August 17, 1835
Kirtland, Ohio
The assembled body of the Church voted unanimously to accept the declaration of belief regarding governments and laws in general now contained in Doctrine and Covenants 134.
Sources:
History of the Church, Joseph Smith, 2:247
Sustaining the Law: Joseph Smith's Legal Encounters, Gordon A. Madsen, Jeffrey N. Walker, and John W. Welch,
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