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History of the Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-Day Saints in Switzerland Brigham Young University BYU ScholarsArchive Theses and Dissertations 1971 History of The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-Day Saints in Switzerland Dale Z. Kirby Brigham Young University - Provo Follow this and additional works at: https://scholarsarchive.byu.edu/etd Part of the European History Commons, Missions and World Christianity Commons, and the Mormon Studies Commons BYU ScholarsArchive Citation Kirby, Dale Z., "History of The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-Day Saints in Switzerland" (1971). Theses and Dissertations. 4850. https://scholarsarchive.byu.edu/etd/4850 This Thesis is brought to you for free and open access by BYU ScholarsArchive. It has been accepted for inclusion in Theses and Dissertations by an authorized administrator of BYU ScholarsArchive. For more information, please contact [email protected], [email protected]. HISTORY OF THE CHURCH OF JESUS CHRIST OF IATTERLATTER DAY SAINTS IN werlandswitzerlandMERLANDSWI A thesis presented to the department of church history and doctrine brigham young university in partial fulfillment of the requirements for the degree master of arts by dale Zzo kirby may 9 1971 acknowledgmentacknowledgments S with sincere appreciation for their valuable help in making this project possible the writer expresses gratitude to the following drdro richard 000oo cowan chairman of the advisory committee for his many valuable suggestions and sincere interest as he directed the writing of this research projectprojectsprojecto dr hyrum Llo10 andrus member of the advisory committee for his suggestions and help on the project Aao william lund and members of the staff at the church historians office for their help in the use of the valuable sources under their carecareo miss debbie curtis and mrs sharon Hho bird for assistance in typingtypingo his wife anne forfox carefully proofreading the manuscript and for her encouragement support and patience throughout the whole project iiiili111 PREFACE an interest in the history of the church of jesus christ of latter day saints in switzerland was aroused early in the authors lifeilfelifeodifeo this interest developed through the hearing about the conversion of his maternal great great great grandfather johannes zollinger to the mormon church in urdorfburdorf zurich switzerland in 186118610 about one year later the zollinger family emigrated to zionziousziouy sailing from liverpool england on the windermere on march 1515y 1862 they joined other latter day saint emigrants in providence 9.9 cache county utah where they settledsettsettledoledo since this time some twenty of johannes lingerszollingersZollinzollingergszoiZol gergs descendants have served as mormon missionaries in the german speaking nations of europeeuropeo the author had the privilege of serving in switzer- land from december 1958 to june 1961 during this time he labored in arbon riehenrichenPratpratteinprasteinprattelnqtein hinterthurwinterthurWinterwinterthurpthurthursthurp zurich basel and completed his mission as the director of the bureau of information on the swiss temple grounds in zollikoferzollikofen switzerlandswitzerlandeSwitzer lande in 1969 while doing graduate work in LDS church history and doctrine at the brigham young university 9 the author found that a complete history of the mormon church in switzerland had never been written knowing that the written history of the church of jesus christ of latter day saints would not be complete without iv v this segment of its history the author undertook the task A careful study was made of all known available material pertaining to the history of mormonism in switzer- land some of the more useful sources of information concerning the LDS church in switzerland bereawerewerea 1lo10 mission manuscript histories there are numerous volumes of large looseleafloose leaf folios containing the history of the missions in which switzerland was involved some of these were the italian swiss mission manuscript history 1850 1851 the swiss mission manuscript history 1851185119401940 the swiss and italian mission manuscript history 1854185418601860 the swissswissitaliangermanitaliangermanitalian german mission manuscript history 18611868 9 the swiss austrian mission manuscript history 194619591946 1959 the swiss mission manuscript history 1962196219701970 the frencheastfrench east mission manuscript history 1961- 1970 the italian mission manuscript history 196919701969 1970 the european mission manuscript history was also consulted these are located in the LDS church historians office in salt lake citycityocilyo 220 the latter day saints millennial star and derper stern LDS church publications in europe containing pronouncements of church programs and doctrines news of emigration companies correspondence and annual statistical reportreportsreportsoso complete sets are available at both the church historians office and brigham young