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2004-APR-7: UT: Delegation of Illinois officials apologize for 1844 murder: The Illinois legislature passed a resolution expressing regret for the violence perpetrated in the mid 19th century against members of the Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints (LDS) in the state. LDS church leader, James E. Faust, said that this "message of respect and reconciliation...[will] long live in the hearts of this people." Lt. Gov. Pat Quinn led a group of Illinois state officials to Salt Lake City to apologize for the murder of Joseph Smith and the expulsion of Mormons from Illinois. After meeting with church and government leaders, Quinn said: "There was a chapter in our history that we are not proud of." Mormons had built Nauvoo, IL into a city of 20,000. It was one of the largest cities in the U.S. at the time, located about 210 miles southwest of Chicago. In 1844, LDS founder Joseph Smith and his brother were arrested. A mob broke into the jail and assassinated both. The church split after Smith's death. Brigham Young led most of the membership west to Iowa and eventually to Utah. The rest formed the Reorganized Church of Jesus Christ of Latter Day Saints, which has since been renamed The Community of Christ. 11 |
References:
- DayWatch is a daily service of Maranatha Christian Journal. It provides "a daily summary of news headlines with a Christian perspective..." The newsletter is free on request. Their web site is at: http://www.mcjonline.com
- ENI (Ecumenical News International) provides free bulletins and subscriptions to full text articles. Their home page is at: http://www.eni.ch Its postal address is: PO Box 2100, CH - 1211 Geneva 2, Switzerland
- ReligionToday provides free newsletters to which you can subscribe at: http://www.ReligionToday.com. These summaries are part of GOSHEN.net, which also includes LiveIt.net, Devotionals.net, ChristianShareware.net, ChristianClassifieds.net, ChristianMessageBoards.net, BibleStudyTools.net, MediaManagement.net, WorldNewsToday.net, WebCastGuide.net, and ChristianCollegeGuide.net
- Reuters is "the world's leading financial information and news group. Their web page is at: http://www.reuters.com/
- CitizenLink is a service of Focus on the Family. They send regular Emails containing news items interpreted from a Fundamentalist Christian perspective. Signup is at: http://www.family.org/cforum/clinksignup.cfm
- Earth Religions Legal Assistance Network is a leading anti-defamation group which fights discrimination against Neopagans. See: http://www.conjure.com/ERAL/eral.html
- Anglican Communion News Service (ACNS) maintains a free mailing list. Go to http://www.anglicancommunion.org/acns/ to subscribe.
- EWTN is a news service of the Roman Catholic Church. It posts news items from Newsline, Newslink, and The World Over on its Internet site at: http://www.ewtn.com/news/index.htm
- Alternative Religions Educational Network (AREN) is an information organization located in Philadelphia. It has monitored discrimination against Wiccans throughout North America for three decades. Their web page is at: http://aren.org
- Patty Henetz, "Illinois apologizes to Mormons, Utah for 1844 murder," Associated Press, 2004-APR-7, at: http://newsobserver.com/
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Originally written: 2004-APR-14
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