Without Disclosing My True Identity
to be the fully mortal front man, 489
to give the people a choice, 241, 381, 565, 612–13
to give the people their desires, 9, 206, 323, 325
12 apostles, 621
a spokesman, 342
acceptance of the temple by "God", 431
baptism, 166
baptism for the dead, 512
Book of Commandments, 442
church, 366, 601
church leaders, 344
City of Zion, 384
J. grew weary from, 329, 386, 440
Masonic involvement, 591
missionary work, 383
Nauvoo Legion, 7
often contradicted himself, 389
plural marriage, 310, 526
priesthood, 365, 593, 622–3
purpose for, 430
religion, 10, 21, 165, 205, 348, 617
not found in the original BOM
manuscript, 309
revelations, 279, 482, 606, 624
took away their agency, 416
running for U.S. President, 499
temples, 531
the "lesser part", 10, 163
things of the world (including meetinghouses
and temples), 418
twelve apostles, 621, 626
vocalized prayer, 155
to translate the gold plates, 224, 595
to write the Temple Endowment, 480, 517
withheld his true identity, 22, 59, 229, 579, 677
scribes of Joseph Jr., 432
created revelations based on a sermon, 575
Emma Smith, 298, 308, 322, 600–1
grammatical errors in BOM and, 367
invented the greatest stumbling block of
LDS/Mormons, 578
King Follett discourse and, 577
Martin Harris, 101, 113, 298
and 116 pages, 295, 299, 308, 323, 571, 600
Oliver Cowdery, 308, 602, 616
produced revelations, 529
from sermons, 365, 381–3
recorded what they wanted to hear, not what
Joseph said, 403, 557, 575–8
responsible for flawed transcriptions, 403
told to interpolate Bible chapters into the BOM,
292, 576
translation of gold plates and, 269, 297, 308,
366–7, 600
Warren Parrish, 6
Willard Richards, Wilford Woodruff, Thomas
Bullock, and William Clayton, 578
William Clayton, 554wrote Joseph's diaries and history, 442
Sidney Rigdon and, 342–4, 346, 454, 467, 499, 551,
568
became the editor-in-chief for most of the "Lord's"
revelations, 386
spokesman for, 386
Stephen A. Douglas and, 516
stumbling blocks created by Joseph Jr., 578
baptism for the dead, 166
Book of Abraham, 419
contradicted what Joseph previously taught,
552, 575
endowment, 587
J. became proficient at it, 494
J. didn't want Hyrum involved in, 344
J. needed to learn how to do this, 209
made sure others would unknowingly continue
after his death, 567
real truth hid within, 365
reason for, 546
sealing ordinances, 575
sometimes with subtle humor, 162
Temple Endowment, 517
this biography removes them, 10
teachings of Joseph Jr.
a church is useless/not needed, 295, 300, 324, 438
glory of God is intelligence, 252
I've tried to teach this people correct
principles..., 219
many are called, but few are chosen, 251
the folly of common stock, 552, 560
Twelve Apostles not needed to live the
gospel, 621
Temple Endowment and, 23–4, 139, 247, 519, 587,
See also Temple Endowment
authored by, 79, 532
Masonic rite in. See Temple Endowment, M. rite
used in
mocked all religions in, 348
premier of endowment and, 535
truth/"mysteries of God" hidden within, 13, 22–4,
79, 200, 212, 220, 245, 249, 265, 348, 536, 587, 672
God's non-interaction with mortals, 9
women and men equally endowed with the
Priesthood in, 588
this biography and Joseph Jr., xxvii, 136, 338, 462,
665, 693
authorized by, 25–6, 366, 684, 693
consistent theme of, 438
ends with his own words, 584
explains how J. was prepared, 44
gave advice and intelligence regarding his life to
this author, 86, 555, 692
is a disclosure of what really happened, 2
is from the perspective of Joseph himself, 5, 95,
261, 690
J. mandated publication of this book, 321, 693