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Lorin Calvin Woolley (October 23, 1856 – September 19, 1934) 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 Latter-day Saints (LDS Church) 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. Woolley's distinctive teachings on authority, morality, and doctrine are thought to provide the theological foundation for nearly ninety percent of Mormon fundamentalist gro

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  • Lorin Calvin Woolley (October 23, 1856 – September 19, 1934) 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 Latter-day Saints (LDS Church) 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. Woolley's distinctive teachings on authority, morality, and doctrine are thought to provide the theological foundation for nearly ninety percent of Mormon fundamentalist gro
  • Lorin Calvin Woolley, född 23 oktober 1856, död 19 september 1934, var ledare för mormonsekten Apostolic United Brethren. Woolley publicerade på 1930-talet en skrift, enligt vilken John Taylor, dåvarande president för Jesu Kristi Kyrka av Sista Dagars Heliga, 1886 skulle ha sökt tillflykt i familjens hem i Centerville, Utah. Lorin skulle då ha tjänat som budbärare (och ibland även livvakt) åt Taylor. Natten mellan den 26 och 27 september detta år ska Jesus Kristus och Joseph Smith ha uppenbarat sig för Taylor och uppmanat honom att upprätthålla bruket av månggifte.Dagen därpå ska Taylor ha samlat fem män (inklusive Lorin, hans far John W Woolley och ) och utnämnt dem till apostlar med rätt att utnämna andra på samma sätt. Taylor ska även ha avkrävt dem ett löfte att de skulle försvara, bev
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