Talk:Council of Fifty

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Just a suggestion: You might want to add a section talking about this in the context of the present day LDS church. Does the church officially even recogonize its existence? Do official church histories mention it? Do modern lay members have any awareness of it? 69.71.166.93 03:38, 6 October 2007 (UTC)

I believe it is mentioned in the six volume history of the church. Any church member has access to them. As it is a historical body, there is no context for the modern church. It is like discussing how the the present day context of the second high council in missouri affects the modern day church, or the existence of multiple apostles outside of the quorum of 12 affect the church today. -Visorstuff 06:35, 6 October 2007 (UTC)

There is a reference in History of the Church 7:213

"The Council of Fifty.

Elders W, Richards and George A. Smith met in Council with Elder Taylor at his house. Bishop George Miller and Alexander Badlam wanted them to call together the Council of Fifty and organize the church. They were told that the Council of Fifty was not a church organization, but was composed of members irrespective of their religious faith, and organized for the purpose of consulting on the best manner of obtaining redress of grievances from our enemies, and to devise means to find and locate in some place where we could live in peace; and that the organization of the church belonged to the priesthood alone." Bochica 03:40, 8 October 2007 (UTC)

[edit] Format of References

I might suggest changing the format of the references in this article, using <ref>Reference</ref> by the statements, and <references/> under the references heading. This would make it significantly easier to track whether or not statements are sourced. This could be used in combination with other references (just list ones that can't go in a certain spot under <references/>, or under a sub-heading of ==References== if you want to avoid the numbering problems that could result. —Shoreu 07:01, 16 November 2007 (UTC)