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Show 16 jT.>he o Lr-cuae t anc 6S ateldng from the. publ1ca- r:tnd lead1nt: up to 19 There I - 18 1n UtAh tradition R to 1\ me rica • w11 known in Seer mntte Pratt' a name the of tion .. that after the the effeot publioa t ton of' .Aburdl thH! <if Imrrter:ti11,nm Pre tt WA a asked, to Royal Astronomloal Society and was later leoture before the t sach Mke(l to 1n that Pratt tinues rn{llsh un1versity. en The trat11tlon eoause refumud both ofters con his devotion of 20 mlAAlonmry work ror the Church. his to After flrt pol yg:tmy Pratt to ,aocept came flrAt plural he took h1s mO$t robRbly the person Young He the doctrine. oerning thn doctrine of refusing to aocept praotl,ce 1 t. r.ml " ti.'me From, the wlr until he led in 1981 Pratt reuponalle was tor Mormon beliet twioe oalled upon val oon by Brigham explain and defend tho doctrine publldl, when' to f'o1 ygB,my publioly announoed r lrst was lUI a 'dootr1ne of the " in 1852 ,nnd in the Church general"plctue orPratt'B lite From the Tlrove debate with Dr. Newlnan in 1870. pror1t$ble to turn to .g, it 21 should f),ons1derl.ltlon of his intellectual ',: . background in order that,tbe rational basli ot h1a invention 1n the <5ebate might be more fully under$tood. 'ale Intelleotual Ba.okgrou.nd The 'nQ,ture and extent 'of, Orson flrs;tt' 9 forma'l edu, , ctlon •• I revlou81y been lnloAtedt hA ' nine ehot terms In -- nfTh1fJ Ie fUl"ther oorroborated n 'chapte:rs two -;n(l ' four bftlow. 2°'01' F1 'ell Bo:uss10rl of th 18 tradition see l,lyon, or" t q 1 ., pp , 21 o ht'( '0 tE?l' 107-108 t ,. " ' Pratt',s' relatlon to polYRamy Ie dleouBed in t'.4J'O below. |
