Joseph Smith Biography

(Grace) #1

Without Disclosing My True Identity


Civil War, 374, 388, 399
Clark, General John B., 485
Clayton, William, 560, 663
as scribe for Joseph Jr., 554, 578, 583, 646–7, 663
D&C and, 557, 644, 646
Kinderhook plates and, 553–4
plural marriage and, revelation on, 647, 665
Cochran, Jacob, 309, 390, 526, 639–42
Cochranites, 639–42, See also Appendix 2
code of humanity, 14, 109, 405, 435
all humans foundationalized with, 459, 563, 678
BOM and, 286, 290–3, 407, 438, 599, 606, 618
Christ and, 62, 286, 599
consequences of not following, 439, 599
explanation of, 598, 643
Joseph Jr. and
gave people the chance to follow, 268, 432
relating to the Cochranites, 639, 642–3
LDS/Mormons and, 292
lived by, in advanced human societies, 14, 598, 600
lived by "Elohim", 678
potential given, if Saints had embraced, 449
rejected/violated by the people, 12, 268, 290–1,
348, 692
violated by "Lucifer", 679
taught by Christ, 11, 291–2, 407, 440, 639
referred to as the "fullness of the everlasting
Gospel", 293, 432, 438–9, 598, 606
referred to as the "Royal Law", 592
taught by true messengers, 109, 598–9
warning to those disregarding, 407
Coe, Joseph, 404
Colesville, PA, branch in, before official church
organized, 336
Coltrin, Zebedee, diary of, 394
Columbus, Christopher, 67–8, 72, 345
baptized by proxy, 504
logs of, 378
Native Americans and, 379–80, 393
wealth seeker, 67, 379
Commerce, IL. See Nauvoo, Illinois
Communism, 243, 692
Community of Christ (f/k/a RLDS Church), 2, 26,
28, 346, 354, 569, 634
allowed women to have the Priesthood, 601
archives of, 28
Comoros, 465
Comprehensive History of the Church of Jesus
Christ of Latter-day Saints, A (6 vol. CHC), 681
Conference Center, 433, 492, 502, 542
Congress. See United States of America, Congress of
Consecration, Law of, 311, 412, 428, 692, 696
description of, 154, 311
failure of, 154, 157, 161, 405, 417
importance of, 154
Constitution (United States), 3, 499–500, 504, 507, 591
belief of hanging by a thread, 498
guaranteed freedom of religion, 53


Joseph Jr. and, 498–9
emotionally disconnected from, 418
feigned praise for, 480, 498
knew it was an"evil" document, 242
view of, 498
members of Congress take an oath to defend, 320
Nauvoo Legion and, 507
permits slavery and excludes "Indians", 320
permitted only white male land owers to vote, 184
protected religious freedom, 195
suffered to be established, 601
violations of, against the Saints, 242, 388, 392, 566
wickedness of, 498
Cook, Harriet Elizabeth, 668, 672
Copley, Leman, 353
Coray, Howard, 87
Coray, Martha Jane Knowlton, 83, 87, 91–2, 96, 499–500
Corrill, John, 425, 467, 477
Council of Fifty, 31, 33, 568, 580
Cowdery, Elizabeth Ann Whitmer, 641
Cowdery, Oliver. See also Three Witnesses, the
as scribe for Joseph Jr., 381
for the BOM, 11, 308, 602, 616–17, 640
original manuscript and, 309, 617
as scribe for Sidney Rigdon, 386
as witness of gold plates, 279, 294, 315, See also
Three Witnesses, the
assistant counselor in the Church, 454
authorship of "revelations", 324, 386, 420
baptism and, 604, 606, 608, 614
baptized Martin Harris, 615
baptized members before church organized, 324
blueprint for new church and, 324, 328
Book of Abraham and, 419, 435
breastplate and, not present to see, 279
Cochranites and, 309, 639, 640–1, 670
code name of, in D&C, 81, 612
created protocol for introducing new doctrines &
revelations into Church, 442
desired to organize a church, 295, 323
Doctor Philastus Hurlbut and, 390
Doctrine and Covenants and, 442
ego of, 328, 431, 603, 606
estrangement from Joseph Jr., 610, 614, 620, 624
accused him of adultery, 448
called him a fallen prophet, 612, 641
gold plates and. See Three Witnesses, the
never denied seeing them, 625
history of church and, 164
homosexuality of, 572, 608, 640–1, 670
Joseph Jr. and
letter concerning, 674
rebuked by, 603
support for, 610–11, 620
Joseph Jr.'s feelings toward, 572, 603, 613
Kirtland Safety Society Bank and, 454
Kirtland Temple "vision" and, 431, 441, 443
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