Authority

The Quote “The Kingdom we are talking about, preaching about and trying to build up is the Kingdom of God on the earth… to which really and properly everything that pertains to men—their feelings, their faith, their affections, their desires, and every act of their lives—belong, that they may be ruled by it spiritually and temporally.” — Brigham Young, JoD 10:328 (June 1864) “Is it our duty to preach to this people and plead with them, until we can govern and control them in all temporal affairs as much as in spiritual affairs. I answer, it is the absolute and imperative duty of the Elders of Israel to try and control themselves and their families and their brethren, until they can hold control over all things in righteousness.” — Brigham Young, JoD 10:336 (June 1864) ...

The Quote “And when you sin against brother Brigham, will the Father forgive you? No: you have got to ask forgiveness of brother Brigham. And when you sin against me, you have got to seek forgiveness of me, before you get it from the Father.” — Heber C. Kimball, JoD 1:357 (November 14, 1852) “As brother Brigham said here, if you sin against God, you have got to satisfy Him; and if you sin against Jesus Christ, you have got to make confession to Jesus, and He and the Father can forgive you; and if you sin against the Holy Ghost, you have got to satisfy the Holy Ghost, for neither the Father nor the Son can forgive that sin. Is not that good law? That is the law of Deseret, gentlemen.” — Heber C. Kimball, JoD 1:357 (November 14, 1852) ...