LDS Adam-God Doctrine part 1

LDS Adam-God Doctrine part 1

The Adam-God Doctrine: Documentary Evidence that it was Taught


Part ONE

CONCEPTS & QUOTATIONS
DEALING WITH
THE ORIGIN, IDENTITY & POSITION OF
ADAM & EVE

CONCEPT 1: PROCREATION THE ONLY PROCESS ON EARTH & HEAVEN

QUOTATIONS: 18 JUN 1865 JD 11:122
9 APR 1852 JD 1:50
9 APR 1852 JOURNAL OF WILFORD WOODRUFF

CONCEPT 2: ADAM WAS NOT FASHIONED FROM THE CLAY

QUOTATIONS: 23 OCT 1853 JD 2:6
9 OCT 1859 JD 7:285-80
7 FEB 1877 JOURNAL OF L. JOHN NUTTALL
1889 THE CONTRIBUTOR 10:265

CONCEPT 3: ADAM NOT FASHIONED FROM THE “DUST” OF THIS EARTH

QUOTATIONS: 23 OCT 1853 JD 2 6
9 OCT 1854 UNPUB DISCOURSE OF B.Y.
25 MAR 1855 JOURNAL OF SAMUAL W. RICHARDS
20 APR 1856 JD 3:319
7 FEB 1877 JOURNAL OF L. JOHN NUTTALL
23 JUN 1889 JOURNAL OF ABRAHAM H. CANNON
1889 THE CONTRIBUTOR 10:265

CONCEPT 4: ADAM & EVE WERE BORN

QUOTATIONS: 20 APR 1856 JD 3:319
1889 THE CONTRIBUTOR 10:265
11 JUN 1892 JOURNAL OF CHARLES L. WALKER
NOV 1909 THE IMPROVEMENT ERA VOL 13
1910 COURSE OF STUDY FOR PRIESTS, P 37
20 FEB 1912 MESSAGES OF THE FIRST PRESIDENCY
27 DEC 1913 DESERET EVENING NEWS
SEP 1925 MESSAGES OF THE FIRST PRESIDENCY
SUM 1967 BYU LECTURES
1950 THE FIRST 2,000 YEARS

CONCEPT 5: ADAM CAME FROM ANOTHER PLANET

QUOTATIONS: 1844 ANSON CALL DOCUMENT
9 APR 1852 JD 1:50
8 AUG 1852 JD 3:90
14 NOV 1852 JD 1:356
17 SEP 1854 JOURNAL OF WILFORD WOODRUFF
9 OCT 1854 UNPUB DISCOURSE OF B.Y.
25 MAR 1855 JOURNAL OF SAMUAL W. RICHARDS
6 MAY 1855 JOURNAL OF WILFORD WOODRUFF
20 APR 1856 JD 3:319
9 OCT 1859 JD 7:285-90
27 JAN 1860 JOURNAL OF WILFORD WOODRUFF
12 JUN 1860 JD 8:243
7 FEB 1877 JOURNAL OF L. JOHN NUTTALL
1889 THE CONTRIBUTOR 10:265
11 JUN 1892 JOURNAL OF CHARLES L. WALKER
1940 MAN, HIS ORIGIN & DESTINY
1954 DOCTRINES OF SALVATION 1:139-40

CONCEPT 6: ADAM WAS MARRIED BEFORE THE FALL

QUOTATIONS: 1844 ANSON CALL DOCUMENT
9 APR 1852 JD 1:50
20 APR 1856 JD 3:319
18 JUN 1873 DESERET NEWS
31 AUG 1873 JD 16:167
9 APR 1852 JD 1:50
9 APR 1852 JOURNAL OF WILFORD WOODRUFF
27 JUN 1863 JD 10:235
8 JUN 1873 DESERET NEWS
31 AUG 1873 JD 16:167
8 MAR 1885 JD 26:115

CONCEPT 7: ADAM HAD AN IMMORTAL BODY

QUOTATIONS: 1853 THE SEER
6 MAY 1855 JOURNAL OF WILFORD WOODRUFF
13 APR 1856 JD 3:344
22 NOV 1873 JD 16:324
3 OCT 1881 DISCOURSES OF ORSON PRATT
11 JUN 1892 JOURNAL OF CHARLES L. WALKER

