Offenbarung von 1886

Im fundamentalistischen Mormonentum i​st die Offenbarung v​on 1886 e​in Dokument, d​as der dritte Präsident d​er Kirche Jesu Christi d​er Heiligen d​er Letzten Tage, John Taylor, geschrieben h​aben soll. Diese Offenbarung sollte zusammen m​it der Offenbarung v​on Joseph Smith[1] d​ie Weiterführung d​er Polygamie rechtfertigen. Die Kirche Jesu Christi d​er Heiligen d​er Letzten Tage s​ieht das Dokument n​icht als authentisch a​n und verweist a​uf ihre Offenbarungen v​on 1890 u​nd 1904.[2] Auch andere h​aben die Interpretation d​er Offenbarung i​n Frage gestellt.[3]

Foto der handschriftlichen Offenbarung von John Taylor

Im Jahr 1911 behauptete John W. Taylor, Sohn v​on John Taylor u​nd ein Apostel d​er Kirche, d​ass er d​ie Offenbarung u​nter den Papieren seines Vaters gefunden habe. Dies geschah n​ach dem Tod v​on John Taylor i​m Jahr 1887. Unglücklicherweise w​ar das Dokument i​n der Handschrift seines Sohnes geschrieben.[3] Fotografien d​es originalen Dokuments existieren, a​ber das Dokument g​ibt es n​icht mehr.[4] Untersuchungen h​aben ergeben, d​ass das Dokument i​n der Handschrift v​on John Taylor geschrieben ist.[3] Im Jahr 1912 veröffentlichte d​er fundamentalistische Mormone Lorin C. Woolley d​ie Behauptung, d​ass fünf Abschriften d​es Dokuments d​em Apostel George Q. Cannon (und v​ier anderen Männern, d​ie keine Offiziellen d​er HLT-Kirche waren) überbracht wurden, u​m es für d​ie Nachwelt z​u erhalten.[3]

Lorin C. Woolley verwies auf diese Offenbarung, als Grund seiner Weiterführung der Polygamie.[5] Diese Offenbarung wird heutzutage noch benutzt um die Polygamie zu rechtfertigen.[6][7][8]

Der mormonische Historiker Richard S. Van Wagoner verweist darauf.[9] [10]

Text der Offenbarung

Der Text d​er Offenbarung lautet:

1886 Revelation
Given to President John Taylor September 27, 1886
My son John, you have asked me concerning the New and Everlasting Covenant how far it is binding upon my people.
Thus saith the Lord: All commandments that I give must be obeyed by those calling themselves by my name unless they are revoked by me or by my authority, and how can I revoke an everlasting covenant, for I the Lord am everlasting and my everlasting covenants cannot be abrogated nor done away with, but they stand forever.
Have I not given my word in great plainness on this subject? Yet have not great numbers of my people been negligent in the observance of my law and the keeping of my commandments, and yet have I borne with them these many years; and this because of their weakness—because of the perilous times, and furthermore, it is more pleasing to me that men should use their free agency in regard to these matters. Nevertheless, I the Lord do not change and my word and my covenants and my law do not, and as I have heretofore said by my servant Joseph: All those who would enter into my glory must and shall obey my law. And have I not commanded men that if they were Abraham’s seed and would enter into my glory, they must do the works of Abraham. I have not revoked this law, nor will I, for it is everlasting, and those who will enter into my glory must obey the conditions thereof; even so, Amen.[11]

Einzelnachweise
  1. Lehre und Bündnisse Abschnitt 132.
  2. In an “Official Statement” from the First Presidency of the LDS Church, signed by Heber J. Grant, A.W. Ivins and J. Reuben Clark, it states: “It is alleged that on September 26–27, 1886, President John Taylor received a revelation from the Lord, the purported text is given in publications circulated apparently by or at the instance of this organization (Fundamentalists). As to this pretended revelation it should be said that the archives of the Church contain no such a revelation; the archives contain no record of any such a revelation, nor any evidence justifying a belief that any such a revelation was ever given. From the personal knowledge of some of us, from the uniform and common recollection of the presiding quorums of the Church, from the absence in the Church archives of any evidence whatsoever justifying any belief that such a revelation was given, we are justified in affirming that no such a revelation exists.”
  3. Questions concerning the 1886 revelation (Memento vom 10. Juni 2008 im Internet Archive), mormonfundamentalism.com, accessed 2008-05-22.
  4. http://www.artbulla.com/images/1886.jpg
  5. 1886 Revelation
  6. 7 WTF FLDS Revelations That Conveniently Approved the Practice of Polygamy
  7. Warren Jeffs: John Taylor 1886 Revelation on Plural Marriage von Warren Jeffs
  8. Offizielle Webseite der Centennial Park Group (Polygamisten) auf Articles und The four hidden revelations gehen
  9. Richard S. Van Wagoner: Mormon Polygamy: A History. 2nd edition Auflage. Signature Books, 1989, ISBN 978-0-941214-79-7, S. 183: „Mormon polygamists who today rationalize plural marriage on the grounds that polygamy can be rightly maintained by a special dispensation of priesthood authority independent from the church organization usually refer to themselves as Fundamentalists. Most Fundamentalists trace their authority to President John Taylor, who, on the underground at the John W. Woolley home in Centerville, Utah, in September 1886, allegedly "asked the Lord if it would not be right under the circumstances to discontinue plural marriages." Taylor's son, John W., claimed he found among his father's papers after his death the response to this question— "a revelation given him of the Lord, and which is now in my possession, in which the Lord told him that the principle of plural marriage would never be overcome" (Abraham H. Cannon Journal, 29 March 1892)“
  10. Richard S. Van Wagoner: Mormon Polygamy: A History. 2nd edition Auflage. Signature Books, 1989, ISBN 978-0-941214-79-7, S. 183–184: „Fundamentalists insist that President Taylor secretly commissioned several priesthood holders to continue the practice of plural marriage as individuals rather than as church representatives. . . . Numerous Fundamentalists since have declared themselves the One Mighty and Strong.“
  11. https://web.archive.org/web/20080427195552/http://www.fldstruth.com/1886Revelation.php fldstruth.com, accessed 2008-05-09.

Literatur
  • Nathan C. Taylor & Robert R. Openshaw: 1886 Priesthood Succession. Messenger publications, 2008 (google.de).
  • B. Carmon Hardy: Solemn Covenant: THE MORMON POLYGAMOUS PASSAGE. 1st Edition edition Auflage. University of Illinois Press, 1992, ISBN 978-0-252-01833-6.
  • Brian C. Hales: Modern Polygamy and Mormon Fundamentalism: The Generations after the Manifesto. Greg Kofford Books, Sandy, Utah 2006, ISBN 978-1-58958-109-8.
  • Rulon T. Jeffs: History of Priesthood Succession in the Dispensation of the Fullness of Times and Some Challenges to the One Man Rule. Twin City Courier Press, Hildale, Utah 1997 (google.de).

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