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Joseph White Musser

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Joseph White Musser

Birth
Salt Lake City, Salt Lake County, Utah, USA
Death
29 Mar 1954 (aged 82)
Salt Lake County, Utah, USA
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Salt Lake City, Salt Lake County, Utah, USA Add to Map
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One of Mormon Fundamentalism's more prominent leaders. In 1929 as the leader and most prolific writer among the fundamentalists he claimed he had received authority from John Taylor's five disciples (Samuel Bateman, Charles H. Wilkins, George Q. Cannon, John W. Woolley, and Lorin C. Woolley). He taught also that after the 1890 Manifesto was issued by LDS President Wilford Woodruff that the office of the president of the church and the president of the high priesthood were separated and the latter given to the fundamentalists. Therefore, the priesthood has authority apart from the church leadership. He felt that the movement away from polygamy in 1890 was but one of several changes and departures from the true faith made by the LDS Church. In 1935 he and John Y. Barlow organized the Fundamentalist Church of Jesus Christ of Latter Day Saints (FLDS) with Barlow as the group's first leader. Almost all fundamentalists claim authority through Musser and he is regarded by many as the "father of the fundamentalist movement."
One of Mormon Fundamentalism's more prominent leaders. In 1929 as the leader and most prolific writer among the fundamentalists he claimed he had received authority from John Taylor's five disciples (Samuel Bateman, Charles H. Wilkins, George Q. Cannon, John W. Woolley, and Lorin C. Woolley). He taught also that after the 1890 Manifesto was issued by LDS President Wilford Woodruff that the office of the president of the church and the president of the high priesthood were separated and the latter given to the fundamentalists. Therefore, the priesthood has authority apart from the church leadership. He felt that the movement away from polygamy in 1890 was but one of several changes and departures from the true faith made by the LDS Church. In 1935 he and John Y. Barlow organized the Fundamentalist Church of Jesus Christ of Latter Day Saints (FLDS) with Barlow as the group's first leader. Almost all fundamentalists claim authority through Musser and he is regarded by many as the "father of the fundamentalist movement."

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