CONCEPT 8: ADAM HAD A CELESTIAL BODY

QUOTATIONS: 9 APR 1852 JD 1:50
9 APR 1852 JOURNAL OF WILFORD WOODRUFF

CONCEPT 9: ADAM HAD A RESURRECTED BODY

QUOTATIONS: 25 MAR 1855 JOURNAL OF SAMUAL W. RICHARDS
13 APR 1856 JD 3:344
27 JAN 1860 JOURNAL OF WILFORD WOODRUFF, P2
7 FEB 1877 JOURNAL OF L. JOHN NUTTALL
APR 1887 THE CONTRIBUTOR 8:218
2 JUN 1888 DESERET NEWS 38:19-27
23 JUN 1889 JOURNAL OF ABRAHAM H. CANNON
1892 THE ELDERS JOURNAL 6:33
24 JUN 1921 SEMINARY LECTURES AT BYU

CONCEPT 10: ADAM RECEIVED HIS EXALTATION BEFORE THIS EARTH LIFE

QUOTATIONS: 9 OCT 1854 UNPUB DISCOURSE OF B.Y.
18 JUN 1873 DESERET NEWS
7 FEB 1877 JOURNAL OF L. JOHN NUTTALL

CONCEPT 11: ADAM IS OUR FATHER IN HEAVEN

QUOTATIONS: 7 JUN 1844 THE NAUVOO EXPOSITOR
9 APR 1852 JD 1:50
19 FEB 1854 JOURNAL OF WILFORD WOODRUFF
JUN 1854 MILLENNIAL STAR
6 OCT 1854 DIARY OF JOSEPH LEE ROBINSON
9 OCT 1854 UNPUB DISCOURSE OF B.Y.
1855 MILLENNIAL STAR 17:785-6
29 JUN 1856 JD 4:2
1856 SACRED SONGS & HYMNS/LDS
8 FEB 1857 JD 4:217-9
4 SEP 1860 JOURNAL OF WILFORD WOODRUFF
12 OCT 1865 POEM IN DESERET NEWS
16 DEC 1867 JOURNAL OF WILFORD WOODRUFF
8 JUN 1868 MILLENNIAL STAR
11 DEC 1869 JOURNAL HISTORY
1870 DEAN BELNAP IP BOOK, P23
25 JAN 1871 JAN CHRISTIAN ANDERSON W DAYBOOKS
31 AUG 1873 JOURNAL OF WILFORD WOODRUFF
1877 WOMEN OF MORMONDOM
1877 POEM BY ELIZA R. SNOW SMITH

CONCEPT 12: CHILDREN OF ADAM & EVE DESCENDED FROM GOD THE FATHER

QUOTATIONS: 8 JAN 1865 JD 11:41
17 APR 1870 JD 13:311
7 MAY 1871 JD 14:111
9 AUG 1873 JD 16:127
4 MAY 1884 JD 25:155
7 APR 1889 MILLENNIAL STAR 51:278
1910 PRIESTS COURSE OF STUDY, P 35

CONCEPT 13: ADAM:S POSITION & HIS AUTHORITY

QUOTATIONS: 5 OCT 1840 HC 4:207-8

CONCEPT 14: ADAM IS MICHAEL THE ARCHANGEL

QUOTATIONS: 2 JUL 1839 TPJS PP 157-9
5 OCT 1840 HC 4:207-8
9 APR 1852 JD 1:50
19 FEB 1854 JOURNAL OF WILFORD WOODRUFF

CONCEPT 15: THE MEANING OF “MICHAEL THE ARCHANGEL”

QUOTATIONS: 3 OCT 1841 HC 4:425 (ANGELS)
8 OCT 1843 HC 6:51 (ANGELS)
1840 TPJS P 167

CONCEPT 16: THIS EARTH CREATED BY ELOHEIM, JEHOVAH, MICHAEL

QUOTATIONS: 9 APR 1852 JD 1:51
TPJS P 190

CONCEPT 17: THIS EARTH MADE FROM THE FRAGMENTS OF OTHER PLANETS

QUOTATIONS: THE CONTRIBUTOR 10:265
1882 COMPENDIUM OF THE GOSPEL, P 271
17 AUG 1877 THE SALT LAKE DAILY TRIBUNE
1960 DOCTRINES FROM THE PROPHETS, P 137

CONCEPT 18: THIS EARTH WAS LARGER IN SIZE AT THE CREATION

QUOTATIONS: JOURNAL OF SAMUAL H. ROGERS, P 8
18 OCT 1880 JOURNAL OF C. L. WALKER, P 35, 38

CONCEPT 19: THIS EARTH WAS ORGANIZED NEAR THE THRONE OF GOD

QUOTATIONS: 13 JUL 1862 JOURNAL OF CHARLES L. WALKER
19 JUL 1874 JD 17:143

CONCEPT 20: ADAM HELPED TO ORGANIZE THIS EARTH

QUOTATIONS: 9 APR 1852 JD 1:50
18 JUN 1873 DESERET NEWS
31 AUG 1873 JD 16:167

CONCEPT 21: THE SEEDS & ANIMALS WERE BROUGHT FROM OTHER PLANETS

QUOTATIONS: 9 APR 1852 JD 1:50
20 APR 1856 JD 3:319
12 JUN 1860 JD 8:243-4
27 JUN 1863 JD 10:235
1910 COURSE OF STUDY, PRIESTS

