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of, 295
Whitmer, Elizabeth Ann. See Cowdery, Elizabeth
Ann Whitmer
Whitmer, Jacob, 311, 315
Whitmer, John, 311, 315, 510, 572, 578
Joseph Jr. and, 573
testified against Joseph, 479
Whitmer, Mary, 311
Whitmer, Peter, Jr., 315, 387–8, 471
Whitmer, Peter, Sr., 311–12
Whitmers, 313, 328
"revelation" to, 641
Priesthood and, 617
shown the U&T, 312
Whitney, Newel K., 20, 24, 32
attendance at endowment premier, 535, 544
Widtsoe, John A., 334, 686
listed as LDS/Mormon great intellectual, 685
Wight, Lyman, 150, 470, 512–13, 516
in Liberty Jail, 480
Williams, Frederick G., 344, 352, 445, 448
Counselor in Church presidency, 454
witnesses
eight. See Eight Witnesses, the
three. See Three Witnesses, the
women, 242
authority of, 601, 638
BOM perspective of, 107
right to the Priesthood, 413, 527, 529, 536
Woodruff, Wilford, 84, 448, 453–4, 504, 516
as scribe, 578, 583
missionary work and, 490
Word of Wisdom, 16, 30, 433, 506
work of the Father, 126, 228, 359, 362, 367
cut short in righteousness, 362
World Congress of Families, 398
Worldwide United Foundation, 81
Y
Yahweh. See Christ
Yeshua, 85, 111, 179, 180, See also Christ
Young, Brigham, 384, 516
"mysteries of God" and, 28
adultery of, 538, 643, 667–8
Arthur Millikin on, 150
as Presiding Patriarch, 31
assigned to deliver BOM to U.S. and British
leaders, 570
background of, 340, 669
baptisms of, 168, 394
Book of Mormon and, 538
first index of, 510
Bruce R. McConkie on, 118
Church established by, opposed to Joseph's, 4, 21,
289, 321, 449, 455, 644, 672
condemned by Joseph's family, 147, 204
ignored the people's free will, 21, 206, 493, 590
never received a revelation, 206
Church leadership of, 470
claim to succession, 17, 27, 626
Hyrum's family and, 17
method of, 15, 18–21, 31, 84, 580
claimed to speak in tongues, 394
Council of Fifty and, 580
D&C changed by, 557, 623–4, 644
Danite militia and, 469
David Whitmer and, 590
dictatorship of, 21, 204, 219, 366, 449, 481, 562, 568
ego of, 467
emigration system and, 493, 568
Emma Smith and, 18, 84
excommunicated by Sidney Rigdon, 21
Harriet Cook and, 668, 672
Heber C. Kimball and, 18
history of the church changed by, 85, 319, 321, 334,
341, 455, 553
concerning relationship with Joseph Jr., 84
concerning the Priesthood, 624
Kinderhook plates and, 553
humanity of, 488
Hyrum's family followed, 4, 18, 20
James Strang and, 568
John Taylor and, 20
Joseph Jr. and, 538
feelings toward him, 494
his family didn't follow, xxvi, xxviii
never ordained by, 626
return to Nauvoo after murder of, 30, 493
stated he lost the Spirit of God, 206, 538, 545
Journal of Discourses and, 666
King Follett discourse and, 578
Lectures on Faith and, 442
Louisa Beaman and, 671
Lucy Mack and, 19–20, 31, 84, 384
B.Y. ordered her biography destroyed, 84,
88, 321, 334
opinion of B.Y., 53, 84, 93
prevented more people from following, 573
lust for and sexual relations with women, 17–18,
150, 665, 668, 671–2
Lyman Wight and, 150, 513
Masonry and, 141–2
missions of, 30, 385, 642
in Europe, 490, 492, 568
Mountain Meadows Massacre and, 422–3
Nauvoo brothel and, 524–5
Newel K. Whitney and, 20
Orson Hyde and, 514
Patriarchal Blessings of, 168, 216
people's choice of, 505