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The succession crisis in the Latter Day Saint movement occurred after the killing of the movement's founder, Joseph Smith, on June 27, 1844. For roughly six months after Smith's death, several people competed to take over his role, the leading contenders being Sidney Rigdon , Brigham Young , and James Strang . [1]
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- Apostolic succession (LDS Church)
Succession Crisis. The death of Joseph Smith created a rift in the leadership of The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints that some have termed the succession crisis. However, the succession process that was achieved through prayer, revelation, and common consent could be called a succession of continuity.
Six Days in August: Brigham Young and the Succession Crisis of 1844. Ronald W. Walker. Every Latter-day Saint knows the importance of the six days in August 1844 when Brigham Young and the Twelve Apostles were sustained at Nauvoo as Joseph Smith’s successors.
Brigham Young, in History of The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints, 7 vols. (Salt Lake City: Deseret News, 1966), 7:185; Journal History of The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints, July 9 and 14, 1844, Church History Library, Salt Lake City. John Hardy, “Mormonism,” Boston Weekly Messenger, Aug. 7, 1844, 1.
Succession Crisis of 1844 D. Michael Quinn As President of The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints since its establishment in 1830, Joseph Smith, Jr., had been the apex of a pyramid of ecclesiastical leadership, but to many people he was viewed as though he were the keystone of the existence of Mor-monism.
