Today in Mormon History - Dec 20

[U.S. Religious History] Reflecting on his failed lawsuit against Larry Flynt because of the parody Flynt published in the magazine "Hustler," Jerry Falwell stated: "If Larry had been physically able and were not in a wheelchair, there'd have been no lawsuit. I'm a Campbell County, Virginia country boy. I'd just take him outside the barn and whip him and that'd be the end of it." (1)
-- 15 years ago today - Dec 20, 1996

(Elijah Abel) : Ordained a member of the Third Quorum of Seventy in Kirtland, Ohio. His ordination was certified in Nauvoo. In 1902 President Joseph F. Smith recalled a seventies meeting held in Utah on March 4, 1879: "Bro Elijah Able [sic] gave an outline of his history and experiences during a period of forty years. Of his being in Kirtland. Of his appointment an[d] ordination as a Seventy, and a member of the 3rd Quorum. He related some of the saying[s] of the prophet Joseph who told him that those who were called to the Melchisadec [sic] Priesthood and had magnified that calling would be sealed up unto eternal life." (2)
-- 175 years ago today - 1836. December 20

[S]econd blessings are not given to women who do not live with their husbands. That is, a deceased woman may be sealed to a man without having lived with him as his wife, but would not be entitled to second blessings. [George F. Gibbs to Thomas B. Evans, Dec. 20, 1911] (3)
-- 100 years ago today - Dec 20, 1911


1 - Cline, Austin, History of American Religion: Timeline
2 - Van Wagoner, Richard and Walker, Steven C., A Book of Mormons, http://amzn.to/newmormonstudies
3 - Anderson, Devery; The Development of LDS Temple Worship, 1846-2000: A Documentary History, http://amzn.to/TempleWorship

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