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'I Have Sinned against Heaven, and Am Unworthy of Your Confidence, but I Cannot Live without a Reconciliation' : Thomas B. Marsh Returns to the Church
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BYU Studies
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Summer 1980
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20
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389-400
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"The disaffection of Church leaders in high place has always been a topic of much interest and concern. Since motives for dissent are usually difficult to determine with certainty, the historian must search for feeling as well as fact in his pursuit of understanding the apostate. Thomas B. Marsh, the first President of the Quorum of Twelve Apostles, became an apostate in 1838 in the heat of the so called Mormon War in northwestern Missouri. Unlike most dissenters, Thomas Marsh finally returned to the Church that he had so bitterly rejected. Both his private and public statements, after he rejoined the Church, turn out to be confessions of guilt and reveal his reasons for withdrawing in Missouri. While Marsh's experience was very personal, it nevertheless provides a poignant illustration to the larger Church membership of the dangers of being too critical of those in authority." [Publisher's abstract]
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A Documentary History of the Book of Mormon
Charisma under Pressure: Joseph Smith, American Prophet, 1831–1839
David W. Patten : Apostle and Martyr
Documents, Volume 6: February 1838-August 1839
Joseph Smith III : Pragmatic Prophet
Revelations in Context: The Stories Behind the Sections of the Doctrine and Covenants
Saints : The Story of the Church of Jesus Christ in the Latter Days. The Standard of Truth 1815–1846.
Sampson Avard and Danite Leadership (June-October 1838) : A Reinterpretation
The Emergence of Brigham Young and the Twelve to Mormon Leadership, 1830-1841
The Joseph Smith Papers : Documents, Volume 6 : February 1838–August 1839
The Personal Cost of the 1838 Mormon War in Missouri : One Mormon's Plea for Forgiveness
The Revelations of the Prophet Joseph Smith : A Historical and Biographical Commentary of the Doctrine and Covenants
Transformation of the Mormon Hierarchy at Far West, Missouri
We'll Sing and We'll Shout: The Life and Times of William W. Phelps