1/8/2023 0 Comments Freedome quotesIf there is any branch of philosophy calculated to promote the well-being of humanity, that we have not yet grasped, we wish to possess ourselves of it. If there is anything in the scientific world that we do not yet comprehend we desire to become acquainted with it. We are open for the reception of all truth, of whatever nature it may be, and are desirous to obtain and possess it, to search after it as we would for hidden treasures and to use all the knowledge God gives to us to possess ourselves of all the intelligence that he has given to others and to ask at his hands to reveal unto us his will, in regard to things that are the best calculated to promote the happiness and well-being of human society. If there are any good principles, any moral philosophy that we have not yet attained to we are desirous to learn them. “We wish to comprehend and embrace all truth and seek for and obtain everything that is calculated to exalt, ennoble and dignify the human family and wherever we find truth, no matter where, or from what source it may come, it becomes part and parcel of our religious creed, if you please, or our political creed, or our moral creed, or our philosophy, as the case may be, or whatever you may please to term it. Nauvoo City Council, Ordinance in Relation to Religious Societies, City of Nauvoo, Illinois, March 1, 1841, Nauvoo City Council Minute Book John Taylor, 3rd President of the Church “Be it ordained by the City Council of the City of Nauvoo, that the Catholics, Presbyterians, Methodists, Baptists, Latter-day Saints, Quakers, Episcopals, Universalists, Unitarians,, and all other religious sects and denominations whatever, shall have free toleration, and equal privileges in this city.” E-1 Nauvoo, Illinois, Ordinance in Relation to Religious Societies Discourse given by Joseph Smith, July 9, 1843, in Nauvoo, Illinois Joseph Smith, History, 1838-1856, vol. “I am just as ready to die in defending the rights of a Presbyterian, a Baptist or a good man of any other denomination for the same principle which would trample upon the rights of the Latter-day Saints would trample upon the rights of the Roman Catholics, or of any other denomination who may be unpopular.” Credit: The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints
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