From "The Early Church and the Legal Profession" by James H.
Backman (professor of law at BYU Law School):
"Furthermore, Church courts had, by necessity,
ruled on secular matters since the early 1830s.
Generally, prominent Church leaders were
assigned, without monetary recompense, to
provide counsel and discipline to Church
members and to adjudicate in member-to-member
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