A
- Aaronic priesthood, 440, 443-44
- tokens of, 530-31, 537-38
- Abel, Elijah, 298
- abolitionists, 302-3
- Abraham, 23, 62, 221, 224. See also Book of Abraham
- Adam, 22, 62
- fell upward, 192-93
- is father of Christ, 199-201
- is God, 192-203
- is Michael, 63
- Adam-God doctrine, 192-203
- Adam father of Christ, according to, 199-201
- Adam father of our spirits, according to, 199
- Adam fell upward, according to 192-93
- Adam not of dust of this earth, according to, 198
- Adam the only God with whom we have to do, according to, 198-99
- Apostle Orson Pratt fights with Young over, 196
- Brigham Young first preaches, in 1852, 193
- Brigham Young not misquoted concerning, 203
- Adam’s altar, 22-23
- Aldrich, Issac, 480
- Alexander, Thomas G., 263
- Alexandrinus, Codex, 373-74
- Alger, Fanny, 215-16
- Allen, James B., 148-55, 168-69
- Anderson, Nels, 478-79
- Anderson, Richard L., 99, 103, 381-82, 390
- Andrus, Hyrum, 209, 454, 458
- animal sacrifice, after Christ, 488
- Anthon transcript, 141-44, 337-38
- Apocrypha, 114-15
- Arbaugh, George B., 123
- Archer, Gleason L., 371, 374, 377
- Arrington, Leonard J., 37, 168-69, 476-78, 481
- admits of Joseph Smith’s 1826 trial, 73
- confirms 1831 revelation on making Indians “white” through intermarriage, 214
- Babbitt, Almon W., 472
- Backman, Milton V., 154-55, 169-70, 508
- Baer, Klaus, 337, 343, 346-47, 358-60
- Bailey, J. W. A., 207
- Bailey, Raymond T., 230
- Bainbridge, New York, Smith’s trial in, 67-75
- Ballard, Melvin J., 542
- Bancroft, Hubert Howe, 475
- baptism for dead, 512-18
- Beebe, Calvin, 101
- Beecham, Bill, 19-21
- Benson, Ezra T., 233
- Bernhisel, John M., 247
- Berrett, LaMar C., 91
- Berrett, William E., 39-41, 189, 258, 299-300, 383, 463
- Bible
- archaeological and historical evidence for, 145-46, 370-83
- Book of Mormon charges Catholics removed “many plain and precious things” in, 378-83
- compared with Mormon scriptures, 368-83
- Joseph Smith’s translation of. See Inspired Version of the Bible
- Bidamon, Charles E., 91
- Bitton, Davis, 73, 214, 365, 406-7, 415
- Blacks
- anti-black doctrine, 291-328
- biblical objection to anti-black doctrine, 299-300
- black skin a curse, 208-9, 291-96, 324
- black woman sealed as servant to Joseph Smith, 305
- Book of Abraham and anti-black doctrine, 295-96, 300, 309
- Book of Moses and anti-black doctrine, 294-95, 300-301
- Brigham Young says slavery “divine institution,” 304-305
- Brigham Young teaches intermarriage with blacks punishable by death, 313
- denied the gospel, 300-301
- descendants of Cain, 292-96
- doctrine grew out of prejudice, 301-3
- Elijah Abel and other exceptions to general rule, 298-99
- existence of actual revelation questioned, 325-27
- interracial marriage now allowed, 312-14
- Joseph Smith and slavery, 302-3
- leaders taught anti-black doctrine could not be changed, 311-18
- Mormon opposition to civil rights, 305-8
- one drop of “Negro” blood disqualified a man from priesthood, 296-99
- pre-existence, 291-94
- pressure brings new revelation, 308-9, 319-23
- recent revision of doctrine on, 291, 308-9
- slavery in Utah, 303-5
- blood atonement, 490-504
- Brigham Young and others recommend transgressors be put to death, 490-91
- crimes worthy of death, 493-500
- in actual practice, 501-4
- Bodmer Papyri, 376
- Bonney, Edward, 464-65
- Book of Abraham, 23, 295, 300, 309, 329-63, 369, 370
- Grant Heward excommunicated for questioning, 356
- history of papyri, 331
- Mormon apologists unable to explain relationship between Book of Abraham and papyri, 351-56
- Mormon leaders turn papyri over to Dr. Nibley, 335
- older than Genesis, 329
- papyri rediscovered at Metropolitan Museum in 1967, 330, 334
- papyrus is pagan Book of Breathings, 339-48
- scholars criticize facsimiles, 332-33, 358-62
- Book of Breathings, 344-45, 351
- Book of Commandments, 38-62, 64-66, 86-87, 443
- Book of Mormon, 19-22, 92-147
- Anthon transcript and reformed Egyptian, 141-45
- archaeology and, 133-41
- changes in, 128-33, 183
- compared with Bible archaeology, 145-46
- condemns polygamy of David and Solomon, 220
- contains nothing about baptism for dead, 518
- contains nothing on temple marriage, 520
- contradicts Mormon teachings on Godhead, 162-63, 172
- contradicts Mormon teachings on hell, 505-9
- Dead Sea Scrolls cause serious problems for, 370-73, 379
- from gold plates, 21-22, 75, 78, 81, 84-85, 92, 94, 107-9
- historical evidence for, compared with Bible, 368-83
- many Mormon doctrines not found in, 147, 559-60
- parallels to Apocrypha, 114-15
- parallels to local newspaper, 125-26
- parallels to New Testament (King James Version), 116-24
- parallels to Old Testament, 115-16
- parallels to Westminster Confession and other recent writings, 111-13
- relationship to money-digging, 75-85
- Roberts’ parallels to View of the Hebrews, 126-28
- teaches against secret societies and oaths, 544
- teaches against three degrees of glory, 510
- teaches that God cursed wicked with dark skin, 208-9
- translated by stone in hat, 78-84
- used to attack Bible, 368-83
- witnesses to were gullible, unstable, 94-110
- Book of Moses, 173, 369
- “drastically changed,” 395-96
- Book of the Dead, 344-46
- Booth, Ezra, 211
- Braden, Clark, 106
- Breasted, James H., 333, 345
- Bridgeman, Peter G., 67
- Brigham Young University, target of racial protests, 319
- Briscoe, David, 19, 21
- Broderick, Carlfred B., 180
- Brodie, Fawn, 59, 70, 108, 149, 156, 157, 207, 231, 232, 239, 245, 333, 457
- Brooks, Juanita, 212, 237, 500
- Brown, Hugh B., 440
- Bruce, F.F., 374-76
- Budge, E.A. Wallis, 332, 344-45
- Bullock, Thomas, 403-4
- Burgess, brother, 87
- Burnett, Stephen, 108
- Bush, Lester E., Jr., 299, 322-23, 497
- Bushman, Richard L., 169
- business interests, 19-21
- Cain, father of Blacks, 292-96. (See also Blacks.)
