Revelation from 1886

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Photograph of the handwritten Revelation by John Taylor

In fundamentalist Mormonism , the 1886 Revelation is a document reportedly written by the third President of The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints , John Taylor . This revelation , along with the revelation of Joseph Smith, was intended to justify the continuation of polygamy . The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints does not consider the document to be authentic and refers to its revelations from 1890 and 1904 . Others have also questioned the interpretation of the revelation.

In 1911, John W. Taylor , son of John Taylor and an Apostle to the Church, claimed that he had found the Revelation among his father's papers. It did so after the death of John Taylor in 1887. Unfortunately, the document was written in his son's handwriting. Photographs of the original document exist, but the document no longer exists. Research has shown that the document is written in the handwriting of John Taylor . In 1912, the fundamentalist Mormon Lorin C. Woolley published the claim that five copies of the document were given to the Apostle George Q. Cannon (and four other men who were not LDS officials) for posterity .

Lorin C. Woolley referred to this revelation as the reason for his continuation of polygamy. This revelation is still used today to justify polygamy.

The Mormon historian Richard S. Van Wagoner refers to it.

Text of revelation

The text of the revelation reads:

1886 Revelation
Given to President John Taylor September 27, 1886
My son John, you have asked me concerning the New and Everlasting Covenant how far it is binding upon my people.
Thus saith the Lord: All commandments that I give must be obeyed by those calling themselves by my name unless they are revoked by me or by my authority, and how can I revoke an everlasting covenant, for I the Lord am everlasting and my everlasting covenants cannot be abrogated nor done away with, but they stand forever.
Have I not given my word in great plainness on this subject? Yet have not great numbers of my people been negligent in the observance of my law and the keeping of my commandments, and yet have I borne with them these many years; and this because of their weakness — because of the perilous times, and furthermore, it is more pleasing to me that men should use their free agency in regard to these matters. Nevertheless, I the Lord do not change and my word and my covenants and my law do not, and as I have heretofore said by my servant Joseph: All those who would enter into my glory must and shall obey my law. And have I not commanded men that if they were Abraham's seed and would enter into my glory, they must do the works of Abraham. I have not revoked this law, nor will I, for it is everlasting, and those who will enter into my glory must obey the conditions thereof; even so, amen.

Individual evidence

  1. ^ Doctrine and Covenants, section 132 .
  2. ^ In an "Official Statement" from the First Presidency of the LDS Church, signed by Heber J. Grant , AW Ivins and J. Reuben Clark , it states: "It is alleged that on September 26-27, 1886, President John Taylor received a revelation from the Lord, the purported text is given in publications circulated apparently by or at the instance of this organization (Fundamentalists). As to this pretended revelation it should be said that the archives of the Church contain no such a revelation; the archives contain no record of any such a revelation, nor any evidence justifying a belief that any such a revelation was ever given. From the personal knowledge of some of us, from the uniform and common recollection of the presiding quorums of the Church, from the absence in the Church archives of any evidence whatsoever justifying any belief that such a revelation was given, we are justified in affirming that no such a revelation exists. "
  3. ↑ a b c d Questions concerning the 1886 revelation ( Memento of the original from June 10, 2008 in the Internet Archive ) Info: The archive link has been inserted automatically and has not yet been checked. Please check the original and archive link according to the instructions and then remove this notice. , mormonfundamentalism.com, accessed 2008-05-22. @1@ 2Template: Webachiv / IABot / www.mormonfundamentalism.com
  4. ↑ http://www.artbulla.com/images/1886.jpg
  5. ↑ 1886 Revelation
  6. ↑ 7 WTF FLDS Revelations That Conveniently Approved the Practice of Polygamy
  7. ^ Warren Jeffs: John Taylor 1886 Revelation on Plural Marriage by Warren Jeffs
  8. ↑ Official website of the Centennial Park Group (polygamists) on Articles and The four hidden revelations go
  9. ^ Richard S. Van Wagoner: Mormon Polygamy: A History . 2nd ed.Signature Books, 1989, ISBN 978-0-941214-79-7 , pp. 183 : "Mormon polygamists who today rationalize plural marriage on the grounds that polygamy can be rightly maintained by a special dispensation of priesthood authority independent from the church organization usually refer to themselves as Fundamentalists. Most Fundamentalists trace their authority to President John Taylor, who, on the underground at the John W. Woolley home in Centerville, Utah, in September 1886, allegedly "asked the Lord if it would not be right under the circumstances to discontinue plural marriages. " Taylor's son, John W., claimed he found among his father's papers after his death the response to this question— "a revelation given him of the Lord, and which is now in my possession, in which the Lord told him that the principle of plural marriage would never be overcome "(Abraham H. Cannon Journal, March 29, 1892)"
  10. ^ Richard S. Van Wagoner: Mormon Polygamy: A History . 2nd ed.Signature Books, 1989, ISBN 978-0-941214-79-7 , pp. 183-184 : "Fundamentalists insist that President Taylor secretly commissioned several priesthood holders to continue the practice of plural marriage as individuals rather than as church representatives. . . . Numerous Fundamentalists since have declared themselves the One Mighty and Strong. "
  11. ↑ 1886 Revelation ( Memento of the original from May 3, 2008 in the Internet Archive ) Info: The archive link was inserted automatically and has not yet been checked. Please check the original and archive link according to the instructions and then remove this notice. , fldstruth.com, accessed 2008-05-09. @1@ 2Template: Webachiv / IABot / www.fldstruth.com

literature

  • Nathan C. Taylor & Robert R. Openshaw: 1886 Priesthood Succession . Messenger publications, 2008 ( google.de ).
  • B. Carmon Hardy: Solemn Covenant: THE MORMON POLYGAMOUS PASSAGE . 1st ed. Ed. University of Illinois Press, 1992, ISBN 978-0-252-01833-6 .
  • Brian C. Hales: Modern Polygamy and Mormon Fundamentalism: The Generations after the Manifesto . Greg Kofford Books, Sandy, Utah 2006, ISBN 978-1-58958-109-8 .
  • Rulon T. Jeffs: History of Priesthood Succession in the Dispensation of the Fullness of Times and Some Challenges to the One Man Rule . Twin City Courier Press, Hildale, Utah 1997 ( google.de ).

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