CONCEPT 22: THE GARDEN OF EDEN WAS IN JACKSON COUNTY, MISSOURI

QUOTATIONS: 27 JUN 1863 JD 10:235

CONCEPT 23: THE EARTH FELL INTO SPACE INTO ITS PRESENT ORBIT

QUOTATIONS: 13 JUL 1862 JOURNAL OF CHARLES L. WALKER, P 19
19 JUL 1874 JD 17:143

CONCEPT 24: THE EARTH WILL RETURN TO ITS FORMER SIZE

QUOTATIONS: FEB 1841 MILLENNIAL STAR 1:258 (P.P.PRATT)
JOURNAL OF CHARLES L. WALKER, P 35

CONCEPT 25: ADAM KNEW THAT HE SHOULD FALL

QUOTATIONS: 3 JUN 1855 JD 2:302

CONCEPT 26: FLUID IN THE BODY DETERMINES THE KIND OF OFFSPRING

QUOTATIONS: 1919 MELVIN J. BALLARD SPEECHES
MAR 1853 THE SEER, P 37

CONCEPT 27: ADAM & EVE BECAME MORTAL FROM THE FRUITS OF THE GROUND

QUOTATIONS: 1844 ANSON CALL DOCUMENT
9 APR 1852 JD 1:50
9 APR 1852 JOURNAL OF WILFORD WOODRUFF
28 AUG 1852 JD 6:274-5
17 SEP 1854 JOURNAL OF WILFORD WOODRUFF
25 MAR 1855 JOURNAL OF SAMUAL W. RICHARDS
6 MAY 1855 JOURNAL OF WILFORD WOODRUFF
8 FEB 1857 JD 4:217-19
27 JAN 1860 JOURNAL OF WILFORD WOODRUFF
7 FEB 1877 JOURNAL OF L. JOHN NUTTALL
1892 THE ELDERS JOURNAL
24 JUN 1921 BYU SEMINARY LECTURES
1940 CHURCH HISTORY & MODERN REVELATION
14 JAN 1961 ADDRESS AT LDS INSTITUTE
1972 HANDOUT/SKOUSEN/BYU

CONCEPT 28: ADAM FELL GRADUALLY FROM GOD

QUOTATIONS: 26 APR 1846 MAN HSTY B.Y. P142

CONCEPT 29: ADAM WAS THE FIRST MAN ON THE EARTH

QUOTATIONS: 18 JUN 1873 DESERET NEWS
29 JUN 1856 JD 4:2

CONCEPT 30: ADAM:S FATHER VISITED ADAM FOR SOME TIME AFTER FALL

QUOTATIONS: 12 JAN 1862 JD 9:148

CONCEPT 31: THE IMPORTANCE OF ADAM-ONDI-AHMAN

QUOTATIONS: 2 JUL 1839 TPJS PP 157-9
30 MAR 1873 JOURNAL OF WILFORD WOODRUFF
18 MAY 1873 JD 16:48
25 FEB 1877 JD 18:342-3

CONCEPT 32: MEANING OF THE WORD “LORD”

QUOTATIONS: 5 OCT 1840 HC 4:207-8
9 APR 1852 JD 1:50
28 AUG 1852 JD 6:274-5
6 NOV 1864 JD 10:355

CONCEPT 33: ADAM WAS SUPPOSED TO RETURN TO THE TREE OF LIFE

QUOTATIONS: 1975 THE EGYPTIAN ENDOWMENT, P 181

CONCEPT 34: ADAM CHANGED IN THE TWINKLING OF AN EYE

QUOTATIONS: 25 JAN 1871 J.C.A. WEIBY DAYBOOKS
2 JUN 1888 LOGAN TEMPLE ADDRESS, J.E. TAYLOR

CONCEPT 35: GOD WAS THE FATHER OF CHRIST

QUOTATIONS: 24 JUL 1853 JD 1:238
OCT 1853 THE SEER 1:158-9
8 FEB 1857 JD 4:217-9

CONCEPT 36: ADAM WAS THE FATHER OF CHRIST

QUOTATIONS: 9 APR 1852 JD 1:51
9 APR 1852 JOURNAL OF HOSEA STOUT
10 APR 1852 JOURNAL OF WILFORD WOODRUFF
19 FEB 1854 JOURNAL OF WILFORD WOODRUFF
11 MAR 1857 JOURNAL OF HEBER C. KIMBALL
7 FEB 1877 JOURNAL OF L. JOHN NUTTALL
23 JUN 1889 JOURNAL OF ABRAHAM H. CANNON