- Campbell, Alexander, 111, 159-60
- Canadian revelation, failure of, 417-18
- Cannon, Abraham H.
- married to plural wife by Joseph F. Smith after the Manifesto, 276-81
- on Adam being father of Christ, 200-201
- on blood atonement, 500
- on Heavenly Mother, 178
- on not sealing more than 999 wives to one man, 234-36
- on oath of vengeance, 532
- on plural marriage, 269-71
- Cannon, Angus M., 271, 305
- Cannon, Frank J., 272, 276, 279
- Cannon, George Q.
- on Adam-God doctrine, 200-202
- on blood atonement, 532
- on first vision, 162
- on polygamy, 248-49, 256, 266, 271, 279-80
- caste systems, 307
- Catholics, 27, 378-83, 434, 508-9
- cave, in Hill Cumorah, 78
- celestial kingdom, 510-11
- celestial marriage. (See temple marriage)
- censorship, 29-33
- Chamberlin, Thomas, 281
- Chase, Clark, 22, 79, 83
- Chase, Mason, 79, 84
- Chase, Willard, 78
- Cheesman, Paul R., 84-85, 151-54, 159, 161, 166, 415-16
- Chester Beatty Biblical Papyri, 376
- Christ
- is both Father and Son, 162-63
- is God, 172
- literal Son of Father by physical act, 179-82
- a polygamist, 249, 251, 254
- proclaimed son of Adam, 199-201
- Christensen, Harold T., 554
- Christensen, James Boyd, 304
- church historical department, suppressed records, 35-37
- Civil War prophecy, 413, 424-30
- Clark, James R., 340, 342
- Clarke, Adam, 390
- Clayton, James L., 553
- Clayton, William, 218, 256
- Cluff, Benjamin, Jr., 281
- Cobb, Augusta Adams, 242, 254
- Coe, Michael, 134
- concubinage, 280-81
- converts, 152,000 in 1978, 19
- copyright, Book of Mormon, 417-18
- Council of Fifty, 37, 456-48
- Cowdery, Oliver, Book of Mormon witness
- accuses Joseph Smith of adultery, 215-16
- integrity of, 94-101, 104
- uses divining rod, 86-87
- writes first history of Mormonism, 160, 166
- Cowdery, William, Jr., 86
- Cowles, Austin, 462
- Cowley, Matthias F., 272, 281
- Crapo, Richley, 343, 352-54
- Cross, Frank Moore, Jr., 370-71
- Cross, Whitney R., 469
- cursing enemies, 484-88
- Darter, Francis M., 533
- David, wives and concubines of, 220
- Dead Sea Scrolls, 370-73, 379
- dead, work for. (See baptism for dead; genealogical research; temple work)
- degrees of glory, 509-11
- DePillis, Mario S., 319, 324
- Deseret Book Company, 34
- Deseret News, 34
- Deveria, M. Theodule, 332
- devil, 506, 508-10
- denied a body, 189-90
- DeZeng, Philip M., 71
- diaries of Joseph Smith, suppressed, 412-14
- divining rod, 86-87
- Cowdery’s divining rod, 86-87
- Doctrine and Covenants, 38-66
- new sections to be added, 437
- Durham, Reed, 88-91, 384-85, 545-47
- Egyptian language, 332
- Egyptian papyri. (See Book of Abraham)
- Ellis, Wilhelmina C., 277-80
- endowment, 523-25
- in Kirtland temple, 109, 481
- Evans, John Henry, 559-60
- Evans, R.C., 389
- Eve, one of Adam’s wives, 193, 196, 249
- exaltation, 175, 177, 187-88, 518-20
- Eyring, Henry, 352
- Farnsworth, Moses Franklin, 234
- Farr, Winslow, 281
- Far West, Missouri, 97
- Ferguson, Thomas Stuart, 140-41, 356
- Filson, Floyd V., 375, 380
- Finney, Charles G., 505
- first vision, 148-71
- account published twenty-two years after event, 148
- another account found in Smith’s 1835-36 diary, 155-56, 166
- Brodie questions, 149
- change made in History of the Church, 157-59
- church leaders give contradictory accounts of, 164
- contradicts Doctrine and Covenants 84:21-22, 149-50
- 1832 account of comes to light, 151-54
- first account does not mention God the Father, 154-55, 166
- importance of, 148-49, 166
- missing in church publications in 1830s, 150
- no evidence for 1820 revival, 166-71
- resembles non-Mormon visions, 159-60
- Fitzgerald, John Williams, 38, 185, 321
- Flanders, Robert Bruce, 454
- Fleming, Monroe, 325
- Ford, Thomas, 460-61, 464
- Foster, Charles A., 463
- Fraser, Gordon H., 209
- Freeman, Joseph, 313
- Freemasonry. (See Masonry)
- Garden of Eden, in Missouri, 22
- garment, temple, 525-29
- genealogy
- genealogical research, 515-18
- genealogical society, 515-16
- General Authorities, 440
- Gentry, Leland, 98
- Gibbs, Francis M., 336
- Gibbs, Josiah F., 475
- glass-looking. (See money-digging)
- glory, degrees of. (See degrees of glory)
- God, 172-203
- has a father, 175
- has a wife, 178, 189
- Joseph Smith claims to see, 148
- literal father of Jesus physically, 179-82
- once a mortal man, 175-77
- one God in Book of Mormon, 172-73
- still progressing, 187
- Godhood
- attainable by man, 175, 177
- requires celestial marriage, 190
- Godrey, Kenneth W., 457, 461
- gold plates, 21-22, 84-85
- Grant, Heber J., 284, 515
- Grant, Jedediah M., 228, 236, 249, 451
- on blood atonement, 491, 498
- Greek manuscripts of New Testament, 374
