Excommunication
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- "if he neglect to hear the church, let him be unto thee as an heathen man and a publican."
- Tad R. Callister, "The Inevitable Apostasy", pp. 252-254
- How the practice of excommunication came to be used as a political weapon during the apostasy.
- Joseph Smith, compiled by Joseph Fielding Smith, "Teachings of the Prophet Joseph Smith", p. 32
- Written by Joseph Smith in 1833 regarding the hardships faced by the Saints in Missouri: "I cannot account for [the afflictions of the righteous who must be afflicted along with the wicked], only on this wise, that the saying of the Savior has not been strictly observed: 'If thy right eye offend thee, pluck it out, and cast it from thee; or if thy right arm offend thee, cut it off, and cast it from thee.'"
- John C. Bennett - Wikipedia
- John C. Bennett was Assistant President of the Church. He was excommunicated for adultery. He used his medical background, his position in the church, and rumors of spiritual wifery to seduce women and convince them that the relationships were both secretly approved and that he could keep it hidden.