CONCEPT 37: MARY SEALED TO THE FATHER FOR ETERNITY/JOSEPH FOR TIME

QUOTATIONS: OCT 1853 THE SEER 1:158-9
25 JAN 1871 J.C.A. WEIBY DAYBOOKS
20 DEC 1914 JOSEPH F. SMITH/STAKE CONFERENCE

CONCEPT 38: OUR FUTURE DESTINY AS GODS

QUOTATIONS: 28 AUG 1852 JD 6:275
8 FEB 1857 JD 4:217-9
19 JUL 1874 JD 17:143
8 OCT 1876 JD 18:258-9
2 JUN 1888 DESERET NEWS WEEKLY 38:19-27

CONCEPT 39: EXALTED BEINGS HAVE SPIRIT OFFSPRING

QUOTATIONS: 6 DEC 1847 JOURNAL OF WILFORD WOODRUFF
28 AUG 1852 JD 6:274-5
8 OCT 1876 JD 18:258-9
1966 MORMON DOCTRINE P 516-7
ART OF FAITH, TALMAGE, P. 473
30 JUN 1916 APPENDIX 2, #11

CONCEPT 40: GODS HAVE POWER TO CREATE PHYSICALLY & SPIRITUALLY

QUOTATIONS: JD 15:136-7
28 AUG 1852 JD 6:275
8 FEB 1857 JD 4:217-9
8 NOV 1857 JD 6:31
OCT 1861 MILLENNIAL STAR 23:653
18 JUN 1873 DESERET NEWS
19 JUL 1874 JD 17:143
1976 SPENCER W. KIMBALL QUOTING B.Y.

CONCEPT 41: THE MEANING OF “ADAM & EVE”

QUOTATIONS: 6 OCT 1854 DIARY OF JOSEPH LEE ROBINSON
9 OCT 1854 UNPUB DISCOURSE OF B.Y.
6 NOV 1864 JD 10:355
APR 1885

CONCEPT 42: BEING THE FATHER OF AN EARTH

QUOTATIONS: 14 NOV 1852 JD 1:356
2 JUN 1888 DESERET NEWS WEEKLY 38:19-27
16 FEB 1847 JOURNAL OF WILFORD WOODRUFF

CONCEPT 43: SISTERS CAN BECOME “EVES”

QUOTATIONS: 14 OCT 1860 JD 8:208
30 JUN 1867 JD 12:97
1869 MILLENNIAL STAR 31:267

CONCEPT 44: BRETHREN CAN BECOME “ADAMS”

QUOTATIONS: 8 MAR 1857 JD 4:271
12 JUN 1860 JD 8:243-4
8 OCT 1876 JD 18:258-9

CONCEPT 45: GOD WAS ONCE AS WE ARE NOW

QUOTATIONS: APR 1844 TPJS PP 345-6
27 OCT 1853 DESERET NEWS WEEKLY, P 78
8 FEB 1857 JD 4:217-9
16 NOV 1857 DESERET NEWS, P 290
JUN 1919 THE IMPROVEMENT ERA
1919 GOSPEL DOCTRINE, P 64
1954 DOCTRINES OF SALVATION 2:47

CONCEPT 46: GOD RECEIVED HIS ENDOWMENTS LONG AGO

QUOTATIONS: 25 JAN 1857 JD 4:192
6 APR 1878 JD 19:299
9 JAN 1881 JD 22:209
28 SEP 1881 DESERET NEWS WEEKLY

CONCEPT 47: FATHER OF CHRIST WAS ALSO A SAVIOR

QUOTATIONS: 16 JUN 1844 TPJS P 373
2 JUN 1888 DESERET NEWS WEEKLY 38:19-27
1966 WHO AM I? ALVIN R. DYER, P 250

CONCEPT 48: THERE IS A FATHER ABOVE THE FATHER OF JESUS CHRIST

QUOTATIONS: 16 JUN 1844 TPJS P 370-2

CONCEPT 49: COMMENTS ON ADAM BY JOSEPH SMITH

QUOTATIONS: 1835 LECTURES ON FAITH 2:12
2 JUL 1839 TPJS PP 157-9
5 OCT 1840 TPJS
16 MAY 1841 TPJS
3 OCT 1841 TPJS
17 MAY 1843 TPJS
8 OCT 1843 TPJS
APR 1844 TPJS
7 JUN 1844 TPJS
16 JUN 1844 TPJS
16 DEC 1867
25 FEB 1877
4 SEP 1860

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