- Green, Dee F., 139-40, 146
- Gunnell, Wayne Cutler, 106-7
- Guthrie, Gary Dean, 31
- Hale, Issac, 80-81
- Hall, William, 212-13
- Ham, Wayne, 372-73
- Hamlin, John Henry, 276-77
- Hamlin, Lillian, 276-82
- Hancock, Mosiah, 226
- Hansen, Klaus J., 286, 419, 422, 456-58, 501
- Hansen, Ralph W., 36
- Harris, James R., 395-96, 548
- Harris, Martin, 87, 94, 100-108, 132, 507
- on money-digging, 77, 79
- on seer stone, 81-82
- revelation on Lamanite wife, 211
- visits Anthon, 142-43
- Harris, William, 479-80, 485
- Hart, Stephen H., 480-81
- Haven, Charlotte, 455-56, 512
- Heavenly Mother, wife of God, 177-79
- hell
- Apostle Widtsoe rejects Book of Mormon teaching of, 507-8
- Book of Mormon teaches Protestant view of, 505-8
- Joseph Smith accepts Universalists’ view of, 506
- release from, 508-9
- Heward, Grant S., 334, 343-44, 356
- Hield, Charles R., 513-14
- high priesthood, 445
- high priests, 440-43, 446-47
- Hill Cumorah, 21, 75, 92
- Hill, Marvin S., 72-73, 87, 107-8, 163, 303, 415
- Hinckley, Gordon B., 171
- Hirshon, Stanley P., 225-27, 233, 242, 246
- History of the Church, 398-416
- changes in, 31-33, 156-59, 408-12, 470-71, 485
- Joseph Smith’s authorship questioned, 400-402
- over 60 percent written after Smith’s death, 403-4
- Hoekema, Anthony A., 378-79
- Holmes, Erastus, 157, 166
- Holy Ghost
- does not have body, 189-90
- Jesus not begotten by, 179-80
- mind of Father and Son, 188
- Holy Order, 530
- Homans, J.E., 333
- Hougey, Hal, 134-35, 559
- Howard, Richard P., 41, 86-87, 362, 396-97
- Hunter, Howard W., 36
- Hunter, Milton R., 175-78, 190, 397, 519-20
- Huntington, Oliver B., 132, 473, 474
- on Adam’s altar in Missouri, 22-23
- on inhabitants of moon, 23-25
- Huntington, Zina D., 226-227, 237, 239
- Hyde, John, Jr., 213
- Hyde, Orson, 187, 249, 251, 429, 455, 496
- Independence, Missouri, false prophecy about temple, 420-24
- Indians
- color of, 128, 208-13
- origin of, 125-28
- revelation commanding Mormons to marry to make them “white” and “delightsome,” 207-14, 324
- to vex Gentiles, 426
- Inspired Version of the Bible, 45, 383-97
- Dead Sea Scrolls cause serious problem for, 370-72
- failure to fulfill commandments to print causes it to fall into the hands of the Reorganized Church, 383-88
- not supported by manuscript evidence, 389-91
- Joseph Smith adds words discrediting Blacks, 392
- begins “inspired” translation in 1831, 383
- fails to restore “lost books” to Bible, 393
- ignored his own “inspired” renderings, 388
- inserts over eight hundred words in Genesis 50, which include his own name, 391-92
- revised and re-revised his own “inspired” renditions, 395-97
- intermarriage
- with Blacks, 296-99, 312-14, 324-25
- with Indians, 209-14, 324
- Ivins, Anthony W., 275, 544
- Ivins, Stanley S., 231-32, 234, 254, 274-75
- Jackson County, Missouri, 22, 421-24
- Jackson, Joseph H., 246
- Jacobs, Henry B., 239
- Jacobs, Zina Diantha Huntington, 239
- Jakeman, Wells, 114
- Jaredites, 21
- Jenson, Andrew, 215, 231, 242
- Jessee, Dean C., 152, 155, 403-5
- John, parchment of, 47-49
- Johnson, Benjamin, 216, 451, 485
- Johnson, Eli, 215
- Johnson, James Francis, 281
- Johnson, Jeffery O., 413
- Johnson, Luke, 452
- Johnson, Nancy, 215
- John the Baptist, 444
- Jonas, Larry, 424-25
- Jones, Wesley, M., 118
- Jupiter talisman, 89-91
- Keen, G.J., 99
- Keller, Werner, 371
- Kenyon, Sir Fredric, 380
- Kimball, Heber C., 175, 189, 200
- counsels elders to electioneer for Joseph Smith, 457-58
- curses enemies, 486-88
- enters polygamy, 223-24, 232-33
- married to Sarah A. Whitney, 244, 258
- number of wives, 234
- on blood atonement, 490, 498, 500, 531
- on hell, 508-9
- on Joseph Smith, 448
- says “do as you are told,” 431-32
- says that polygamy cannot be done away, 263
- speaks on grogeries and distilleries, 482
- Kimball, Helen Mar, 237
- Kimball, Lucy W., 232-33
- Kimball, Spencer W.
- claims Indians becoming “white” and “delightsome,” 209, 324
- claims “revelation” changing anti-black doctrine, 326-28, 435
- discourages intermarriage with Indians, 324
- now in his eighties, 439
- on becoming gods, 188
- on church wealth, 21
- speaks on divorce by those married in temple, 554
- Kimball, Vilate, 236-37, 463
- king, Joseph Smith ordained, 456-57, 461
- Kingdom of God. (See Council of Fifty)
- Kingsbury, Joseph C., 243-44
- Kirkham, Francis W., 72, 160
- Kirtland Temple
- endowment in, 109-10
- wine, visions, and cursing in, 478-81, 484-85
- Knight, Joseph, 87
- Knight, Newel, 87
- Komatsu, Adney Y., 517
- Ladd, George E., 374
- Lamanites, Indians, cursed with dark skin because of wickedness, 128, 208-10. (See Indians.)
