Faith, Conflict, and the Command to Move West
Faith Crisis The Shaker Mission and Doctrinal Conflict in Early 1831 In the early months of 1831, the Latter-day Saints who had gathered to Ohio encountered the nearby Shaker community, whose strict celibacy, communal life, and unusual Christology set them apart from mainstream Christianity. The Shakers believed that Christ’s “Second Appearing” had already occurred in … Read more