Item Detail
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32547
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English
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Civil Disobedience in Latter-day Saint Thought
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BYU Studies Quarterly
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2021
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60
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3
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Provo, UT
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Brigham Young University
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229-240
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"The twelfth article of faith declares, 'We believe in being subject to kings, presidents, rulers, and magistrates, in obeying, honoring, and sustaining the law' (A of F 1:12). On its face, this statement seems to be an unqualified acceptance of legal authority, one that would suggest that Latter-day Saints ought to shun civil disobedience. However, a closer look at Restoration scripture, teachings, and experience reveals a more complicated picture. To be sure, law-abidingness has long been central to the Saints’ identity, particularly in the twentieth and twenty-first centuries, and like the New Testament, Restoration scripture generally accepts the need to 'render to Caesar the things that are Caesar’s' (Mark 12:17) and affirms the legitimacy of the 'powers that be' (Rom. 13:1). However, there has never been a clear consensus among Latter-day Saint authorities on the precise extent to which the Saints owe deference to secular law. From the beginning, members of The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints have insisted that there are limits on the duty of obedience that Latter-day Saints owe to Caesar." [Author]
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https://byustudies.byu.edu/article/civil-disobedience-in-latter-day-saint-thought/
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