- Lamb, M.T., 136-37, 141-44, 380
- Larson, Gustive O., 503
- Lawrence, Samuel, 77, 79
- Lectures on Faith, removed from Doctrine and Covenants, 183, 185-86, 188
- Lee, Anna, 101
- Lee, Harold B., 328, 439, 522
- Lee, John D.
- about man being God of woman, 244
- on blood atonement, 502-3
- on Brigham Young selling wine, 476
- on Joseph Smith tearing Rigdon’s coat, 451
- on marriage to Indians, 213
- on oath of vengeance, 532
- on polygamy, 237, 242
- LeFevre, Don, 313, 437
- Lightner, Mary Elizabeth Rollins, 241
- Little, James A., 195
- Lost Ten Tribes, 126
- Lund, John L., 310, 313, 316-18
- Lyman, Amasa, 31, 196
- Lyman, Francis M., 273
- Lyon, T. Edgar, 245
- McBrien, Dean O., 468-69
- McConkie, Bruce R., 21, 124, 510-11
- condemns present practice of polygamy, 29, 286-87, 289
- on Apocrypha, 114
- on Blacks, 291, 293, 295, 300, 307, 381
- on blood atonement, 493-94
- on Doctrine and Covenants, 64
- on Garden of Eden in Missouri, 22
- on genealogical research, 515
- on God having a body, 177
- on having children after resurrection, 519
- on Heavenly Mother, 178
- on Holy Ghost, 190-91
- on Inspired Version of Bible, 383
- on new revelation on Blacks, 318, 327
- on revelation, 433-34
- on seer stones, 82-83
- on temple marriage, 519
- on temple ordinances, 534
- on virgin birth, 180
- Mace, Wandle, 488
- McGavin, E. Cecil, 103, 535, 540-43
- McKay, David O., 166, 299-300, 328, 439
- McLellin, William E., 65, 100-102, 109, 481
- Madsen, Truman G., 161, 385, 397
- magic talisman, Joseph Smith’s, 89-91
- Malachi, quoted in Book of Mormon, 115-16
- Manifesto, to stop practice of plural marriage, 262-90. (See also polygamy)
- Marchant, Byron, 321-22
- Marks, William, 456
- Marquardt, H. Michael
- makes rebuttal to Hugh Nibley, 337, 350
- on Apostle Cannon’s plural marriage after the Manifesto, 279
- on B. H. Roberts’ secret manuscript, 127
- on Brigham Young’s statement that Blacks can never hold the priesthood, 311
- on change in recently canonized revelation, 62-63
- on 1831 polygamy-Indian revelation, 208-10
- on strange marriage between Joseph Smith and Sarah Ann Whitney, 216-18, 242-44
- Marriage, article on, removed from Doctrine and Covenants, 205-7, 258-59, 262, 520
- Masonry, 534-47
- Joseph Smith becomes Mason, 535
- gives Masonic signal of distress, 535-36
- parallels to temple ceremony, 536-45
- Reed Durham admits similarities, 545-47
- Matthews, Robert J., 388-89, 391, 393-94, 560
- Mauss, Armand L., 309
- Melchizedek priesthood, 59, 440, 442-46
- first token of, 526
- Menniger, Karl A., 552-53
- Mercer, Samuel A.B., 363
- Merneptah stele, mentions Israel c. 1220 B.C., 145-46
- Merrill, Charles E., married after Manifesto, 272-73, 281
- Merrill, Marriner W., 281
- Merson, Ben, 285
- Metcalf, Anthony, 107
- Metropolitan Museum of Art, 330
- Metzger, Bruce M., 374
- Michael
- identified as Adam, 63
- name removed from Joseph Smith’s vision, 62-63
- Miller, George, 456, 458
- missionaries, 26, 149
- full-time, 19
- money, Mormonism and, 19, 21
- money-digging, 67-91
- Book of Mormon from the stone, 80-83
- Brigham Young on, 77-78
- Joseph Smith’s 1826 trial, 67-75
- Joseph Smith’s magic talisman, 88-91
- peepstones, 78-79
- revelation on, 87-88
- working with the rod, 86-87
- moon, inhabited, 23-25
- Morgan, Dale L., 74
- Morley, Mrs. Alfred, 480
- Mormon scriptures and the Bible, 364-97
- Moroni, 21
- originally Nephi in Pearl of Great Price, 408-10
- mummies, 23, 331
- Nauvoo, Masonic influence at, 546-47
- Nauvoo Expositor, Joseph Smith destroys, 460-64
- Nauvoo Legion, 454-55
- Neely, Albert, (Justice of the Peace who tried Joseph Smith in 1826), 70-71
- Neff, A.L., 304-5
- “Negro blood,” 296, 298-99
- Nelson, Dee Jay
- Claims concerning doctor’s degree proved false, 339
- Involvement in “Book of Abraham” Controversy, 339-40
- Translation praised by Dr. Nibley, 339
- Nelson, N.L., 333-34
- Nephi
- Book of Mormon name found in Apocrypha, 114
- Joseph Smith originally wrote that Nephi revealed the Book of Mormon to him but after his death the name was changed to Moroni, 408-10
- Nephites, 21, 145, 208, 210
- no archaeological evidence for, 138-39
- New Jerusalem, to be located in Independence, Missouri, 420-21
- new name, given in temple ritual, 524, 539
- New Testament
- evidence for, 146, 373-76
- passages in Book of Mormon, 116-24
- Newton, Samuel S., married after Manifesto, 281
- Nibley, Hugh W., 36, 114, 368, 377, 416, 452
- involvement in Book of Abraham controversy, 330, 334-39, 361-62
- on archaeology and Book of Mormon, 137-39, 145
- on Facsimile No. 1, 359-60
- on first vision, 149, 166
- on Joseph Smith’s 1826 trial, 72
- on Masonry, 541
- on rediscovery of papyri, 330, 331, 363
- on Sensen (Book of Breathings) Papyrus, 343-44, 347-50, 354
- on translation, 395
- Nibley, Preston, 150, 170, 286
- Noah, built ark near Carolina, 23
- Noall, Claire, 231
