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English
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William Bickerton's Cooperative Views on Scripture and Revelation
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Open Canon: Scriptures of the Latter Day Saint Tradition
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Salt Lake City, UT
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University of Utah Press
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216-237
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"William Bickerton, the founding prophet of the Church of Jesus Christ, broke revelatory boundaries set by his Latter Day Saint predecessors. For example, Joseph Smith had prophesied in 1830, 'No one shall be appointed to receive commandments and revelations in this church excepting my servant Joseph Smith, Jr.,' or 'another in his stead.' Yet Bickerton, who considered himself Smith's prophetic successor, could accept revelations from anyone in his church, male or female, black or white, to help lead. In Bickerton's mind, he and his Saints were picking up where Joseph Smith had left off, reverencing the deceased prophet's righteous words, while correcting his errors and rejecting his vainglory. Bickerton may have been the prophet and president of his church, but he believed that anyone could receive revelation to instruct the Saints. In 1858, Bickerton and his Saints chose to keep a revelation book, so that 'our children, and those that shall arise after us, they shall so value these revelations' and 'that where the Smiths, Joseph and Hyrum fell, we take or carry forwards the Kingdom and this Church-- [which] is a continuation of the same foundation.' How did Bickerton attain such egalitarian views? No doubt, they stemmed from his earlier tumultuous relationships with Sidney Rigdon and Brigham Young. After forsaking these two Mormon leaders, Bickerton found himself isolated and confused. Nevertheless, after much prayer and soul searching, he witnessed a powerful vision that led him on a prophetic journey. William Bickerton's past relationships with Rigdon and Young prompted him to have cooperative views on scripture and revelation and enabled him to form egalitarian principles that would serve as a foundation for his church." [Author]
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