Was Denver Snuffer really first?

[_searcher]

Was Denver Snuffer really the first to be excommunicated from the LDS church solely for "teaching false doctrine"?

And is it true that Joseph Smith Jr. would never have approved of this?

[_Maksutov]

Probably not but I haven't researched it from that perspective.

Are you a follower of Snuffer?

[_searcher]

I'm looking at Snuffer, main stream Mormonism, and a lot of things.

[_RockSlider]

no, Harmston did about the same thing late 80's early 90's
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/True_and_ ... _Last_Days

[_searcher]

Thank you.

I read that and found it very interesting, but it looks like Harmston basically left and started his own church.

Snuffer and his followers claim he was wrongly excumunicated for teaching what he believes, and claim the LDS church lost the keys of the priesthood because of this (supposedly) illegal and unlawful action.

I'd like to know if Mr. Snuffer is really the first man to be shown the door (solely) because of what he he was teaching (and not because of some sin, or because he started some rival church and hierarchy.)

Was he?

[_RockSlider]

Thank you.

There is a fair list of people who were excommunicated because of they the taught.

You might start with "The September Six"

[_boo]

Thank you.

There is a fair list of people who were excommunicated because of they the taught.

You might start with "The September Six"

Start with Michael Quinn the foremost Mormon historian of his time and former professor at BYU who got ex'ed for publishing an article in Dialogue about plural marriages taking place with church approval after the first manifesto . It was all true but not ' edifying " . He paid with his membership even though even today he believes in the restoration etc