- Nobles, Joseph B., 190
- Nuttal, L. John, 201, 247
- oaths
- in temple ceremony, 530, 534, 537-39
- of vengeance, removed from temple ceremony, 532-34
- Old Testament
- evidence for, 145-46, 370-72
- practices, 484-89
- Olson, David, 321
- Owen, Charles Mostyn, 284
- Paden, WM., 525
- Page, Hiram, 94, 96, 100-102, 447
- Paine, Thomas, 365-66
- Palmyra, New York, 21
- revival in, 167-71
- Papyri, 23, 329-31, 334-51
- biblical, 375-76, 380-82
- Parker, Richard A., 144, 340, 346-49, 358
- Parkin, Max, 215, 452
- Pearl of Great Price, 173, 324, 329. (See also Book of Abraham and Book of Moses)
- two visions added to, 62
- two visions removed to go in Doctrine and Covenants, 437
- Peck, Reed, 490
- peep stones. (See seer stone)
- Penrose, Charles W., 202, 522
- Peter, James, and John, 442, 445
- Petersen, LaMar, 151, 443, 481
- Petersen, Lauritz G., 161, 170
- Petersen, Mark E., 63, 214, 305, 378, 392
- on the Bible, 367-68
- on Blacks, 305-7
- on intermarriage, 296, 298
- on pre-existence, 293-94
- Petersen, Melvin J., 38-39, 47, 49, 64
- Phelps, William W., 160, 210-11
- Pilate, Pontius, inscription found, 146
- plurality of Gods, 173-76
- plural marriage. (See polygamy)
- Poffarl, Fred, 71
- polygamy, 29, 204-90
- Apostles and others who took wives after Manifesto, 281-82
- Brigham Young
- accusation that Brigham Young married “two young squaws,” 213
- proclaims man “God of the woman,” 244
- says Adam a polygamist, 249
- threatens to send wives away, 227-28
- Apostle Cannon’s 1896 marriage, 276-80
- church leaders
- admit to breaking “laws of God,” 272-73
- condemned by Senate committee for continuing practice, 281-84
- deny it publicly, 258-62
- secretly continue practice, 271-72
- stressed impossibility of giving up, 263-70
- church retains doctrine but not practice of, 286-90
- concubinage approved, 224, 280-81
- section in Doctrine and Covenants condemning removed when polygamy revelation added, 207
- early marriage in Utah, 225-26
- 1843 revelation
- not printed until 1852, 219
- critical examination of, 218-24
- 1831 revelation on polygamy
- commands Mormons to marry Indians
to make them “white” and “delightsome,” 208-14 - suppressed, 207
- commands Mormons to marry Indians
- Emma Smith
- fights with Eliza Snow, 230-31
- threatened with destruction, 222
- God and Christ proclaimed polygamists, 251, 254
- impossible to obtain full exaltation with only one wife, 255-58
- “indissolubly interwoven” with temple marriage, 522-23
- Joseph F. Smith convicted in 1906, 284
- Joseph Smith
- accused of “affair” with Fanny Alger, 215-16
- argues with wife Emma over practice of, 218, 228, 230
- asked for other men’s wives, 236-37
- gives revelation sanctioning on July 12, 1843, 204-5
- indicted for practice of, 220
- married five pairs of sisters as well as a mother and her daughter, 245
- married to at least twelve wives before receiving revelation, 219
- sealed to over two hundred women after his death, 232
- special revelation to marry Sarah Ann Whitney, 216, 218
- takes the wives of Henry B. Jacobs, David Sessions,
Adam Lightner, and Henry Cobb, 237, 239-42
- Manifesto issued after intense government pressure, 270
- in Mexico after Manifesto, 274-76
- Nauvoo Expositor exposed practice of, 462
- New Testament opposes, 221-22
- no surplus of women in early Utah, 225-26
- number of wives of Joseph Smith, Brigham Young, and Heber C. Kimball, 231-34
- one-wife system denounced, 247-48
- revelation justifies polygamy because of David and Solomon but Book of Mormon condemns, 220-21
- revelation says that first wife must give consent but Joseph Smith breaks rule, 222-23
- sorrows of, 226-31
- still thousands of polygamists in Utah, 284-85
- President Woodruff sealed to “about four hundred” dead women, 234, 236
- Powers, Orlando W., 475-76
- Pratt, Orson, 113, 187, 221, 234, 245, 384, 426, 432, 481, 555
- attack on churches, 27, 434
- attacks Bible, 366-70, 376
- says God and Christ polygamists, 251
- on baptism for dead, 514
- on Book of Mormon, 92, 145
- on degrees of glory, 510
- on Holy Ghost, 189
- on plurality of Gods, 175
- on polygamy, 264, 287, 522
- on temple in Missouri, 421-22
- on virgin birth, 180-82
- opposition to Adam-God teaching, 196
- Pratt, Parley P., 34, 234, 420, 444
- pre-existence, 293-94, 296, 325
- Priest, Josiah, 113, 128
- priesthood, 440-47
- Blacks and, 291-328
- changes in revelations concerning, 48, 54-55, 57-61
- prophecies
- Civil War, 424-30
- Joseph Smith to drink wine with Elder Hyde, 414
- the Lord’s return, 418-20
- Rocky Mountain, 404-8
- to sell Book of Mormon copyright, 417-18
- temple to be built in Missouri, 420-22, 424
- Protestants, called harlot daughters of Catholic Church, 27
- Pulsipher, John, 110
- Purple, W.D., 90
Q
- Quincy, Josiah, 23, 331, 456
- Quinn, D. Michael, on working with divining rod, 87
- Ralston, Russell F., 513-14
- Ramah. (See Hill Cumorah.)
