After the founding member of the Latter Day Saint movement, Joseph Smith, passed away on June 27, 1844, the movement had a succession crisis.
After Smith's passing, several persons vied for his position for around six months, with James Strang, Sidney Rigdon, and Brigham Young emerging as the top contenders. Although the majority of Latter-day Saints chose to support Young's leadership, numerous smaller churches overcame the issue of leadership succession crisis. This pivotal moment in the development of the Latter Day Saint movement sparked a number of long-lasting divisions.
Twelve-member Quorum One of the ruling bodies or (quorums) of the church hierarchy established by the movement's founder Joseph Smith is the Quorum of the Twelve, also known as the Council of the Twelve, the Quorum of the Twelve Apostles, the Council of the Twelve, or the Twelve in the Latter Day Saint movement.
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