters got drunk and attacked the homes of Joseph Smith and Sidney Rigdon in Hiram, Ohio. The mob decided not to kill Joseph, but they scratched him severely, spread hot tar all over his body, and covered him with feathers.

Why did the Mormon Church ban black ordination?

The ban began under Brigham Young, second LDS president, who was influenced by common beliefs of the time, reports the article. It did not exist during the tenure of Mormon founder Joseph Smith, who opposed slavery and personally ordained several African-Americans.

Why are there no crosses on Mormon temples?

The cross was to honor the Mormon pioneers. Even though the proposal was approved by the City Council, the monument was never built. Today there are no crosses on Mormon temples. Yet two are shaped like a cross. Mormon chapels do not have crosses either.

Does the LDS Church have a problem with the cross?

Members of the LDS Church did not accept the 19th-century Protestant prejudice against the cross. Over time, some embraced the cross as a symbol and others avoided its use. Some even used it as a way to denigrate the Catholic Church. Today members of the LDS Church concentrate on the body and blood of Christ more than the nails and wood.

Do Mormons use the Cross as a symbol of their faith?

But even when the use of the cross is divorced from anti-Catholicism, Mormons, as a whole, still do not generally use the cross as an outward symbol of their faith. In 1975, President Gordon B. Hinckley, then a member of the Quorum of the Twelve, spoke in general conference about the symbol of the cross.