- Reed Smoot Case
- oath of vengeance discussed in, 534
- polygamy discussed in, 220-21, 223, 256, 272-84
- revelation discussed in, 432-33
- Relief Society, Reed Durham claims “Masonically inspired,” 546
- Reorganized Church of Jesus Christ of Latter Day Saints (RLDS), 19, 362, 383-85, 401, 434
- restoration of priesthood, 442-47
- revelation added to Doctrine and Covenants, 437
- changes in Joseph Smith’s, 38-66, 442-43
- current lacking, 432-35
- revival, no sign of in Palmyra in 1820, 166-71
- Reynolds, Arch S., 83-84, 386, 388, 390
- Reynolds, George, 111, 116
- Rich, Leonard, 101
- Rich, Russell R., 270
- Richards, LeGrand
- on Adam-God, 202-3
- on Bible, 22, 520, 559
- on first vision, 148, 162
- on Heavenly Mother, 178
- on Holy Ghost, 189
- on Journal of Discourses, 437
- on Mormons as best people, 553
- on polygamy, 220
- on priesthood, 445
- on progressive God, 177
- Richards, Paul C., 310
- Richards, Willard, 33, 400, 403
- Richardson, Arthur M., 296, 300
- Rigdon, Sidney, 59, 88, 386, 442, 451
- Roberts, B.H., 88, 170, 207, 445, 506
- on Adam-God, 201
- on Blacks, 293, 305-6
- on Book of Abraham 332-33
- on Canadian revelation, 418
- on changes in revelations, 38
- on destruction of Nauvoo Expositor, 463
- on Josiah Stowel, 74
- on seer stone, 78-79
- study on View of the Hebrews, 126-28
- Roberts, Frank H.H., Jr., 134, 145
- Robinson, Ebenezer, 87, 230, 530
- Robinson, Joseph Lee, 196, 199, 227, 230, 237
- Rockwell, Orrin P., 77-78
- Rocky Mountain Prophecy, an interpolation, 404-8
- rod, divining, 86-87
- Rogers, Lewis M., 372
- Romney, Marion G., 188
- Rylands Greek Papyrus No. 457, 375-76
- Salem, Massachusetts, hidden treasure in, 87-88
- Salmon River Mission, 212-13
- Sayce, A. H., 333
- seer stone, 22, 72, 78-84. (See also Urim and Thummim)
- segregation, 306-7
- Sensen Papyrus. (See Book of Abraham; Book of Breathings, and papyri)
- Septuagint, 392
- Sessions, Patty Bartlett, 240, 245
- Sessions, Sylvia, 245
- Shakers, 101, 103
- Sill, Sterling W., 192
- Sinaiticus, Codex, 374
- Sjodahl, James, 111
- slavery, 302-5
- Smith, Don Carlos, 87
- Smith, Eldred G., 323
- Smith, Elias, 159
- Smith, Emma, wife of Joseph
- Smith fights with Joseph on polygamy, 218-19, 228-30
- fights with Joseph’s other wives, 223, 231
- Joseph does not want Whitneys to come when she is there, 243
- mentioned in polygamy revelation, 205, 224
- Mrs. Lightner concerned about, 241
- on Joseph Smith translating Book of Mormon with head buried in hat, 81
- revelation about support from church changed, 59
- threatened with destruction, 222
- Smith, Ethan, 126-28
- Smith, George A., 110, 248, 399, 404, 421
- hates enemies, 488
- on blood atonement, 494, 496
- on first vision, 164
- on apostasy of early leaders, 96
- on wine and curses, 484-85
- on Word of Wisdom, 472, 480, 482
- Smith, Hyrum, Joseph Smith’s brother, 79, 88, 94, 218, 260
- Smith, John Henry, 222
- Smith, John L., 336
- Smith, Joseph
- accepts Universalist doctrine of all being saved (though Book of Mormon teaches endless punishment of wicked), 505-8
- accepts Roman Catholic concept of a purgatory or preparatory stage after death, 508-9
- accused of “affair” with Fanny Alger, 215-16
- accuses Book of Mormon witnesses of wickedness, 96-99
- adds to Genesis over 800 words containing his own name, 391-92
- adds to Genesis words discrediting Blacks, 392
- advises Robert Thompson to get drunk, 474
- alters revelations, 39, 55, 65-66
- approves concubinage, 281
- argues with wife over polygamy, 218, 230
- asks for other men’s wives, 236
- asks United States to let him raise 100,000 men, 454-55
- beats up a number of men, 451-52
- becomes a Mason and incorporates Masonic ritual into temple ceremony, 534-47
- begins writing History of the Church, 398
- boasts that he did a better job of holding together the church than Jesus, 460
- “Book of Breathings”—pagan funerary text from Egypt, 344, 346-47
- Book of Moses “drastically changed,” 395-96
- breaks laws of land by living in polygamy, 219-20
- changes his concept of Godhead, 162-63
- changes text of Book of Mormon, 128-32
- claims restoration of priesthood by John the Baptist and Peter, James, and John, 442-47
- claims there is a Heavenly Mother, 178
- claims to be a god to his people, 432
- copies Book of Mormon characters for Harris to take to Anthon, 142
- curses woman for telling Emma he went into a certain house, 230
- declares God only an exalted man and that men can become Gods, 173
- departs from Book of Mormon’s teaching of only one God, 172-73
- departs from Book of Mormon’s teachings, 147
- diaries suppressed because they discredit History, 412-14
- dictates another contradictory account of first vision, 155-56
- disobeys Word of Wisdom by drinking wine and beer and using tobacco, 470-72
- earlier revelation commands Mormons to marry Indians to make them “white” and “delightsome,” 207-8
- encourages breaking Word of Wisdom, 33
- encourages cursing of enemies, 484-85
- engages in money-digging and “glass looking,” 67-70
- enjoys wrestling and other tests of strength, 450-51
- entertains by describing ancient inhabitants before translating Book of Mormon, 125
- establishes baptism for the dead, 512-14
- establishes a secret temple ritual with washings, anointings, garments, signs, tokens, and penalties, 524-29
- fails to fulfill commandment to publish “Inspired Revision,” 384-88
- fails to restore “lost books” to Bible, 393
- finds Adam’s altar in Missouri, 22-23
