by Dan Wees | Sep 1, 2019 | Miscellaneous
“[The Church’s] only democratic characteristic inheres in the right of the membership to accept or reject law or doctrine transmitted from on high. There is no provision in the church for nomination by the membership of the governing authorities, and church elections...
by Dan Wees | Sep 1, 2019 | Miscellaneous
Elizabeth Davis-Goldsmith-Brackenbury-Durfee-Smith-Lott: 12th Wife of Joseph Smith, Age 50 Married before June 1842 (Joseph Smith, age 36) Joseph Smith married four women in their 50’s; Elizabeth was the first of them. Elizabeth was married three times before...
by Dan Wees | Sep 1, 2019 | Miscellaneous
“In 1987 I also spoke to several Mormon women in Utah who give predictive and healing blessings, some employing mechanisms such as crystals …” Ian Barber/anthropologist, Mormon Women as ‘Natural’ Seers, page 179....
by Dan Wees | Sep 1, 2019 | Miscellaneous
Oliver Cowdery: Chief Scribe of the Book of Mormon … Oliver Cowdery was born 3 October 1806 in Wells, Vermont. His father, William, may have been a follower of sectarian leader Nathaniel Wood of Middletown, Vermont, whose small religious sect, the New...
by Dan Wees | Sep 1, 2019 | Miscellaneous
Agnes Moulton Coolbrith-Smith-Smith-Smith-Pickett: 7th Wife of Joseph Smith (Age 33) Married 6 Jan 1842 (Joseph Smith, age 36) Not much would have been known about Agnes Coolbrith had it not been that one of her daughters, Ina Coolbrith, became the first poet laureate...
by Dan Wees | Sep 1, 2019 | Miscellaneous
“The next grievous error which crept into the church was in ordaining high priests in June, 1831. This error was introduced at the instigation of Sydney Rigdon. The office of high priest was never spoken of, and never thought of being established in the church until...
