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{{multiple issues|{{more citations needed|date=September 2014}}{{notability|date=January 2024}}}}In Mormonism, a high council is one of several different governing bodies that have existed in the church hierarchy in many denominations in the Latter Day Saint movement. Most often, the term refers to a stake high council in a local stake, but other high councils include the standing Presiding High Council in Zion, and the "travelling high council", better-known today as the Quorum of the Twelve Apostles.- the content below is remote from Wikipedia
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History of high councils
On February 17, 1834, Joseph Smith, the founder of the movement, created a presiding high council at church headquarters in Kirtland, Ohio. This body consisted of twelve men and was headed by the First Presidency. The original members of the high council in Kirtland were:Doctrine and Covenants 102:3 (LDS Church ed.).{{div col|colwidth=22em}}- Joseph Smith, Sr.
- John Smith
- Joseph Coe
- John Johnson
- Martin Harris
- John S. Carter
- Jared Carter
- Oliver Cowdery
- Samuel H. Smith
- Orson Hyde
- Sylvester Smith
- Luke S. Johnson
- David Whitmer (president)
- William W. Phelps (assistant president)
- John Whitmer (assistant president)
- Christian Whitmer
- Newel Knight
- Simeon Carter
- Calvin Beebe
- William E. McLellin
- Solomon Hancock
- Thomas B. Marsh
- Lyman Wight
- Parley P. Pratt
- Orson Pratt
- John Murdock
- Levi Jackman
High councils in the Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints
{{Further|Stake and ward council meetings}}Each stake in the Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints, the largest Latter Day Saint denomination, has a high council consisting of twelve high priests. The stake high council assists the presidency of the stake in approving the calling of stake leaders and some ward leaders, conducting membership councils, and communicating to and instructing leaders of wards and branches in the stake."High Council", churchofjesuschrist.org.Notes
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