- finds seer stone in well, 79
- finishes less than forty percent of History, but Church leaders later falsify material to make it appear complete, 400-404
- found guilty by justice Neely in 1826, 67-73
- gives lengthy revelation on polygamy, 204-5
- gives Masonic signal of distress, 535-36
- gives revelation about obtaining gold and silver in Salem, 88
- gives revelation endorsing divining rod, 86
- gives revelation on Civil War, 424-30
- gives revelation temple would be built in Missouri before his generation passes away, 420-24
- gives Word of Wisdom revelation forbidding tobacco and alcoholic beverages, 467-68
- goes far beyond Book of Mormon’s teaching, 560
- has beer at Mossers, 31
- has vision of Adam and Michael, 62-63
- helps prepare Lectures on Faith, which contradict present teachings on Godhead, 183, 185
- indicted for polygamy, 220
- ignores own “inspired” renderings, 388
- jailed at Carthage and attacked by mob, 464-65
- likes strong tea, 414
- likes to be called Lieutenant General Joseph Smith, 454
- loves military display, 454
- makes an “inspired” revision of Bible, 383-84
- makes four changes on Godhead in Book of Mormon, 183
- many changes made in History after his death, 399-400, 408-12
- marries five pairs of sisters as well as a mother and daughter, 245
- married to at least twelve women when 1843 revelation received, 219
- marries Sarah Ann Whitney by special revelation, 216-18
- misinterprets Facsimile No. 1, 358-60
- mistakenly claims revival in Palmyra in 1820, 167-71
- number of wives he had, 231-32
- obtains gold plates, 22
- obtains papyri and mummies from Chandler, 331
- ordained king, 456-57
- orders Nauvoo Expositor destroyed because it exposes polygamy and political schemes, 460-63
- organizes army and marches to Missouri to “redeem Zion,” 452
- organizes Nauvoo Legion, 454
- possesses magic talisman, 89-90
- prophesies Book of Mormon copyright would be sold in Canada, 417
- prophesies would drink wine in the east, 414
- publicly denies plural marriage, 258-60
- publishes “translation” of Book of Abraham in 1842, 331
- publishes account of first vision twenty-two years after it was supposed to have occurred, 148
- quoted on inhabitants of moon, 23-24
- racist tendencies of, 303
- revised and re-revised his own “inspired” renderings, 396-97
- Rocky Mountain Prophecy a forgery, 404-7
- runs for presidency, 457-58
- says 56 years should wind up the scene, 418-20
- says one roll of papyrus written by Abraham, 331
- sealed to over 200 women after his death, 32
- sets up bar, 473
- shoots two or three men but falls into hands of murderers, 465-66
- smokes cigar in Nauvoo, 31
- takes wives of Henry B. Jacobs, David Sessions, Adam Lightner, and Henry Cobb, 237, 239-42
- teaches a God above God the Father, 177
- teaches Blood Atonement, 490, 493, 497
- teaches temple marriage necessary for highest exaltation, 518-20
- teaches three degrees of glory in heaven, 509-11
- tells brethren to kill lamb and offer sacrifice in Kirtland Temple, 488
- threatens Emma with destruction, 222
- tells Heber C. Kimball he would lose apostleship and be damned unless he entered polygamy, 458
- translates Book of Mormon with stone in hat, 80-81
- translation not supported by manuscript evidence, 389-91
- views on slavery, 302-3
- violates rules of revelation by taking wives without Emma’s consent, 222-23
- visited by angel, 22
- visited by Nephi, later changed to Moroni, 408
- writes account of First Vision, which does not include God the Father, 152-54
- Smith, Joseph F., 189, 214, 284, 305, 434-35
- on garments, 255
- on plural marriage, 255
- testimony in Reed Smoot Case, 220-21, 223, 272-73, 278-79, 432-33
- Smith, Joseph Fielding, 36, 189-90, 328, 380, 385, 439
- anticipates living plural marriage in heaven, 522
- on Blacks, 292, 300, 316
- claims Mormons best people, 553
- claims work for dead “greatest responsibility,” 517
- on History of the Church, 398
- on animal sacrifices being restored, 488
- on blood atonement, 493, 501-2
- on Doctrine and Covenants, 147
- on 1831 polygamy revelation, 207
- on first vision, 162
- on God being an exalted man, 177
- on hereafter, 506
- on Heavenly Mother, 178-79
- on Joseph Smith 26-27
- on revelation, 39
- on seer stone, 82-83
- on spirit prison, 508
- on temple marriage, 518-19
- on temple to be built in Missouri, 422-24
- on virgin birth, 170-80
- on Word of Wisdom, 469, 481
- on revelations of Joseph Smith not included in Doctrine and Covenants, 418
- says woman can have only one husband in heaven, 523
- teaches those who respect gospel still may be saved, 510
- Smith, Joseph Fielding, Jr., 180, 378
- Smith Joseph, Sr., Joseph Smith’s father, 79-80, 94
- Smith, Joseph III, son of Prophet Joseph Smith, tells of his father’s establishing a bar, 473
- Smith, Lucy, Joseph Smith’s mother, 34, 125
- Smith, Mae, 71
- Smith, Mary Ettie V., 450-51
- Smith, Samuel H., 94
- Smith, William, 108
- Smithsonian Institution, denies using Book of Mormon, 133-34
- Snell, Heber C., 364
- Snow, Eliza, 230-31
- Snow, Lorenzo, 219, 269, 280, 422
- Solomon, wives and concubines of, 220
- Sorenson, John L., 136
- South Carolina, 424-25, 428
- Spalding, F.S., 332-34
- Sperry, Sidney B., 49, 132, 143, 329, 333, 343, 373, 391
- spiritual wives. (See polygamy)
- Spring Hill, Missouri, 22
- Stenhouse, Fanny, 225, 246, 254
- Stenhouse, T.B.H., 212-13
- Stewart, E.L. 471
- Stewart, John J., 301, 308, 450
