Messenger
Inasmuch as the saints in Utah consider it moral, virtuous, and scriptural, to practice the plurality system, they should seek by every means to eradicate, not only from their own minds, but from the minds of their children, every erroneous improper prejudice which they have formerly imbibed, by their associations with the nations of modern [...]
Mosiah Hancock related the following dream:
When about twenty-one years of age, I was permitted by the power of God, to go into His presence and into my former abode. I saw the Eternal Father on His throne and His wives on His left side, [I have no idea of their number,](1) all shining in glory, [...]
Judging the 1886 Meeting
Tens of thousands of Mormon Fundamentalists believe that in 1886 Joseph Smith came to John Taylor and instructed him to set apart a group of men to keep alive plural marriage even when the Church should reject that principle.
Just like the visitation of God to Joseph Smith there were no visual means [...]
It has become a common belief amongst many Latter-day Saints that the atonement of Jesus extends to other earths like ours. This teaching is common in wards throughout the world, and is mentioned in books about the Savior by several by modern Mormon authors. But is this a revealed doctrine or just a popular theory, [...]
On September 27th, 1886 President John Taylor received what many have called his most controversial revelation. Its existence has been debated since the 1930s, and its standing and meaning have been called into question ever since.
It was written whilst Taylor was in hiding to avoid imprisonment for living plural marriage, and at a time [...]
Because of the sacred nature of many of the doctrines revealed to Joseph Smith, and due to the ridicule and persecution that many of the world would have given them, the Prophet taught many things in secret to only his most trusted associates. However, not all of his friends proved to be trustworthy, and they [...]
Lorin Woolley’s account of John Taylor’s 1886 prophecies have come under suspicion, because – it is argued – they were written after the events came to pass. However, as this series of articles will show, similar prophecies predate Woolley’s account, and the prophecies themselves – which conflict with modern LDS Church views – have [...]
or Just President of the Church?
At the death of President Joseph F. Smith the LDS Church stood at a crossroads. He was the last Church leader alive to have known the Prophet Joseph, and was the last prophet at the head of the Church who lived Plural Marriage whilst in that calling. With his passing [...]
Our tenth Article of faith tells us that “We believe in the literal gathering of Israel,” but what does that mean? Is it just speaking of “the return of the ten tribes” or does it apply to us too? Early LDS history shows us that many newly converted Saints came from foreign lands across the [...]