Lorin C. Woolley

Lorin Calvin Woolley was an American proponent of plural marriage and one of the founders of the Mormon fundamentalist movement. As a young man in Utah Territory, Woolley served as a courier and bodyguard for polygamous leaders of The Church of Jesus Christ of Latterday Saints in hiding during the federal crusade against polygamy. His career as a religious leader in his own right commenced in the early twentieth century, when he began claiming to have been set apart to keep plural marriage alive by church president John Taylor in connection with the 1886 Revelation. Woolleys distinctive teachings on authority, morality, and doctrine are thought to provide the theological foundation for nearly ninety percent of Mormon fundamentalist groups.

On October 6, 1912, Woolley wrote the first known account of the reception of the 1886 Revelation, an enigmatic document in the handwriting of church president John Taylor. This revelation declared firmly that the Lord had not revoked the New and Everlasting Covenant , nor will I, for it is everlasting. According to Woolley, Taylor had written the document after being visited by the resurrected Joseph Smith, founder of the church, at Woolleys fathers home in September 1886. Woolley frequently reiterated this account over the remainder of his life, adding additional details over time. The version which has assumed canonical status among Mormon fundamentalists was compiled by Joseph W. Musser in 1929, and includes the claim that Smiths appearance was followed by an eight hour meeting on September 27, 1886, at which President Taylor put five men under covenant to ensure that no year passed by without children being born in the principle of plural marriage. According to Woolley, these fiv

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