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English
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Organizing the Church as a Religious Association in 1830
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Sustaining the Law : Joseph Smith's Legal Encounters
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Provo, UT
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BYU Studies
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113-140
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While much has been written about the organization of The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints in upstate New York, questions remain regarding the events of April 6, 1830. This article examines the organizational events of the Church from a legal perspective. In the nineteenth century, individuals desiring to form a church had two legal alternatives: forming a religious corporation or organizing a religious society. [From the text]
First published with more extensive analysis under the title "Legal Insights into the Organization of the Church in 1830," BYU Studies 49, no. 2 (2010): 121-48.