universityuniversityo 330 the swiss and german mission manuscript hishistory by andrew jensenjensenajenseno there were several volumes of materials compiled by elder jensen as he served as assistant church vi historianhistoriano located in the church historians office in salt lake Ccityocilyoity 440 the improvement era the instructor and the church news section of the deseret news were valuable sources of material pertaining to switzerlandswitzerlandoSwitzerlando 505 books and articles on specific problems relating to the general history and the history of the IDSLDS church in switzerlandswitzerlandoSwitzerlando 66eae journals diaries letters 9 memoirsmemoirmemoirspsp and personal interviews from leaders missionaries emigrants and members have provided the author with much eyewitnesseye witness material valuable to this history the library of the church historians office at the church headquarters in salt lake city was the chief source of information on the history of the LDS church in switzer- land here the church assembled the manuscript histories journals reports and other useful materials other materials have been taken from the brigham young university library in provo utah and the utah state historical society library in salt lake city utah TABLE OF CONTENTS page acknowledgments iii PREFACE 0 0 0 0 0 0 a 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 iv LIST OF PLATES 0 D 0 xiii LIST OF illustrations 0 xiv chapter I1 SWISS historical background 1 introduction TO THE COUNTRY 1 christianity REACHES switzerland 2 THE IMPACT OF THE protestant reformation 7 THE reformation OF EASTERN switzerland 8 THE FOREST CANTONS RESIST 8 CALVINISM AND FRENCH switzerland 9 K THE sonderbund WAR 0 0 12 THE FEDERAL constitution OF 1848 14 II11 THE introduction OF MORMONISM INTO switzerland 15 MORMON beginnings IN AMERICA 15 UNTO EVERY NATION 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 18 persecutions AND THE MARTYRDOM OF JOSEPH SMITH 0 0 0 18 MISSION TO ITALY a 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 v 0 19 FROM ITALY TO switzerland 0 0 20 vii viii chapter page EARLY EFFORTS IN FRENCH switzerland 21 opposition BRINGS SUCCESS 22 SERGE F BALLIF 0 0 a a 0 a 0 0 0 0 0 0 23 INTO GERMAN switzerland 0 25 IC FIRST conference IN switzerland 0 26 AREA DIVISIONS 0 0 27 iliIII111 GROWTH DESPITE opposition 28 JOSEPH SMITH ON opposition 28 EARLY opposition 0 0 a 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 28 ZURICH IMPRISONimprisonmemimprisonmentsmeaMEM S 0 0 0 0 30 publications TO ALLAY opposition 0 0 0 32 A standstill 0 0 0 33 opposition FROM WITHIN 0 0 34 BAPTISMSrebaptismsRE 0 0 0 35 widespread 0 36 SOURCE OF THE CONFLICT 0 0 38 MORMON predictions FULFILLED 39 A TURNING POINT 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 41 EASIER TIMES 0 0 0 0 0 42 opposition IN THE TWENTIETH CENTURY 45 THE FEDERAL COURT CASE OF 1908 0 0 0 9 46 CONTINUED PRESS opposition 0 47 opposition AGAINST construction OF CHAPELS 49 IV emigration 0 0 54 THE DOCTRINE OF GATHERING 0 0 0 55 THE PERPETUAL emigrating FUND COMPANY 56 ix chapter page FIRST MORMON EMIGRANTS FROM switzerland 57 LETTERS FROM SWISS IN ZION 59 OFFICIAL CALL TO GO TO ZION a 0 0 v 0 0 0 0 0 59 EFFECTS OF emigration 0 0 0 0 60 governments OPPOSE emigration 0 0 0 0 61 GATHERING A controversial DOCTRINE 0 0 0 64 SWISS COLONIES IN UTAH 0 64 A POLICY CHANGE 0 0 0 0 0 67 V METHODS OF proselyting IN switzerland 0 0 71 EARLY proselyting METHODS 0 0 9 0 9 0 9 0 71 distribution OF TRACTS AND publications 0 71 HOME OR COTTAGE MEETINGS 0 0 73 proselyting WITHIN FAMILIES AND friendship CIRCLES 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 74 OPEN AIR MEETINGS 0 0 0 0 9 0 74 SECRET MEETINGS 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 75 HANDBILLS AND POSTERS 0 0 0 0 76 NEWSPAPER NOTICES 0 0 0 9 0 s 0 0 0 a 77 SWISS LANGUAGES AND MORMON proselyting 78 LANGUAGE TRAINING SCHOOLS 0 0 0 80 ITALIAN AND ROMANSCH switzerland 0 81 FRENCH switzerland 0 0 0 82 ROBERT A SIMOND 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 83 CITIES WITH MORE THAN ONE LANGUAGE 84 11 THE LANGUAGE BARRIER AND CHURCH publications 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 85 WITHOUT PURSE OR SCRIP 0 0 0 0 86 x chapter page MODERN proselyting PLANS 86 THE systematic PLAN 89 THE DYER PLAN 89 A UNIFIED WORLD SYSTEM 91 miscellaneous proselyting PROGRAMS 91 VI THE WAR YEARS 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 94 withdrawal OF AMERICAN ELDERS 94 SWISS MORMONS CARRY FORTH THE WORK 96 AID TO THE NEEDY 97 APOSTATE INROADS 99 conditions BETWEEN WARS 100 development OF CHURCH activities 101 WORLD WAR 9 0 II11 0 9 0 103 MAX ZIMMER 0 0 0 0 0 s 0 0 0 0 0 0 105 SWISS neutrality AIDS POSTWARPOST WAR revitalization 0 0 0 0 108 CONCERN FOR OTHERS 0 0 0 0 0 109 GENERAL POSTWARPOST WAR conditions IN switzerland illliliii111 it VII THE SWISS TEMPLE 0 113 GENEALOGY TEMPLE WORK AND emigration 113 A PROPHECY AND THE NEED FOR FOREIGN TEMPLES 115 swrjsswt13s TEMPLE PLANS ANNOUNCED 0 116 FJASONSREASONS
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