064 Joseph Smith's Death: A Political Assassination

Church History Matters

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Religion & Spirituality:christianity, Religion & Spirituality, Christianity

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🗓️ 21 May 2024

⏱️ 57 minutes

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The martyrdom of Joseph and Hyrum Smith was among the most tragic and defining moments in the history of the Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints, and it continues to reverberate deeply in the hearts and minds of Latter-day Saints around the world. Hyrum was 44 years old and Joseph was 38 and a half when they were murdered in cold-blood in Carthage Jail on June 27, 1844. Many have read the brief account of the events of that day outlined in section 135 of the Doctrine and Covenants and wondered what more there was to know about this poignant event in our history. Like, how did they come to be incarcerated in Carthage Jail in the first place? What were the charges against them? Who had the motivations to kill Joseph Smith and why? Was Joseph betrayed by insiders or was this entirely an outside job? Who were those in the mob who actually pulled the trigger, and were they ever brought to justice? On this episode of Church History Matters, we begin a new series where we seek to begin pinning down answers to these and other related questions about this highly significant event. Specifically we will take a close look today at what we know about some of the external factors—especially political ones—that led to the martyrdom. For show notes and transcript for this and other episodes go to https://doctrineandcovenantscentral.org/church-history-matters-podcast/

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0:00.0	The martyrdom of Joseph and Hiram Smith was among the most tragic and
0:09.5	defining moments in the history of the Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints,
0:14.0	and it continues to reverberate deeply in the hearts and minds of Latter-day Saints around the world.
0:19.0	Hiram was 44 years old, and Joseph was 38 and a half when they were murdered in cold blood in Carthage
0:26.4	jail on June 27th 1844. Many have read the brief account of the events of that day, outlined in Section 135 of the Doctrine and Covenants,
0:36.5	and wondered what more there was to know about this poignant event in our history.
0:41.0	Like, how did they come to be incarcerated in Carthage jail in the first
0:44.8	place? What were the charges against them? Who had motivations to kill Joseph Smith and
0:50.2	why? Was Joseph betrayed it all by insiders or was this entirely an outside job?
0:55.6	Who were those in the mob who actually pulled the trigger and were they ever
0:59.7	brought to justice? On today's episode of Church History Matters we begin a new
1:05.2	series where we seek to begin pinning down answers to these and other related
1:09.6	questions about this highly significant event.
1:13.0	Specifically, we will take a close look today at what we know about some of the external factors,
1:18.0	especially political ones, that led to the martyrdom.
1:22.0	I'm Scott Woodward, a managing director at Scripture Central,
1:26.0	and my co-host is Casey Griffiths,
1:28.0	also a managing director at Scripture Central.
1:30.0	And today Casey and I dive into our first episode in this series about the martyrdom of Joseph and Hiram Smith.
1:37.0	Now let's get into it. Hello Scott.
1:50.0	Hi Casey.
1:51.0	It's time once again to start a new series. We're excited for this one. And this one has been
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