Fundamentalist founder
Lorin C. Woolley
1856–1934
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Utah Polygamy and the Manifesto
Fundamentalist founder
Woolley claimed to have been present at John Taylor's hiding place in Centerville in September 1886 when Taylor received a revelation refusing to revoke the everlasting covenant. In accounts given in 1912 and elaborated in 1929 he said Taylor also ordained five men to keep plural marriage alive whatever the church did. Most Mormon fundamentalist groups trace their priesthood claims to that account.
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A document in John Taylor's hand refuses to revoke the covenant
About 150 words found after Taylor's death declare that everlasting covenants cannot be abrogated. Lorin C. Woolley, one of Taylor's bodyguards, later claimed that Joseph Smith and Jesus Christ appeared that night and that Taylor ordained five men to keep plural marriage alive whatever the church did.
Mormon fundamentalism organizes
Lorin C. Woolley published a detailed account of the 1886 night and called a priesthood council of six men. After a 1933 First Presidency statement rejecting the claim, the church began excommunicating those who continued to support plural marriage, and adherents began gathering at Short Creek on the Utah–Arizona line.
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