- on marriage and morals, 553
- on Nauvoo Expositor, 461-63
- on plural marriage, 204, 215-16, 228, 230-31, 233, 241, 254, 258-60, 269, 522
- on plural marriage in the future, 287
- on plural marriage today, 284-85, 289-90
- on political missionaries, 458
- on Word of Wisdom, 31, 468-70
- Stodard, G.W., 102
- Stoddard, Calvin, 451
- Stout, Hosea, 80, 199-200, 472, 474
- Stowel, Arad, 69
- Stowel, Josiah, 67, 69, 74, 77, 79, 87, 91
- Stowel, Simpson, 69
- Strang, James J., 100-101
- sun, inhabited, 25
- Syphers, Grant, 292
- talisman, Joseph Smith’s, 89-91
- Tanner, J.M., 281
- Tanner, N. Eldon, 316, 339, 362
- Tanner, Obert C., 308
- Taylor, John, 26-27, 29, 164, 263-64, 485, 514-15
- denies polygamy, 262
- on curse of Cain, 295
- on Joseph Smith’s death, 466
- violates Word of Wisdom, 471-72
- Taylor, John W., 272, 281
- Taylor, Joseph E., 298-99
- Taylor, Samuel W., 35
- Teasdale, George, 266, 272, 281
- telestial kingdom, 510-11
- temperance. (See Word of Wisdom)
- temple, to be built in Missouri, 420-24
- temple ceremony, 524-25
- changes in, 530-33
- Masonic ritual in, 536-47
- oaths and penalties in, 530-34
- temple garments, 525-29
- changes in, 526-29
- mark on, 528-29, 540
- Temple Lot Case, 219, 232-33, 255, 543-44
- temple marriage
- closely connected to polygamy, 520-23
- declared essential for highest exaltation, 190, 518-20
- temple work, 512-47
- terrestrial kingdom, 510-11
- Thompson, J.A., 376
- Thompson, Jonathan, 69, 85, 91
- Todd, Jay M., 334, 352
- Turner, Rodney, 198, 202-3
- Turner, Wallace, 274, 285, 292, 308, 323, 515-16
- Tvedtnes, John, 352-54
- United Order, 59
- Urim and Thummim, 47, 49, 52, 79-84
- Urrutia, Benjamin, 354-55
V
- Van Wagoner, Merrill Y., 392
- Vaticanus, Codex, 373
- View of the Hebrews, 126-28
- virgin birth, 179-82, 199
- Wagner, Eugene, 326
- Walker, Charles L., 480
- Wallace, Douglas A., 320-21
- Wallis, J.H., Sr., 533-34
- Walters, Wesley P., 67, 70-72, 91, 164, 167-71, 220, 405
- Wandell, Charles Wesley, 400
- Washburn, J. N., 142
- Webb, Robert C., 333
- Weston, Joseph H., 549-50
- Whalen, William J., 525-26, 542-43
- Wheaton, Clarence and Angela, 43
- White, Owen Kendall, Jr., 192-93, 323, 550-52
- Whitmer, Christian, 94
- Whitmer, David, 94, 97, 100-101
- claims God told him to leave Church, 105
- gives false revelation, 102
- on Book of Commandments, 42, 45, 52, 55, 64-66
- on Kirtland endowment, 109-10, 481
- on Oliver Cowdery, 104
- on priesthood, 55, 59, 442-43, 446-47
- on seer stone, 80-82
- on Smith’s revelation to sell Book of Mormon copyright, 417-18
- Whitmer, Jacob, 94, 101-2
- Whitmer, John, 94, 100, 102, 104, 108, 110, 216, 445
- Whitmer, Peter, Jr., 94
- Whitney, Newel K., 216
- Whitney, Orson F., 216, 236
- Whitney, Sarah Ann, 216, 242-44
- Whitney, S. F., 211
- Widtsoe, John A., 94, 105, 199, 258, 334, 384
- denies changes in revelations, 39
- on Doctrine and Covenants, 38
- on 1826 court record, 70
- on fall of Adam and Eve, 192
- on first vision, 148, 157, 162, 166
- on History of the Church, 398
- on Masonic lodge in Nauvoo, 535
- on plural marriage, 214-15, 224-25, 232, 240
- on secret societies, 544-45
- on seer stone, 83
- teaches no hell, 507-8
- Wild, Asa, 160
- Wilson, John A., 144, 146, 340, 346-47
- Wine
- and curses, 484-85
- and visions 479-81
- Joseph Smith drank, 470-72
- produced in Utah, 478-79
- Witness to Book of Mormon, 94-108
- Wolfe, Walter M., 273-74
- Wood, Nathaniel, 86
- Woodbury, Angus M., 478
- Woodbury, Naomi, 356
- Woodruff, Wilford, 201-2, 280, 399
- issued Manifesto on polygamy, 267-71
- on baptism for dead, 512, 515
- on progressive God, 187
- sealed to about 400 dead women, 234
- Woods, Lyman L., 454
- Word of Wisdom
- Brigham Young builds distillery and sells liquor, 474-76
- Joseph Smith broke by using alcoholic beverages, tobacco, and tea, 470-72
- Joseph Smith’s bar, 472-73
- Mormon Church produces wine in early Utah, 478-79
- revelation forbidding hot drinks, strong drinks, and tobacco, 31, 33, 399, 413-14, 467-83
- wine and visions in Kirtland temple, 479-81
- Wyle, Dr. W., 230-31, 236
- Young, Brigham, 21, 27, 101, 367
- believed in slavery, 304-5
- broke Word of Wisdom, 474
- builds distillery and sells wine, 474-76
- claims leaders will not lead astray, 431
- last words of, 450
- number of wives, 233
- on Adam being a polygamist, 193, 196
- on Adam-God doctrine, 193-203
- on anti-black doctrine, 295-96, 311-17
- on baptism for dead, 512
- on blood atonement, 490
- on Book of Mormon witnesses, 94
- on 1831 revelation to remove curse on Indians through intermarriage, 210, 212-14
- on first vision, 164
- on God, 175, 187, 190
- on hell, 507
- on inhabitants of moon and sun, 25
- on Joseph Smith, 448, 452
- on man being God of woman, 244
- on money-digging, 77-78
- on Mormons producing their own tea, coffee, tobacco, wine, and whiskey, 477-79
- on natural man, 552
- on origin of Word of Wisdom, 468
- on polygamy, 29, 218-20, 226-28, 233, 248-49, 251, 258, 226, 287, 289
- on temple endowment, 525
- on virgin birth, 179-80, 182
- plays down Joseph Smith’s Inspired Version of the Bible, 383
- proclaims his sermons Scripture, 437
- says Elders will electioneer for Joseph Smith, 457
- says Civil War cannot free slaves, 426
- suppresses Lucy Smith’s book, 34
- tells of doctrinal division among Apostles, 439
- Young, Brigham, Jr., 272
- Young, Kimball, 225, 227, 234, 244, 246, 258, 267
- Young, Levi Edgar, 150-51
- Zion, Jackson County, Missouri, 22, 420-22